Allen & Heath iLive Mixing Console goes to Church!

When the Allen & Heath teams aren't busy making DJ mixers that we all love and adore so much, they are out there making huge iLive custom mixing machines for multi-million dollar venues that require bar-none stadium performance as well as best-in-class sound quality. From the Courts of the NBA all the way to a gospel church in Memphis, Allen & Heath knows what they are doing when it comes to stadium sound.

Author:: DJ Blaze
Publish date:: Feb 8, 2011

When the Allen & Heath teams aren't busy making DJ mixers that we all love and adore so much, they are out there making huge iLive custom mixing machines for multi-million dollar venues that require bar-none stadium performance as well as best-in-class sound quality. From the Courts of the NBA Playoffs all the way to a gospel church in Memphis, Allen & Heath knows what they are doing when it comes to stadium sound. Users comment on the iLive platform as being the best in class for the price along with super easy to use controls. I wouldn't know personally since I have never had the pleasure of manning so much pro-audio power at one time, but if Allen & Heath products are good enough for them... then you know its definitely worthy of our DJ setups. More information and links to iLive mixing station in the press release below.

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It's not often that a professional sports team calls a production company to help fix their sound issues after the regular season; but that's exactly what Hooper Sound Production and Allen & Heath set out to do for the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA team during the 2010 Playoffs. The crowd in the Ford Center gets so loud that the sound system wasn't good enough to handle the extra decibels that a playoff atmosphere brings to an arena. The Allen & Heath iLive-144 mixing Console was the solution.

Allen & Heath has just announced that they are releasing a Digital USB version of the Xone:43 analog mixer which will be dubbed the Xone:43C. The new Xone:43C mixer will sport all of the analog goodness of its sibling including the iconic Filters and great sound quality along with adding a USB soundcard for DVS playback and an X-Link port to connect other Allen & Heath Digital devices such as the K1 or K2.

Allen & Heath have been pretty quiet in the DJ-space since releasing the DB2 and DB4 mixers, but they've since announced a brand new two channel mixer for this year's 2014 NAMM show. The A&H Xone:23 Mixer is the new update to the beloved Xone:22, with a new look and style to match the DB mixers and including some updates to appease the masses. The Xone:23 comes with a new analogue Voltage Control Filter (VCF) system for Low/High-Pass filters, frequency sweep and resonance control.

Allen & Heath has just released a Digital USB version of the Xone:43 analog mixer which is called the Xone:43C. The new Xone:43C mixer has all of the analog goodness of the 43 including the iconic Filters and great sound quality but also adds a USB soundcard for DVS playback and an X-Link port to connect other Allen & Heath Digital devices such as the K1 or K2. Review is coming soon, but check out our unboxing & first impressions video after the jump.

Last year we brought you a complete review of the Xone flagship professional DJ headphones, the XD:53. We thought they were almost perfect, but did not include a detachable cable which is usually the first point of failure on most professional DJ headphones. Thankfully Allen & Heath have decided to right the wrong by updating the XD:53 to include the detachable/replaceable cable and updating the color scheme with a new gunmetal look. Check out the press release, intro video, and price after the jump.

Allen & Heath has just announced the new Xone:DB2 four-channel MIDI mixer with an interal USB soundcard and a crazy effects and EQ section that is sure to get the mixing DJ's very excited. The DB2 mixer is the more affordable "younger" brother of the Xone:DB4, but is still full of most of the important features that has made the DB4 so successful. It is still a full MIDI controller and can work with any DJ Software out there on the market today and it can also link with the new Xone:K2 software controller via the new X:LINK connection port. More details inside.

Here is a quick unboxing and First Impressions video of the Allen and Heath Xone 2:02 professional DJ mixer. The original Xone:02 mixer was one of the best scratch mixers around, and this newer version uses the same solid construction while sporting an all-new (and cooler) paintjob and a Pro-X-Fade Crossfader. (Video Inside).

DJbooth.net was at the DJ Expo in Atlantic City last week and we are bringing you a short video of the Allen and Heath/Vestax Booth from the event. There were plenty of Allen and Heath Mixers and Vestax Media Controllers on-hand to test and for sale! Video after the jump.