Allen & Heath Xone:4D

The Allen & Heath Xone:4D is incredible. You want to talk about a monster? Here’s one for the ages, and for the professionals typically at that. Like my buddy said, who the heck needs 20 channels? Well, some do. Or some don’t, but want the best of the best, albeit the most expensive of the bunch. Let’s see what this has and just highlight a few of the standout features: The mixer has four multi-input stereo channels, preamps on 3 channels, a soundcard output for routing switches, 3-band kill EQ, 2 FX sends, 2 stereo returns, a mic input on XLR with full level control and more. The mixer alone is crazy with pretty much any feature you can think of having and more. The soundcard is extremely high quality as well, being 20 channels and 96 kHz/24-bit sampling rate (USB 2.0). Works with both PC and Mac and has MIDI control, too: 227 mappable MIDI message sent to mixer, eight faders (yes, 8), 16 rotary pots, 50 switches, two jog wheels and finally eight push switches. You get the picture. What’s cool is Heath & Allen have a lot of demo videos online to help you get going, but it’s still going to take a lot of learning if you’re not a pro. Here’s a cool video of the Xone:4D. We just hope you have the cash.

4 multi-input stereo channels
Switchable phono or line output (each channel)
3-band kill EQ (+6dB)
2 FX sends, 2 analogue VCF filters
BPM LED display
Headphone monitor (mix and cue control)
LFO editable waveform (assignable)
Mic input with 2-band EQ directly to soundcard
105 MIDI controls (with dedicated MIDI sections of linear faders, pots, switches, jog wheels and push switches)
Compatible with any software

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