Find Audio Network Problems before the Jocks Do

Here is a guest Tech Tip! Anthony Eden works for Hope 103.2, in the beautiful city of Sydney, Australia by day and writes about his experiences with technology on his personal website by night.

How do you know when something has gone wrong on your Livewire network? Do the jocks come screaming to you? You can get ahead of the curve by configuring your Telos Alliance gear to message you using a little logging and alerting protocol called "SysLog."

Dozens of Audio Streams,  Complete Control.

Music Choice, the multi-platform video and music network, delivers its music programming to millions of consumers nationwide through their televisions, online and mobile devices. Last month, they expanded their services when they launched their first Android app, currently streaming 46 channels, live! And guess what: all of the Music Choice channels are streamed with Omnia A/XE encoding and processing software.

Fairbanks' KQHE Radio proves you don't have to be big to sound big.

Mention Axia installs to most engineers and they'll usually conjure up images of multiple Element consoles, engines, nodes and processors all linked together with Livewire. But KQHE 92.7 in Fairbanks, Alaska is living proof that you don't need to be nearly that big to reap the benefits of IP audio with Livewire. The newest radio station in The Last Frontier is starting out with one Axia DESQ console, an Omnia ONE FM processor, Telos Z/IP ONE IP codec and an Hx1 phone system. That's it.

Get Great Audio over IP Remotes? Yes You Can!

As more and more broadcasters move to IP and public Internet connections for remote broadcasts, the question now is not "Can I do IP remotes?," but "How can I make IP remotes sound as good as ISDN?"

Axia Rides Tall in the Lone Star State

Kidd Kraddick's Yea Network brings new Axia studios online

If you've thumbed through the July 3rd issue of Radio World (US), you probably saw the gorgeous new Axia studios built by Rob Chickering, VP of Operations for Kidd Kraddick's Yea Network head-end.

Celebrating 45 Years of Mousing Around

We write in praise of the humble computer mouse – or, more accurately, the mind that invented it. Dr. Douglas Engelbart, working with ARPA at the Stanford Research Center in Palo Alto, California, was the man who first conceived of and publicly demonstrated digital - that is, hand-motion - control of computing devices, in December, 1968.

5 Broadcast Apps You Can’t Be Without

If you’re like any engineer we know, you’ve likely got a smartphone or a tablet. And you probably know that there are apps out there – hundreds of them – designed specifically for use by you. Finding them… well, that’s another story.

Enabling Omnia.11 Low-Latency Monitoring

Ben Umberger of WFLZ writes:

"I'm using an Omnia.11 with version 1.03 firmware. I have the analog output selected as DJ for off-air monitoring, but the audio is still coming out delayed. What am I missing?"

Topics: broadcast audio processor

Radio In The Ranks: The AFRTS Audio Archive

For Americans posted overseas in combat or peacekeeping duty, US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) has been a constant companion to men and women in uniform for over 70 years, beginning with its World War II origins as the Armed Forces Radio Service. Although the service's origin was to support the troops in battle areas (like WWII London), AFRS and AFRTS personnel have been stationed nearly everywhere there was a US outpost, from Riyadh to the DEW Line installation in the Aleutian Islands.

Off-Air Monitoring with Omnia.9

Resolving audio delay issues with the Omnia.9

Topics: broadcast audio processor