Pacific Simulators adopts Allen & Heath mixers
Published: ASIA
NEW ZEALAND: Allen & Heath ZED-10 and ZED-14 analogue mixers have been adopted as part of the standard equipment in Pacific Simulators’ products. Pacific Simulators is a flight simulator design and manufacturing company based in Christchurch, New Zealand. The company is currently building training flight simulators for China and Indonesia, with orders pending for Australia and Thailand.
Certified as official flight crew training machines in many countries, the company’s training simulators use ZED-14 mixers, making use of two aux sends to facilitate flight crew training. The manufacturer’s ZED-10 consoles are installed in the commercial Flight Experience simulators, which aim to provide a realistic experience of flying a passenger aircraft.
‘Prior to working at Pacific Simulators, I was a sound and recording engineer for more than 30 years, and my first suggestion when I joined the company was that we include A&H mixers as the foundation of our audio upgrade,’ explains Andy Gilmour, simulator assembly technician. ‘The results with the ZEDs have been amazing. The mic preamps deliver a full and realistic sound, and the result is a passenger jet simulator that sounds like the “real McCoy” while allowing us full control of sounds such as aircraft operating and warning systems and Air Traffic Control commands. The sweepable mid-range controls allow us to engineer a sound experience that is far beyond what we have had in the past. The ZED range is extremely affordable and without a doubt the best value for money we have come across.’