Axia Radius
A new IP-Audio console from Axia debuted at the 2011 NAB Convention in Las Vegas. Radius, a compact networked mixing desk with four stereo buses, eight faders, 16 audio I/O ports and an Ethernet switch with Gigabit, will retail for just $5,990 USD. This makes Radius the most affordable AoIP console ever. Radius features are plentiful: 4 stereo mixing buses, talkback capabilities, built-in Ethernet switch with six 100Base-T and two Gigabit ports, 4 GPIO machine-control ports and much more. Additionally, Radius has switchable VU/PPM LED bargraph meters, 100mm. conductive plastic faders, aircraft-quality switches with LED lighting, onboard NTP-capable clock, event timer, and high-resolution OLED readouts on each fader strip. Thanks to its combination of big features and small price, Radius is an ideal standalone console. However, its built-in Ethernet switch makes connecting to existing Axia networks simple. Simple Networking allows up to 4 consoles to be daisy-chained before an external Ethernet switch is needed. 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.