Another year has gone by right before our eyes, yet here we are in the first week of a brand new year. We prepare to wave goodbye to the memories, challenges, and triumphs that embodied 2021 and say hello to the trials, opportunities, and discoveries that await us in 2022. So before we say our final goodbye, we want to take a moment to reflect on all of the best moments from our year here at Telos Alliance. Without further ado, we present our blog one year in the making: Telos Alliance's 2021 Year In Review—Top Blogs, Videos, Social Posts, and Product Introductions!

We're honored to share that we've recently received three “Best in Market” awards (previously Best of Show at the 2021 NAB Show) from leading industry publications! RadioWorld awarded the new Axia Quasar SR AoIP Console a Best in Market 2021 award, while TV Technology and TVB Europe both recognized Telos Infinity VIP Virtual Intercom Platform as Best in Market this fall.

Topics: quasar, Infinity VIP

If you follow along with our Telos Alliance blogs, you may remember our recent story of Rares Paunescu. Rares had the dream at just 11 years old of building his own home studio using Telos Alliance Axia and Omnia gear. At 19, Rares turned that dream into a reality! We wanted to get a closer look at his journey, so we reached out and sat down for a Behind the Sound interview to hear this young man's inspiring story.

Topics: Behind the Sound

Telos Alliance’s Omnia.9 dramatically improves Milele FM's on-air sound with powerful and flexible audio processing. This user story comes courtesy of AVC Group—Africa. (1 Minute Read)

Topics: Omnia.9, Omnia

In this episode of Behind the Sound, we get to speak with Tony Bono. Tony has had a hand in just about every aspect of radio over the past 52 years from producer, to DJ, to program director, general manager, owner, and beyond. In 2018, Tony decided to upgrade his audio processing to none other than Omnia VOLT. In this interview, Tony shares everything he loves about our Omnia VOLT, as well as explains the difference it made for his station’s sound with version 2.0.

Topics: Omnia VOLT, Behind the Sound

In our recent Behind The Sound interview, we got a chance to speak with Tom Van Gorkom. Tom has been in his role as broadcast engineer for Radio Esperanza (Hope Radio) for the last 8 years. He was recently tasked with upgrading all the equipment. After reviewing options and talking to users, he chose Axia for their mixing consoles. He continued to remodel their studios, one at a time. Eventually, for their webplayer and phone app, they went with Z/IPStream R/1 so they could feed it with Livewire and have control over the audio routing to it.

More recently, their audio processors were randomly locking up at the transmitter sites, so they decided to try out Omnia VOLT. Tom was impressed with the interface, flexibility, and clarity. Tom then implemented Omnia MPX Nodes to clear up STL distortion and overshoots, which allowed them to install the VOLT at the studio. Sure enough, it worked well, allowing them to send the processed audio to two FM stations from one VOLT fed by Livewire. Hear all about Tom's projects and decision-making in this interview.

Topics: Omnia VOLT, z/ipstream r/1, Behind the Sound

Telos Alliance’s Axia iQs has been awarded the 2021 SBE Technology Award, as well as PRODU's 2021 Technology Award. Axia iQs is the first soft console controlled by a full HTML-5 interface, allowing you to mix from anywhere, on any device.

Topics: Axia Audio, virtualization, Axia iQs

In our latest Behind The Sound interview, we got a chance to speak with Ludwig Kugler. Ludwig is part of a jazz band in Munich, Germany. After the start of the pandemic, his band was unable to practice together in person. Through some creative thinking, Ludwig was able to find a way to conduct band practice virtually, as well as stream his band's performances online with the help of some Telos Alliance offerings!

While the band took advantage of Jamulus software to play together from different locations, they needed another solution to help stream to their audience. Through Telos Alliance Z/IPStream 9X/2 stream encoder and processor, the band was able to stream directly to their audience over the internet. The 9X/2 handled all of the audio processing and the transfer to their Icecast server, where it is published. They were able to control all of this using the Axia Pathfinder Core PRO. Pathfinder was able to monitor everything coming in and out of the 9X/2, and it also helped them connect with their website to keep track of their audience!

Topics: Z/IPStream 9X/2, Axia Pathfinder Core PRO, Behind the Sound

It's no secret that operations in broadcast are quickly moving towards software and virtual solutions. The many benefits of virtualization are being realized and taken advantage of more than any time before. At Harvest Ministries' KFM Network, they are making use of a new solution from Telos Alliance to run three independent radio stations from any location. We got the opportunity to speak with Curtis Belcher, head of Harvest Ministries, on their experience with Axia iQs and how it's given the team complete control of their network.

Topics: Axia Audio, virtualization, iQs

Modern broadcasters are making the shift to virtualization as software versions of broadcast equipment become available. The benefits of virtualization can't be denied and are worthy of your consideration when pondering your next studio purchase. In this blog, we break down five major benefits of virtualizing your studio operations now.

Topics: virtual radio, virtual radio software, virtualization, Infinity VIP, iQs