This original article has been translated from Italian.
Young People and Radio
During this particular period in time, the youth are using their creativity and energy to find solutions that allow radio to serve its audience even better. 19-year-old Timo Piredda, a very young and talented presenter on Radio MFY, has created a special format to entertain people during the quarantine, with the help of Axia from Telos Alliance.
Timo Piredda at Radio MFY with Axia
Topics: Axia Audio, Radio Consoles, AoIP studios
Minnesota Public Radio Upgrades to Axia Fusion Radio Consoles
, we sat down with Chief Engineer of Minnesota Public Radio Bill xxxx . MPR was one of the very first Axia customers, installing xxx
Bill and wanted to upgrade their entire facility to the Axia Fusion consoles. "Our AxaiElements were more than 10 years old. They had served us very well and we were so impressed by them, we decided to replace
Essentially we are one of the early adopters of Axi, elements over 10 years old, maintenance issues, two answer, they have served well. We are so impressed by it, it gave its good service and decided to replace with the same thing. We didn’t do our due diligence, there are other systems out there. We had to know what was available, 10 years, owe it to ourself to investigate so that it got done. Took 24 plus elements, replaced them with Fusion.
We are doing it Room by Room, main room most used rooms already, going through production areas and secondary backup studios. Right now, that will complete the first of the fusion went over a year ago now, finishing up the rest of them in the next two months.
- Why did you decide to stick with Axia gear?
Stick with it. Well it’s what we understand and we have always found a way to do what we need to do, the product has evolved, we never felt roadblocked in any way by what Axia was capable of doing. AXIA—we do a lot Pathfinder server, so that works crucial with the Fusion consoles.
Specific Fusion consoles—for us Fusion and Element we gained a few things, Element to Fusion not meaninguful in what we were able to accomplish, Fusion was the replacement for Element that’s what we did.
- What are the benefits, in your opinion, of Livewire over some of the other protocols out there?
Livewire ecoysystem—certainly simplifies things. Cuts costs because we are not interfacing phsycial outfputs on devices. We have probably favored products of the ecosphere. Early adopters in this ecosphere. More and more the devices are used. Lviewire made the difference between buying one or another. Becoming real common and we are not being outside of that, personally don’t understand the difference, always able to work within LW. Right now everything is Livewire.
Elements—one of the first, not bets one to consult about the history, I was not here. Tom Nelson.Engineering facilities. Legend was we had second largest one for quite a while. 20 years ago.
- Are the Fusions installed yet? Do you have any images we could use?
7) Were there any challenges with the installation?
Installing... most of the stuff is so straightforward, there are challenges, one situation where we added onto the console in certain situation, wanted another mixer part of the fusion console, attached via the Canbus, added even more mixers to a 32…
Pictures.
We have phone system, VX and processing for many things… we use other products.
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Topics: Radio Consoles, Fusion, console upgrade, axia element
High School Station Bullish on Axia
In recent years, low-power radio stations have hit the FM band all across the U.S., from larger cities to remote outposts and all points between. One such LPFM is WNBI, or Bison Radio, affiliated with New Buffalo Area Schools on the shores of Lake Michigan – part of the “Michiana” area in the corner of southwest Michigan, not far north of the Indiana line.
Broadcasting a mix of older and current music, along with high school sports, local news, and special features produced by the students, WNBI-LP started as an extension of Radio Harbor Country, which included WRHC and WRHZ in nearby Three Oaks, Michigan, providing additional programming for residents of the New Buffalo area. Since hitting the airwaves two years ago, the Bison Radio has been well-received by the local community.
Read MoreTopics: Axia Audio, Radio Consoles, LPFM
Catching the “Spirit” of Audio over IP
It takes brass to plunge headlong into an unfamiliar technology.
Chris Cottingham, CE at CRISTA Broadcasting’s KFMK-FM in Austin, Texas, has that sort of spirit. Which is why he took on the task of updating his station’s studios from analog to IP Audio without having laid hands on networked studio gear before.
Read MoreTopics: IP Audio Network Routing & Control, Axia Audio, Telos Systems, Radio Consoles
Axia powers Radio DePaul
At age 19, Jake Alderman, a sophomore at Chicago's DePaul University, already knows what he wants to do when he graduates. One word – radio. He became fascinated with the medium while a student at Lyon Township High School (LTHS) in La Grange Il. It probably helped that the school system has one of the top-rated high school stations in the country, winning awards for excellence in 2008, 2009 and 2012.
Read MoreTopics: Axia Audio, Telos Systems, Telephone Hybrids, Radio Consoles
How far can cables extend between Axia gear and an Ethernet switch?
Michal Kolar of Multimedia Systems in the Czech Republic writes: "Our customer is asking what the maximum Ethernet CAT5E cable length is between an Axia xNode and the LAN switch. I expect it would be 100m."
Read MoreTopics: Axia Audio, Omnia Audio, Radio Consoles
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.
Read MoreTopics: Axia Audio, Omnia Audio, Radio Audio Processing, Radio Consoles
Radio Free Asia's D.C. Digs
IP-Audio, VoIP and International broadcasting
Radio Free Asia (RFA) was an early adopter of Axia technology. Starting in 2005 with its Asia bureau facility located in Bangkok, and then later in Seoul and Hong Kong, RFA has essentially become an All-Axia house, eventually completing the upgrade with its Washington, DC headquarters, which has 35 studios.
Read MoreTopics: IP Audio Codecs & Transceivers, Axia Audio, Telos Systems, Radio Consoles
Configuring GPIO events with the Axia iQ
Rod Simon, Studio Engineer at Moody Radio in Chicago e-mails us asking, "Is there a way to turn on a light when any of the faders or audio output of the IQ is active? Since we currently are not using the recording function I thought I may use that, but it is still not automatic. I basically want a virtual GPIO mixer controlling one GPIO port."
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