--- title: Telos Alliance Blog Featuring Audio News Events Products & Updates | The Telos Alliance Team (85) description: Telos Alliance has led the audio industry’s innovation in Broadcast Audio, Digital Mixing & Mastering, Audio Processors & Compression, Broadcast Mixing Consoles, Audio Interfaces, AoIP & VoIP for over three decades. The Telos Alliance family of products include Telos® Systems, Omnia® Audio, Axia® Audio, Linear Acoustic®, 25-Seven® Systems, Minnetonka™ Audio and Jünger Audio. Covering all ranges of Audio Applications for Radio & Television from Telos Infinity IP Intercom Systems, Jünger Audio AIXpressor Audio Processor, Omnia 11 Radio Processors, Axia Networked Quasar Broadcast Mixing Consoles and Linear Acoustic AMS Audio Quality Loudness Monitoring and 25-Seven TVC-15 Watermark Analyzer & Monitor. Telos Alliance offers audio solutions for any and every Radio, Television, Live Events, Podcast & Live Streaming Studio With Telos Alliance “Broadcast Without Limits” “Love What You Hear” (85) --- ## The Telos Alliance Team ### Recent Posts [![Axia Helps Merlin Media Flip Formats Fast | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/file-514330764-jpg/success_blog/January_2012/262Small.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/axia-helps-merlin-media) ## [Axia Helps Merlin Media Flip Formats Fast | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/axia-helps-merlin-media) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Jan 12, 2012, 2:15:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![Axia Audio Router Selector nodes with Telos Hx1 hybrid at WWWN.](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/file-514330764-jpg/success_blog/January_2012/262Small.jpg "Axia Audio Router Selector nodes with Telos Hx1 hybrid at WWWN.")Axia Helps Merlin Media Flip Formats Fast Radio folks know that format changes usually mean equipment changes as well. Especially when you're going from music to talk - that's a real game-changer. When Merlin Media recently acquired Chicago's WWWN from [Emmis](http://www.emmis.com/), they decided to make the flip - but on a very short timetable: Merlin wanted the studios finished in one month to put their new format on the air. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/axia-helps-merlin-media) [![Is your AM Audio Quality Lost in Translation? | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/file-515426181-gif/success_blog/January_2012/8Small.gif)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/am-audio-quality-lost-omnia-help) ## [Is your AM Audio Quality Lost in Translation? | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/am-audio-quality-lost-omnia-help) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Jan 10, 2012, 2:11:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![Coverage Map](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/file-516682642-png/success_blog/January_2012/258.png "Coverage Map")Is your AM Audio Quality Lost in Translation? ### Omnia can help Our US readers may have noticed recently a number of AM stations filing for and obtaining translators to help boost signal coverage. Maybe you've even applied for one of your own. That's thanks to the [FCC](http://www.fcc.gov/)'s [Report and Order](http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-09-59A1.pdf) from 2009 that allowed cross-service translation (the ability for AMs to rebroadcast on an FM frequency). [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/am-audio-quality-lost-omnia-help) Topics: [broadcast audio processor](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/broadcast-audio-processor) [![Do you Need Audio Processing in a File-based Encoder? | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TA_NAB_News_V5.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/do-you-need-audio-processing-in-a-file-based-encoder) ## [Do you Need Audio Processing in a File-based Encoder? | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/do-you-need-audio-processing-in-a-file-based-encoder) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Jan 9, 2012, 12:25:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # Do you Need Audio Processing in a File-based Encoder? That question comes up on a regular basis. The first answer that comes to mind is “because it’s cool!” but, on a more serious note, there are some very practical reasons for it. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/do-you-need-audio-processing-in-a-file-based-encoder) [![What IP-Audio Studio Owners Discover after their First Installation | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hub/319226/file-2307708119.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/what-ip-audio-studio-owners-discover-after-their-first-installation) ## [What IP-Audio Studio Owners Discover after their First Installation | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/what-ip-audio-studio-owners-discover-after-their-first-installation) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Jan 6, 2012, 9:52:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![Jeff McGinley](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hub/319226/file-2307708119.jpg "Jeff McGinley")What IP-Audio Studio Owners Discover after their First Installation The boxes have come and gone, as well as the integrator. The past few months have been both exciting and tedious, as you've had to not only plan and install new technology into your existing facility, but also keep up on all of the other engineering responsibilities — a challenge that every broadcast engineer can relate and sympathize with. Now you've got it, though: your first AoIP studio. So, what's next? [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/what-ip-audio-studio-owners-discover-after-their-first-installation) [![Four ](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TA_NAB_News_V5.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/four-must-dos-for-planning-your-ip-audio-network) ## [Four "Must-Dos" for Planning Your IP-Audio network | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/four-must-dos-for-planning-your-ip-audio-network) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Jan 5, 2012, 4:04:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # Four "Must-Dos" for Planning Your IP-Audio network Although most engineers have some experience with computer networks, not all of us have had to build one from scratch. If you're planning for an Axia IP-Audio network (or maybe you've just purchased some Axia gear), here are four things you should do to help ensure that the audio network you're planning performs the way you want it to. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/four-must-dos-for-planning-your-ip-audio-network) [![What do Explosives, Flashlights, and Toy Trains Have in Common? | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TA_NAB_News_V5.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/what-do-explosives-flashlights-and-toy-trains-have-in-common) ## [What do Explosives, Flashlights, and Toy Trains Have in Common? | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/what-do-explosives-flashlights-and-toy-trains-have-in-common) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Dec 23, 2011, 12:48:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # What do Explosives, Flashlights, and Toy Trains Have in Common? Those of us who came of age at a certain time will fondly remember one of the traditional joys of our youth: setting up the electric train beneath the Christmas tree. Not just any train, though - it had to be a Lionel train set, big and loud and bright, complete with billowing smoke from the locomotive and all manner of animated trackside accessories. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/what-do-explosives-flashlights-and-toy-trains-have-in-common) [![Five things your competition is doing to sound better than you | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/file-1520316205-jpg/success_blog/August_2014/Denny_Sanders.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/five-things-your-competition-is-doing-to-sound-better-than-you) ## [Five things your competition is doing to sound better than you | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/five-things-your-competition-is-doing-to-sound-better-than-you) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Dec 21, 2011, 4:12:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![Denny_Sanders](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/file-1520316205-jpg/success_blog/August_2014/Denny_Sanders.jpg?width=126&name=Denny_Sanders.jpg)Five things your competition is doing to sound better than you   1) Their source material – songs – are technically perfect Garbage in – garbage out; especially true when playing your music through a modern, hard-working audio processor. Stations that sound great play music that sounds great. This means the source material is as close to perfect as possible. No MP3s. No downloading songs using BitTorrent. With the cost of hard drive storage being so low these days, there’s no excuse for not ripping and storing your music library in a linear format – no bit-rate-reduction (data compression). If you must obtain data-compressed music, be sure it’s at a high bit rate. 256kbps minimum for AAC; 384 kbps minimum for MPEG Layer II. Check your songs for full frequency response using spectral analysis; you can connect a PC with a good sound card to your console output and watch for songs limited to 15kHz or less. Replace these cuts as you can. YOU are the final gatekeeper of your station’s source material integrity. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/five-things-your-competition-is-doing-to-sound-better-than-you) [![4G Success with Telos Z/IP and ProSTREAM | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TA_NAB_News_V5.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/4g-success-with-telos-z/ip-and-prostream) ## [4G Success with Telos Z/IP and ProSTREAM | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/4g-success-with-telos-z/ip-and-prostream) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Dec 12, 2011, 12:36:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # 4G Success with Telos Z/IP and ProSTREAM  [WSUM](http://www.wsum.org) radio at the University of Wisconsin was facing the prospect of having to fork out nearly $1,000 for an Internet connection during the weekend of December 3rd in order to broadcast their own Badger football game at Lucas Oil Stadium, on their own airwaves. Naturally, they wanted to avoid this! [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/4g-success-with-telos-z/ip-and-prostream) [![Sharing a Single Livewire Mic / Headphone Position with Multiple Consoles | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TA_NAB_News_V5.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/sharing-a-single-livewire-mic-/-headphone-position-with-multiple-consoles) ## [Sharing a Single Livewire Mic / Headphone Position with Multiple Consoles | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/sharing-a-single-livewire-mic-/-headphone-position-with-multiple-consoles) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Nov 11, 2011, 1:26:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # Sharing a Single Livewire Mic / Headphone Position with Multiple Consoles Q: "We have a customer who wants to use one microphone selectively with two different control rooms. The mic has mic/headphone accessory panels, and the client wants control of the accessory panel to follow the mic, no matter which of the facility's mixing consoles it's assigned to. Is this possible?" [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/sharing-a-single-livewire-mic-/-headphone-position-with-multiple-consoles) [![Playing Livewire Streams using Windows Media Player | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TA_NAB_News_V5.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/playing-livewire-streams-using-windows-media-player) ## [Playing Livewire Streams using Windows Media Player | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/playing-livewire-streams-using-windows-media-player) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Oct 31, 2011, 4:07:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # Playing Livewire Streams using Windows Media Player Did you know that you can use Media Player (or any standards-compliant player, like VLC Player or Quicktime) to play the RTP audio streams generated by your Livewire network? Think of the possibilities around your plant: any computer with a set of speakers instantly becomes a listening station for any audio channel your plant is generating. All you have to do is generate a standard SDP file so your player knows what stream to load and play. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/playing-livewire-streams-using-windows-media-player) [Previous](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team/page/84) [All posts](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/all) [Next](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team/page/86) Blog Search Search ### Recent Posts ## Subscribe *If you love broadcast audio, you'll love Telos Alliance's newsletter. Get it delivered to your inbox by subscribing below!*