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10 June 2010, Cleveland Ohio, USA
In the space of six short years, Axia has become the clear leader in
IP-Audio for broadcast, with over 1,500 Axia consoles installed around
the world. Now, Axia will introduce iQ, a new console manufactured in
Asia and engineered for either standalone studios or networked
applications, at Broadcast Asia 2010 in Singapore.
“Axia believes in global innovation that benefits our clients,” says
Axia president Michael “Catfish” Dosch. “This is not limited to
technology, but includes manufacturing too. Our experienced R&D teams in
the US and Europe can now take advantage of expert Asian manufacturing
to produce world-class products at very favorable cost.”
“We’ve been working hard to make sure broadcasters’ equipment capital
stretches farther, and do so without compromise,” Dosch continues. “I
spent nearly a year in China setting up operations to manufacture
products to our stringent quality standards. Now, with our Asian
operations online, we will be introducing a range of exciting new
products. And just like our US-made products, iQ comes with 24/7 support
and a 5-year warranty.”
An expandable console family
The iQ system is
a family of console frames with different capabilities. Users start with
the 8-fader iQ Main Frame, then add frames with phone controls, routing
controls or faders. Frames plug into the iQ Core, a fanless console
engine with audio I/O, console CPU, logic, mix engine, power supply and
Ethernet switch. Backup power with auto-switching is also available.
This ability to easily expand allows an iQ console’s size to be
increased to as many as 24 faders simply by connecting additional
frames.
iQ’s rich feature set includes 3 dedicated stereo Program buses plus
a stereo Utility bus that can be used for phone calls, off-air
recording, or as a fourth Program bus. There’s automatic mix-minus on
every fader, Show Profiles that instantly recall talent’s favorite
settings, Record Mode one-touch recording, and comprehensive Talkback.
Construction details include Axia’s hallmark ultra-smooth faders,
aircraft-quality switches, and beefy extruded-aluminum frames.
High-resolution, ultra-bright OLED displays on the meter bridge can be
read instantly from anywhere in the room.
Thanks to its “everything’s-included” nature, iQ is well suited for
building standalone studios, but has a built-in Ethernet switch with
Gigabit ports for seamless connection to larger Livewire™ IP-Audio
networks; up to 4 iQ Cores can be daisy-chained without an external
Ethernet switch.
iQ Features and Benefits
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Telco expansion – 6
faders plus 6-line Call Controller with Status Symbols™ and DTMF
keypad for direct control of the latest Telos broadcast phone
systems
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Router control
expansion – 6 faders plus 10 programmable film-cap keys to
control external devices, trigger routing salvos, send contact
closures and more
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8-Fader expansion –
doubles the capacity of the iQ Main Frame
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Flexible mounting system
allows desktop, cutout, or rack-mount use.
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Hardened, fanless power
supply.
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Ultra-reliable embedded
console CPU and DSP mixing engine.
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Built-in I/O with:
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4 Mic inputs with
selectable Phantom power
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16 Analog ins and 8
Analog outs with 24-bit, 256x oversampling A/D converters
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2 AES/EBU ins and
outs
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4 GPIO logic ports,
each containing 5 inputs and 5 outputs
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I/O is expandable
using standard Axia audio nodes.
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6 100Base-T Livewire
ports for single-cable Livewire connections to Telos phone
systems, Omnia audio processors and other Axia gear, as well as
broadcast equipment from partners like Nautel, ENCO Systems,
BSI, 25-Seven, AudioScience and more — see
AxiaAudio.com/partners/ for full list.
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2 Gigabit Ethernet
ports with SFP for copper or fiber network connections.
The iQ integrated phone system
Imagine a broadcast console with a built-in six-line phone system.
Imagine talent running a call-in show seamlessly, smoothly, never having
to reach across a countertop to fiddle with a phone — looking instead at
an integrated phone hybrid section built right into the board, with all
the controls falling naturally under their hands.
Designed as an integral part of the iQ console system, the Telos iQ6
Telco Gateway adds a complete multi-line broadcast phone system to the
new iQ console with just one cable connection. iQ6 isn’t a standalone
hybrid; it’s a professional phone interface that saves money and time by
plugging right into a Livewire network. This eliminates the cost of
discrete I/O, cabling and soldered connectors, and slashes installation
time.
iQ6 works directly with any Axia iQ console equipped with the Telco
Expansion Frame, which adds six faders plus two hybrid controls with
Status Symbols™ to the iQ Main Frame. Once connected to the iQ Core, iQ6
sends its six lines of caller audio, hybrid control and mix-minus audio
to the network on a single CAT-5 cable. A built-in webserver enables
easy administration via Web browser from anywhere in the plant.
iQ6 can handle up to six phone lines, either analog (POTS) or digital
(ISDN PRI) phone lines, and contains two 3rd-generation Telos hybrids
with Digital Dynamic EQ; the same advanced hybrids found in Telos Nx12
and Nx6 Talkshow Systems. iQ6 also has exclusive new AEC Advanced Echo
Cancellation from Frauhnhofer Labs, revolutionary technology that
literally eliminates open-speaker feedback to allow natural,
free-flowing on-air conversations while using regular studio monitors.
In addition to the controls built into the iQ Telco Expansion Frame,
iQ6 owners can control their Telco Gateway using the new VoIP-based
Telox Vx Phone, or the Vx Producer software with built-in Soft Phone, to
make, take and screen calls directly via the producer's PC.
More about Axia
Axia broadcast consoles have become the fastest-growing brand of
consoles in the industry, with over 1,500 studios online worldwide. The
Axia IP-Audio system allows broadcasters to build audio networks of any
size using 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 (or nearly a
hundred surround) channels over a single CAT-6 cable, eliminating much
of the cost normally associated with wiring labor and infrastructure.
Axia products include the popular
Element 2.0 modular broadcast console, the
PowerStation
integrated console engine, the
IP-Intercom
system, a family of “audio nodes” that allow easy mixing and
matching of digital, analog and microphone audio, and a comprehensive
suite of network administration and routing control software.
More details about iQ can be found on the Web at
www.AxiaAudio.com/iQ/ .
Visitors to Broadcast Asia can see iQ and other Axia products at the
Broadcast Asia 2010 – Singapore Expo, in the Telos / Omnia / Axia
display in Booth 7C2-01/B. For more information, contact Clark Novak at Axia Audio,
via email at
cnovak@AxiaAudio.com
or by phone at +1-216-241-7225.
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iQ Console + Router System
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Telos iQ6 Telco Gateway
part of the Axia iQ console system
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