The Axia PowerStation is the new all-in-one IP-Audio console system that combines analog, digital and microphone I/O, a console power supply, DSP mixing engine and network switch into one easy-to-deploy package. Setting up PowerStation is simple, as all components are now in one box: connect your studio gear with standard CAT-5 cables, connect an Element console with just one cable, name your sources with a browser, and you’re ready for air. PowerStation can be the heart of a standalone studio, or part of a larger Axia network.
More new Axia gear: 4 new Router Control Panels, a brand-new 8-Button OLED SoftSwitch panel with bright, legible displays that can be read from across the room, and an entire family of Axia Router panels that you can place wherever they’re needed.
The newest streaming software from Omnia is Omnia A/XE Processed Audio Encoding for Windows. Omnia A/XE seamlessly integrates with other audio applications, encodes directly to multiple formats, and also feeds many popular streaming encoders, should you so desire. A/XE audio processing includes all the goodies you’d expect adjustable wideband AGC with a three-band compressor/limiter, IIF EQ and low-pass filter, and a precision look-ahead final limiter to prevent clipping. You can see in our Streaming Solutions center.
There’s also the Zephyr iPort MPEG Gateway, which is now shipping. With this 2RU rackmount hardware, broadcasters in different cities can share multiple channels of broadcast audio as easily as if they were in the same building, using a single QoS connection. Eight stereo MPEG codecs produce 8 bi-directional or 16 one-way channels. iPort has Livewire built in, so it only needs a single CAT-6 for connection to your audio network. If you don’t have an IP-Audio network yet, that’s no problem — just pair it up with an Axia Audio Node for audio I/O. iPort can also be used for any application where you want MPEG encoding and/or decoding for transmission over IP channels, such as satellite uplinks, Internet streaming, broadcasting to mobile phones, STL links and audio distribution systems.
The Omnia ONE Studio Pro is the newest member of the best-selling Omnia ONE audio processor family. Studio Pro is the first studio processor with a four-band compressor / limiter and gives you extremely precise and accurately defined control of pre-processing for music, spots, remote feeds, or for just a touch of “sweetening” wherever it’s needed. And, like the other members of the Omnia ONE family, Studio Pro can easily be switched to other processing software — for AM, FM or Multicast processing — with a simple software download.
There’s also a new Telos VX which is the nexgen multi-studio phone system. It’s Livewire-enabled for use with Axia IP-audio networks, and can also use standalone Axia Audio nodes to interface with traditional audio infrastructure. Line-sharing between studios is easy using just a simple web interface for setup. There’s a totally scalable, IP-based architecture that allows customers to start small and add capacity and phone stations to suit budgets and requirements. Along with all this, there is a new IP-based VX Director phone set and VX Assistant Producer software application, each with advances that make handling and routing great sounding calls easier than ever.
