Axia users gain new flexibility with Studio Control panels.

Axia users gain new flexibility
with Studio Control panels.
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29 March 2007, Cleveland Ohio, USA 
At NAB 2007, Axia Audio will be displaying a variety of 
		new rack and turret/furniture mounted accessory controllers for use with 
		Axia IP-Audio networks. 
Six new Studio Control panels interface with Element to 
		give on-air hosts, guests and producers remote control of headphone 
		selection, mic channels and more, and three new flexible button panels 
		can be programmed to trigger router salvos, load profiles, switch 
		studios, control audio gear, provide intercom functions and more. 
“We could spend a lot of time talking about the cool tech 
		in these control panels,” says Axia president Michael “Catfish” Dosch, 
		“but air talent doesn’t care about that. They just want to be able to 
		press a button and have the right thing happen immediately! Which is 
		exactly what they’re designed to do.” 
The new accessory controllers on display will include: 
A family of 5-, 10- and 15-button Film-Legendable 
			Button Controllers in 1RU rackmount form-factors. These buttons can 
			be custom-programmed with Axia PathfinderPC software for use as 
			“macro” keys for frequently-used switching applications, or to 
			provide recording device controls. These can be placed anywhere fast 
			access to switching operations is needed – control rooms, talent 
			studios, production rooms, TOCs, etc. 
Programmable SmartSwitch 4-button Studio Accessory 
			Panels. These backlit, dynamic-LCD displays are also programmed 
			using PathfinderPC software and are designed for convenient 
			placement adjacent to host or guest mic positions. Panels can be 
			custom-programmed to provide controls for recording devices or used 
			as one-button “macro” keys to perform simple switching applications 
			or complex scene changes such as transferring program chains from 
			studio to studio, 
Programmable FilmCap 5-button Studio Accessory 
			Panels. Like their rackmount cousins, these controller provide 
			on-board switching capabilities for applications not requiring the 
			dynamic function changes found in SmartSwitch modules, and can be 
			mounted anywhere. 
A Mic Control/Headphone Selector Panel for Element 
			consoles. Talent can easily select their own headphone feed source 
			and control its volume, as well as control mic channel on/off/mute 
			functions. These functions are also available separately in 
			stand-alone Mic Control Panel and Headphone Selector Panels. 
A Producer’s Mic Control Panel for Element consoles. 
			This unique Accessory Panel can be placed at dedicated Producer’s 
			positions to give talkshow or morning show producers control of 
			their mic channel’s remote on/off/mute operations, as well as 
			dedicated Talkback keys for easy communication with studio guests, 
			hosts and remote talent via the console's backfeeds.
Also debuting at NAB is the new Element 2-Fader+Monitor 
		module, which allows Axia clients to order Element consoles in compact 
		sizes of 2 to 10 faders — perfect for space-sensitive applications. The 
		new module combines two fader strips with overbridge alphanumeric 
		displays and Status Symbols™ with a comprehensive two-space 
		Monitor/Options section, all of which fit into a single four-position 
		module. Element can be ordered with as many as 40 faders, in 
		single-frame or split-frame configurations. 
The Axia IP-Audio system allows broadcasters to build 
		audio networks of any size using standard Switched Ethernet to connect a 
		few rooms — or an entire facility. Axia IP-Audio networks can carry 
		hundreds of digital stereo (or nearly a hundred surround) audio channels 
		over a standard CAT-6 cable, eliminating much of the cost normally 
		associated with wiring labor and infrastructure. Axia products include a 
		family of “audio nodes” that allow easy mixing and matching of digital, 
		analog and microphone audio, and eliminate PC sound cards. 
Visit Axia at the 2007 NAB Convention, Booth N7726, for a 
		complete demonstration of IP-Audio networking. For more information, 
		contact Clark Novak at Axia, +1-216-241-7225, or e-mail 

cnovak@AxiaAudio.com
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				These press-ready pictures of Axia Studio Accessory Panels 
				can be downloaded from the Axia picture gallery at
				www.AxiaAudio.com/pix  
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Axia, a Telos company, builds 
		Ethernet-based professional IP-Audio products for broadcast, production, 
		sound-reinforcement and commercial audio applications. Products include 
		digital audio routers, on-air control surfaces, DSP mixers and 
		processors and software for configuring, managing, and interfacing 
		networked audio systems.

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