Allen Heath has unleashed a Xone:DB2, a new mixer featuring twin DSP FX Engines. Xone:DB2 has some-more than 50 FX presets divided into 5 FX types: Delays/loopers, Reverbs, Resonance, Modulation and Damage and some-more will entrance in destiny firmware updates.
Features:
» Expression + Wet / Dry — The Expression and Wet / Dry controls give intuitive, hands-on control for all from pointed FX washes to sum transformation.
» Editable FX Parameters — For those who wish to cavalcade down further, particular FX variations can be serve mutated around a rotary controls underneath a screen.
» Input Matrix — Each of DB2′s 4 submit channels has a full submit pattern that can name from 4 analogue (Line or RIAA), 4 USB, or dual digital sources, permitting for a far-reaching accumulation of audio sources to be connected simultaneously. The same source can also be comparison on mixed channels.
» Trimodal EQ — Xone:DB2 adopts a uninformed proceed to artistic equalisation introduced on DB4. The EQs can be used in 3 opposite modes – customary uneven EQ (+6/-25dB), sum Kill (+6dB/OFF with a 24dB/octave slope), or High-Pass/Low-Pass filter with tractable resonance.
» Mic/Line Input — With 2 rope EQ, gain, evidence and brew turn and with full entrance to FX.
» High Visibility OLED Display — Tested for limit clarity either personification on a sundrenched Balearic beach or in a Berlin basement, a high contrariety arrangement shows FX selection, BPM and menu setup functions.
» Lightweight framework — Made for life on a road, Xone:DB2 is strong adequate for touring, though it housed in a lightweight aluminium chassis
» Integral soundcard — The built-in, multi-channel USB2 soundcard allows replay and recording from computer-based audio program for 4 stereo sends and 4 stereo returns.
» MIDI control — All controls (except Mic and Phones level) send MIDI data. The mixer can double adult as a MIDI controller for DJ program such as Traktor Pro and Ableton around a MIDI change button, that allows a FX preference controls to send MIDI information but changing a mixer settings.
» X:LINK — Xone:DB2 can confederate uniformly with a new Xone:K2 program controller around Allen Heath’s exclusive X:LINK protocol.
The Allen Heath Xone:DB2 will entrance only before a holidaze for £999.
Article source: http://futuremusic.com/blog/2011/09/30/allen-heath-unleash-xonedb2-dj-mixer-audio-interface-midi-controller/
