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10 October 2011, Cleveland Ohio, USA
 Since
the mid-‘80s, WCRX-FM (wcrx.net), the
student-run radio station of Chicago’s Columbia College, has been the
recipient of dozens of awards for programming and achievement, including
the prestigious Gold World Medal for Best College Radio Station (2009)
from the New York Festivals. Soon, students in Columbia’s Radio
department will reap the benefits of Axia Audio’s new iQ networked
IP-Audio console.
WCRX has received 7 new iQ consoles with 7 matching QOR.32 integrated
console engines, upgrading their facilities to the latest in networked
radio mixers. The equipment was purchased through Broadcasters General
Store.
The Axia iQ console is a stereo, four-bus mixer available in sizes from
eight to 24 faders, with accessory frames which feature built-in
multi-line telephone controls and user-programmable buttons that can
control audio peripherals via GPIO. The QOR.32 integrated console engine
features 4 Mic inputs, 16 analog ins and 8 analog outs, 2 AES/EBU ins
and outs, and 8 GPIO logic ports.
Axia is the only AoIP console manufacturer to build the network switch
into the console itself; iQ’s QOR.32 engine includes a
zero-configuration, built-for-broadcast Ethernet switch with 6 100Base-T
Livewire ports for single-cable connection of networked audio devices,
and 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports for connection to other studios. Up to 4 iQ
consoles may be daisy-chained using Simple Networking without the need
for an external Ethernet switch.
iQ features premium components such as ultra-smooth conductive plastic
faders, aircraft-quality switches with LED lighting, and high-resolution
OLED displays for metering and other information. Anodized,
machined-aluminum surfaces have laser-etched markings that can’t ever
fade or rub off, and iQ frames are built of rugged extruded-aluminum
components for RF immunity. A 16-fader iQ with QOR.32 engine carries a
suggested retail price of only $10,585.
Axia radio consoles are a hit, with installations in over 2,000 studios
worldwide. Axia allows broadcasters to quickly and easily build audio
networks 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 channels (plus
machine logic and PAD) over a single CAT-6 cable, eliminating much of
the cost normally associated with wiring labor and infrastructure.
For more information about iQ, please visit
AxiaAudio.com/iQ/. For media
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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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 the PowerStation integrated console engine,
intercom systems, digital audio routers, DSP mixers and processors, and
software for configuring, managing and interfacing networked audio
systems.
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