Allen & Heath ZED60 10FX

The ZED60-10FX brings 60mm faders and low-noise preamps to a portable USB mixer with onboard effects. Four mic/line channels with switchable 48V phantom power cover vocals and instruments, and channels 3 and 4 add discrete Class A FET instrument inputs with a 26 dB boost switch so a guitar or bass with low-output pickups plugs straight in. Three-band EQ with a sweepable midrange sits on every mono channel for detailed tone shaping.

Sixteen onboard digital effects supply reverb, delay, chorus, flanger, and doubler without an outboard rack, and a 2-in/2-out USB port sends CD-quality audio to a Mac or PC for recording and returns playback. Two stereo TRS inputs plus an RCA pair take backing tracks and media players, XLR main outputs carry insert points, and the 60mm faders give more travel and finer control than knob-per-channel compacts.