The Allen & Heath zed-10fx is great for live mixing! It's layout makes it very easy to use and easy to achieve a great sound. It is also perfect for recording, either a live show or an audio project at home can be built up track by track using the usb digital audio interface. The flexibility and quality of the Allen & Heath zed-10fx makes it stand out from the crowd. You can plug your guitars or instruments straight into the class a discrete fet high impedance inputs, cater for up to four microphones, two stereo sources with mp3 player compatibility, separate 2-track record outputs and a stereo playback input for 2-track replay or perhaps interval music from a cd player, xlr main stereo outputs with inserts, comprehensive monitoring with headphones and separate monitor speaker outputs, 48v microphone phantom power, di level switching for sub mixing, and not least of all, the same digital effects algorithms as those used on allen & heaths flagship digital consoles costing 150 times as much!