Telos Alliance: crucial update for the Axia range with StudioCore and StudioEdge

StudioCore (surface engine) and StudioEdge (high-density I/O device) will be added to the Axia line of AoIP consoles and accessories in September 2024. Telos Alliance.

The engine StudioCore, directed surfaces Axia iQ, Radius, RAQ and DESQ, is presented as the successor of the WRITING. 32. The solution maintains the twenty-four channel mixing engine of QOR.32, as well as an internal power supply and a five-port Ethernet switch, although it adds a system of eight channel monitoring matrix and offers a flow capacity Thirty-two input Livewire+ AES67 y thirty-two exits.

On the other hand, the StudioEdge is a high-density I/O device designed to complement the product family Axia xNode. Can be used as an all-in-one I/O solution in control rooms of any size, or as a station intake the solution of routing and monitoring in TOC and engine rooms.

Both Telos solutions are based on a 2RU common hardware platform fanless switch that includes an integrated 5-port Ethernet switch with PoE and a 5-inch color IPS LCD touchscreen, which facilitates local control of routing, I/O and audio levels. Additionally, the E/S include four selectable mic/line inputs; eight dedicated line inputs and outputs and three user-configurable digital inputs and outputs such as AES/EBU, S/PDIF and USB Audio (eliminating the need for an IP controller for stereo applications); two headphone outputs with independent DACs and integrated amplifiers; an integrated audio file player via a USB data port, and four GPI/O ports. Optionally, the system can include a second internal power supply.

Luca LaRosa, senior project manager at Telos Alliance, highlights the most outstanding characteristics of StudioCore y StudioEdge: "StudioCore is truly an all-in-one platform for the broadcast studio, including a very high-quality audio I/O endpoint, an AoIP switch and a console mixing engine in a single fanless 2RU chassis; just add a control surface and a playout computer, and you have a complete studio solution. Both StudioCore and StudioEdge provide the flexible architecture our customers have been asking for, with features such as an I/O expansion slot, I/O “USB audio system, two powerful headphone amplifiers and a built-in USB file player.”