TECH
Allen & Heath Xone:22
PRICE
£329
CONTACT
xone.co.uk
01326 372070
TECH SPEC
Xone fi lter with mild and
wild resonance and low
and high pass fi lter types
FX loop routed through fi lter
XLR and RCA master outs
RCA booth and record
THINK
outputs
Headphone jack on front
and rear
BIG IN THE
Two 100mm faders
Master and channel cueing
BEDROOM
with mix
Three-band EQ with kill
Convertible line/phono
The Xone:22 brings club mixer design ethics to bedroom
inputs
and budget conscious DJs...
Replaceable crossfader
with curve control
Accurate LED metering
A
llen & Heath’s latest analogue DJ mixer is the tasty more resonance of +4dB, so it’s hardly out-there. We only really
modes
little two-channel Xone:22. Aimed at bedroom DJs noticed the increased resonance on the lower frequencies or
and those with a smaller budget, the Xone:22 comes when the fi lter was used to perform a fast sweep across the whole
Universal power supply
in at an affordable £329 and is built with the same spectrum.
components and design ethics as Allen & Heath’s bigger club Allen & Heath claim that the wild resonance setting has been
mixers. deliberately kept fairly low because the FX return lacks a gain
For the fi rst time DJs on a budget can own a mixer with the top- control, so excessively loud signals might cause the resonance to
VERDICT
notch Xone fi lter, which allows bass or high frequencies to be self-oscillate, which basically leaves it screaming until you pull
stripped away smoothly, creating both subtle and dramatic effects the power.
BUILD QUALITY 4.5
in the mix. The fi lter alone makes this mixer a very desirable
EASE OF USE 5.0
object indeed. FADE IT
FEATURES 4.5
The volume faders are huge for a mixer of this style. The top of the
VALUE FOR MONEY 5.0
The Xone:22 may not have as many features as other Xone mixers faders’ range offers a signifi cant boost in the signal for punching
SOUND QUALITY 4.5
in the range, but it sounds just as good in comparison and has less in the next track, and the rest is left to subtly sneak a tune in and
high frequency background noise than other Xone mixers when in out of the mix.
HYPE
low pass mode. The crossfader is of similar good quality but its variable control is
The Xone:22 sounds great, has a
tasty little fi lter with clever
Either of its two music channels can be routed through the fi lter limited to offering smooth or fast fade curves. A fairly steep cut- effects routing and great EQ with
using the FX loop buttons, and there are no irritating pops or in point bumps the music in at about 3mm from the edge, which
kill.
clicks when these buttons are depressed in the mix. professional scratch DJs might not fi nd ideal. The slow fade option
The FX loop button on each channel sends the music to an FX send brings the volume in steeply at about 4mm and then progressively
GRIPE
The resonance control is not that
output on the back of the mixer. An external effects unit can easily to the centre of the fader. wild and there’s no wet/dry FX
be connected and return the wet signal back to the mixer. The
loop control or input gain.
return input is directed back into the mix through the Xone fi lter, The EQ section is very similar to the other Xone mixers with three
allowing DJs to expand their sonic performance — this is great for bands offering total kill. The low frequency dial doesn’t knock out Budget conscious DJs
stripping out the bass from a delay or reverb, for example. too much of the kick drums and drops the mid sounds naturally can now enjoy the
and subtly, but the high frequency is set a bit too high for our
professionalism of Allen
The major difference of the fi lter on the Xone:22 when compared taste and doesn’t quite knock out the weightier part of the hats.
& Heath’s Xone series.
with its bigger brothers lies with the resonance control, which
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exaggerates the frequency at the point where the cut-off is set. Overall, the Xone:22 mixer offers an impressive set of features.
ds:
The Xone:22 has a mild and wild button to increase the intensity Normally the reserve of professional DJs, it brings a bit of Xone’s
or
w
of the resonance. Mild offers no real impact and wild only offers oomph to bedroom DJing.
4.5/5
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