ALLEN & HEATH Zed Power 1000, User Manual

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Allen & Heath 11 ZED POWER 1000
GTR/Hi Z Inputs:
Specially designed, two ultra high impedance discrete class A FET (Field Effect Transistor)
inputs for plugging any kind of guitar or instrument straight in. A 26dB gain boost switch allows
instruments with very low output pickups to be used, and the FET does a great job of emulating
the valve/tube input circuitry commonly found on instrument combos or amplifiers.
EQ:
The ZED POWER 1000 is equipped with a 3-band equaliser circuit on each mono input, with
swept mid frequency section, and a 2-band EQ on the stereo channels. The frequency and
response of each has been carefully chosen to give the maximum performance when using the
EQ on a variety of sources. The amplifier outputs have a 9-band graphic EQ, ideal for correcting
speaker cabinet responses and reducing feedback problems.
Record Bus:
A separately switched stereo bus can be routed to from any channel creating a selective re-
cording bus, monitoring bus or stereo clean feed output.
Effects Processor:
Zed mixers have a professional quality effects processor built in which uses our own effects
algorithms developed by our engineering staff at Allen & Heath. The effects range from classic
reverbs, cascaded delay plus reverbs to shimmering flanger & chorus effects. The different
effects types are selected with a simple up/down button interface and the tempo of the delay
settings can be set using the TAP button. Holding the TAP button allows the parameters of the
effects to be adjusted. The audio signal to the DSP is converted using 24 bit high dynamic
range converters running at 48kHz sample rate, ensuring low noise, low distortion, transparent
effects.
USB:
Getting audio to and from a computer easily is now a common requirement for live sound and
music production. The way we have implemented this on ZED is super-flexible and super-easy!
Just plug in a USB lead to your ZED, select the USB routing on the mixer and the device on
your computer and that’s it! CD quality audio to and from your PC or MAC.
Internal power supply:
ZED POWER 1000 uses a linear power supply specifically designed and based on totally relia-
ble technology. The toroid transformer and large energy storing capacitors allow for high musi-
cal peaks and loud crescendos, resulting in impressive power headroom.
INTRODUCTION TO THE ZED POWER 1000