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28 October 2009, Cleveland Ohio, USA
Leo Laporte (www.leoville.com,
http://live.twit.tv),
host of Premiere Radio Networks’ nationally syndicated radio talk show
“The Tech Guy”, has installed an Axia IP-Audio network and Element 2.0
broadcast console at his Petaluma, California studio.
“The Axia IP-Audio network solves a big problem for us,” Laporte
said. “Before, we were getting digital audio, running it through an
analog mixer, then saving it out as digital again. Now we just stay
digital end-to-end. Another great feature is that each of the Element
console’s 18 faders can be assigned to its own profile. And each show
can have its own profile on top of that.”
Show Profiles that allow talent to save and instantly recall favorite
console settings are just one of the powerful features that have made
Element 2.0 audio consoles a best-seller — more than 1,500 Axia consoles
have been installed in just six short years. Other Element benefits
include customizable voice and headphone processing by Omnia,
fully-automatic mix-minus generation for each fader, automatic
split-channel Record mode, individual source EQ presets, and an
intuitive, fully-integrated Talkback/IFB system.
“The Axia IP-Audio network hides so much complexity, and yet there's
so much going on,” said Laporte.
“Nearly every broadcast engineer in the US has heard Leo’s radio show
or seen his shows on the TWiT netcast network,” says Axia marketing
director Clark Novak. “He’s completely plugged in to the latest in
computer and consumer technology. Having Axia gear powering Leo’s show
feels like winning the World Series.”
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 networks have a total system capacity of more
than 10,000 audio streams, and can carry hundreds of digital stereo
channels plus machine logic over a single CAT-6 cable, eliminating much
of the cost normally associated with wiring labor and infrastructure.
Additionally, broadcast equipment and playout systems from over
two-dozen Axia Partners connect
directly to Axia networks using standard Ethernet connections.
A brief TWiT video detailing Leo Laporte’s Axia installation, hosted
by Axia’s Kirk Harnack, has been posted on the Axia website at
www.AxiaAudio.com. For more information, contact Clark Novak at Axia
Audio by email at
cnovak@AxiaAudio.com
, or by phone at +1-216-241-7225.
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Leo Laporte shows off his Axia Element 2.0 mixing console. For a
print-quality copy of this photo, visit the Axia Photo Gallery at
AxiaAudio.com/pix/.
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Axia, a Telos company, builds Ethernet-based professional
IP-Audio products for broadcast, sound-reinforcement and commercial
audio applications. Along with the popular Element 2.0 modular console
for on-air, commercial production, audio workstations and personal
studios, Axia products include digital audio routers, DSP mixers and
processors, and software for configuring, managing and interfacing
networked audio systems.
About Leo Laporte: Leo Laporte is ChiefTWiT of the TWiT
netcast network, host of "This Week in Tech" (the world's most popular
technology podcast) and the nationally-syndicated "Tech Guy" radio show.
Laporte is the former host of "Call For Help" and "The Screensavers" on
TechTV. Laporte and other hosts on his network create more than 40 hours
of live technology programming each week, streamed live at http://live.twit.tv.
Laporte himself usually broadcasts without interruption from 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. Pacific, five days a week.
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