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Going FM Talk? Omnia has you covered
With talk programming coming to the FM band in many places - it's more essential than ever that your processing is dialed-in. At Omnia, we known that tuning for voice-only radio can be a time-consuming endeavor. That's why our processing team has been hard at work creating new FM Talk presets for the amazing Omnia.11 audio processor. They've come up with presets for News, Talk and Sports programming that give voices the richness, smoothness and authority your PD wants. In short, it's the clear, clean, loud-as-heck Omnia sound - for talk!
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Breaking BRI channels out of T-1 lines
Ron Russ of SBS' Los Angeles cluster, writes: "Could someone please explain to me how multiple ISDN BRI's can be handled by one (or more) T-1's? Right now, I have six ISDN lines and I'm looking at ways of reducing that cost."
Read MoreEAS and Axia
Daniel Somes, CE at Journal Broadcast Group in Tucson, writes "What's the best way to integrate TFT EAS receivers into Axia? Do I simply connect the EAS to an audio node for insertion to the Axia system?"
Read MoreIf It's Too Loud, You're Too Old
"Being loud is not the problem. It's how you get loud that's the issue."
There have been lots of proclamations lately about how "the loudness wars are over." Respectfully, we think that's a big crock. Sure, everyone says that with the advent of HD Radio, loudness isn't an issue anymore - but just scan up and down the dial in any radio market worth its salt and your ears will tell you instantly how programmers (and engineers) really feel. No wonder our new Omnia.11 is in such demand.
Read MoreTen Minutes to VoIP!
Easy Telos VX setup with Steve and Maris
If you're like us, the idea of using a VoIP-based studio phone system is as exciting as unwrapping gifts on Christmas morning. The ability to (finally) connect your studio phones to your business PBX, taking high-def voice calls from SIP clients, using low-cost IP trunks - if this makes your eyes light up... well, you've probably already put in a PO for a Telos VX system. Read MorePassword Reset for Omnia ONE
Folks who've forgotten the passwords to their Omnia ONE processors have been asking how to unlock their units and reset that pass to the factory default. Here's the procedure, but note that the Omnia ONE must be running software version 1.1 (25) or later for this procedure to work. (You can find out what version you're running in the Administrative menu / About screen.)
1) Rremove power from the unit.
2) Remove the top cover and locate jumper JP5.
3) Move the jumper from pins 1-2 (toward the rear of the unit) to pins 2-3 (toward the front ).
4) Power up the unit. Wait until it boots all the way up and the main menu is displayed.
5) Verify that the password has been reset to the factory default. ("omnia")
6) Unplug (remove power from) the unit.
7) Move jumper JP5 back to pins 1-2 (toward the rear of the unit).
8) Re-install the top cover of the unit.
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Topics: broadcast audio processor
DVI Extension Cables
Plenty of computers and broadcast gear that use computer monitors have been migrating away from traditional analog VGA connections to DVI (Digital Video Interface) outputs. These require newer digital monitors - that SyncMaster from 1998 can finally be safely retired! However, in many studios, equipment is often located away from where its video display must be placed and, although most DVI monitors are shipped with appropriate DVI connection cables, those cables are generally too short at the standard 6-foot length. What to do?
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Where Does the Time Go?
June, 2007, Redlands, CA -- KSGN, a radio ministry whose goal is to “draw people closer to God by providing encouragement, edifying believers, and building community through Christian music, mission outreach, and events”, was among the first clients of Axia Audio’s Livewire networked audio system. Now that they’ve been up and running for a while, we were eager to check back with them and discover how their system was performing. We managed to catch up with Bruce Potterton, Chief Engineer for the venerable station, who gave us this update.
Read MoreWhat's That in Your Pocket?
Your Editor remembers, as a boy, reading Larry Niven's classic novel The Mote in God's Eye and marveling at, among other things, Niven's matter-of-fact description of a "pocket computer" with touch-screen and wireless comm link that could easily perform tasks that, at the time, could only be accomplished using something like a DEC PDP/11 (which took up a 6-foot rack and used a teletype machine as its primary interface). Like so many ideas from early Sci-Fi, however, the concept of the pocket computer is now more science than fiction:a company called Fit-PC has just announced a shirt-pocket device with more computing power than the netbook you're reading this on. Called the TrimSlice, it's decked out with a dual-core NVidia Tegra processor, a Gig of memory, 802.11n WiFi, 5.1 audio and HDMI/DVI video. The kicker: TrimSlice consumes just 3 Watts of power - less than the average digicam. Now that we've got this nailed -- how soon can I have a Transporter pad installed in my house?
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