Now, Hx6 makes its North American debut at NAB. A feature-packed six-line phone system that offers Digital Dynamic EQ, ACG, and caller audio processing by Omnia for stellar audio quality, Livewire connectivity, VSet phones with high-resolution color screens, and twin hybrids for high-quality conferencing, the Hx6 system is poised to become the new "gold standard" for six-line broadcast phones. Works with POTS (analog) or ISDN (digital) phone lines.

Linear Acoustic® is showing and shipping two new offerings for the digital television audio market at this year's show: The AERO.2000™ Audio/Loudness Manager and the LQ-1™ Loudness Meter.

AERO.2000 is the successor to the highly successful AERO.air and offers AEROMAX loudness control for 16-channels of audio (5.1+2+Local and 2+2+Local) in two independent instances, UPMAX II upmixing/downmixing, ITU-R BS.1770-3 metering, and optional Dolby® encoding/decoding and Nielsen® Watermarking. It also utilizes patented Linear Acoustic Intelligent Dynamics™ hybrid metadata processing.

On the metering side, the brand-new LQ-1 is a simple, accurate, and flexible loudness meter featuring ITU-R BS.1770-1/2/3 standards and selectable Dolby Dialogue Intelligence automatic speech gating. Dolby Digital/Plus/E decoding is standard. Its compact size and rugged build quality make it a great choice for cramped edit bays and OB trucks.

The rest of the Linear Acoustic lineup will also be on display including AERO.one, AERO.lite, AERO.mobile, LQ-1000, LAMBDA, UPMAX, LA-5269, LA-5280, and MT2000 in Booth N3438 (Linear Acoustic), Booth N2837 (ATSC), and in the Central Hall at the Telos, Omnia, 25-Seven, and Axia booth (C3007). Read more about the entire line: click here. 

Axia was first on the scene with IP-Audio networking in 2003, and in 2013 we're still leading the pack, with cool new tools have the other guys wonder what we're going to do next. So this'll come as a real surprise: If you can imagine a built-for-broadcast IP Audio network switch that requires no configuration and simply works by plugging into your Livewire network, you've just described the new Axia xSwitch. xSwitch features eight Livewire ports plus two Gigabit trunking ports with SFP for redundant copper or fiber connections and PoE to power compliant peripherals. Since it's part of the xNode family, it's compact, rack-mountable, fanless, and ultra-reliable - truly set-and-forget.

On the console side, Axia offers the industry's most comprehensive line of AoIP networked mixers, ranging from the flagship Element (the choice for thousands of radio stations across the globe) to iQ, the full-featured console with a mid-range price; from Radius, the 4-bus, 8-fader console perfect for standalone or networked studios to the award-winning RAQ and DESQ compact consoles that bring the studio network advantage to even the smallest spaces -even VO booths, prod rooms and news bullpens. 

There's plenty bubbling on the Omnia stove these days. First up, a familiar name with a whole new meaning returns to the Telos family: AudioActive by Omnia, the world's first "Interactive Radio" technology platform. It e

  Then there's Omnia.11 for FM and dual-path FM/HD, with new features and software upgrades that make Omnia.11 more essential than ever for mission critical FM and FM/HD processing, where maximum firepower is required in an extremely competitive environment.  

And also. there's Omnia.9 for FM/HD and FM/3HD, with additional features this year courtesy of brand new software. Simultaneously process FM analog and HD-1, plus encode and process streaming audio. There's an optional HD-2 and HD-3 version, plus encode and process streams. 

And finally, you'll find Omnia ONE.SG, the hot new high-performance, stand alone stereo generator that converts pre-processed analog, AES/EBU or Livewire input to composite baseband MPX output. It has a built-in composite clipper to remove minor overshoot.  Standard features include Single Sideband capability, a technology which may potentially reduce multipath caused by terrain and urban structures. As with every Omnia ONE, the unit can be converted to FM, AM, Multicast, Studio Pro or Stereo Generator with a simple software download.

Be sure your time visiting us this year includes a stop by the newest member of our family. As in the past, 25-Seven will bring its entire development team for on-the-spot response to your questions and to learn from you how we can enhance our product range.

On display, of course, will be Program Delay Manager. Its recently patented PD-Alert™ feature makes certain you know exactly what happened whenever an operator uses PDM to prevent inappropriate material from airing. PD-Alert creates two time-stamped audio files - capturing what took place both on-air and off-air - which get internally archived and e-mailed to the PD (or GM, or CE, or the legal team) every time the "dump" button is pressed. We'll also be showing off some new features. A multi-view window allows you to control multiple PDMs from a single web page. Plus, newly enhanced data-follow-audio ensure your now-playing and other ancillary data remain sync'd to your delayed audio, even when manage your data through a combination of serial and Livewire AoIP ports.

You'll have the opportunity to listen to Precision Delay, winner of multiple best-of-show awards at NAB Show 2012. With up to four hours of sample-accurate stereo delay, it's the solution stations have been seeking to cure the headaches of drift between analog and HD Radio transmission signals; broadcast repeater synchronization; and delaying programs across time zones.

We'll also have our other program time management solutions for your perusal. The revolutionary Audio Time Manager is a real-time time-compressor and time-shifter that lets stations "pause" live radio, insert new material, then seamlessly return to the original program with no loss of content. Program Length Manager shrinks or stretches programs and program segments by several minutes an hour -without pitch change, artifacts or glitches. Find out more at 25-seven.com. 

This year, the Telos Alliance has fielded an illustrious crew of presenters to lay some learnin' on you, including Linear Acoustic founder and Telos Alliance Chief Technology Officer Tim Carroll, Telos VP Kirk Harnack, US Director of Western Sales John Bisset, and Chief Science Officer Greg Shay Be sure to add these dates and times to your "must see" NAB calendar:

• John Bisset is part of the "RF Boot Camp: Understanding Radio & Television Transmission" session on Wednesday, April 10, from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm in room S219 . 
• Tim Carroll will speak at two BEC sessions:
• On Monday, April 8, at 4:00 pm, he'll talk about "Practical Audio Issues for Mobile Digital Television" in Room S225/226.
• On Tuesday, April 9, at 9:30 am, the subject will be "Preventing CALM Compliance from Killing Audio Quality", in room S227. 
• Kirk Harnack will speak Sunday, April 7, at 1:00 pm about "Audio Reliability over the Public Internet: Designing Robust IP Streaming for Outside Broadcasts, STL, and Program Distribution", in Room S227.
• Greg Shay talks about "Taking the Sting Out of the Evolving Digital Audio Networks" in Room S227 on Sunday, April 7 at 4:30 pm.