Allen and Heath ME-500 Personal Monitoring Mixer

The Allen and Heath ME-500 is a 16-channel personal mixer with intuitive hands-on controls and crisp visual display designed for musicians to quickly build and control their own monitor mixes. With plug 'n' play setup and self-sufficient musicians, ME-500 is also a massive time-saver for the audio engineer.

ME-500 is ideal for keeping onstage sound levels under control and speeding up sound checks in a wide variety of live environments, from touring bands to orchestral performances and houses of worship. The ME-500 is also a smart, cost-effective choice for foldback mixing in the studio.

Sound Pedigree

The quality of their monitors has a profound effect on a musician’s performance and on their enjoyment of the show. ME-500 continues Allen & Heath’s long-standing tradition of exceptional audio quality, delivering 16 channels of clean, uncolored sound. The headphone amp design delivers plenty of power, complemented by ME-500’s built-in limiter to protect performers’ ears from unexpected spikes in levels.

Compatible with Allen & Heath and 3rd party mixers When a personal mixing system sounds this good you want everyone to hear it, so Allen and Heath made it possible for ME-500 to interface with most digital audio systems. If you’re using one of Allen and Heath's digital mixers, ME-500 is compatible right out of the box. If you’re using other digital mixers you’ll need to add a ME-U hub fitted with a Dante, MADI, Waves or EtherSound module.

Scalable

Whether you’re working with a soloist, a full orchestra or more, ME has you covered. There is no limit to the number of ME personal mixers you can add to a system, plus you’re free to mix and match ME-1s and ME-500s, so everyone can enjoy great monitors. Secure EtherCon connectors allow ME-500s to be daisy-chained, or deployed in a star topology using the ME-U or an off-the-shelf PoE switch.

8 user presets

Levels, pan, mutes and key assignments can all be stored and recalled at the touch of a button. Presets for different bands and application scenarios can be conveniently copied to USB key or the whole configuration saved. Ideal for archiving or quick transferring to other units.

Free standing or surface mounted

ME personal mixers have a threaded 3/8” insert for mounting directly on the top of a mic stand. ME-1 also come supplied with a bracket for mounting on the side of a mic stand. This bracket is available as an optional extra for ME-500 (part number AB8999). ME-1 also comes with a headphone hanger, which can also be purchased as an accessory for ME-500 (part number AA8705).

Features:

• 16 Channel personal mixer
• Plug 'n' play compatible with dLive, SQ, GLD, Qu and Aviom A-Net 16
• Compatible with Digico, Yamaha, Avid and other mixers via ME-U hub
• Connect any number of ME devices to a system
• Mix and match ME-500 and ME-1 devices
• Can be powered via PoE or external PSU (included)
• Stereo headphone outputs on 3.5mm and ¼” jacks
• ¼” TRS mono balanced line out for connection to stage monitor or IEM transmitter