David Systems has released new version software to enable its broadcast playout family – which includes TurboPlayer Pro, TurboPlayer Cart, TurboPlayer Lite and TurboPlayer News – to integrate more closely with Axia Audio's Livewire protocol. Additionally, users of David's MultiTrack Editor (MTE) and database manager (DBM) now have remote control of recording operations through Axia mixing consoles.
‘Cooperation with Axia Audio brings media services to the enterprise IT backbone,’ says David Systems CEO, Vincent Benveniste. ‘The combination of our playout family and Axia's broadcast consoles offers an attractive, easy-to-deploy and easy-to-use solution for different levels of workflows, and provides our customers with the flexibility and cost effectiveness they aspire to.’
‘David Systems has really deepened the level of integration between studio hardware and software," says Axia Marketing Manager, Clark Novak. ‘Why shouldn't the playout system have full command of the broadcast console's functions and hardware? The engineers at David understand the benefits of this level of interoperation and are working hard to make these benefits available to broadcasters.’
Axia Software Partners can bundle the Axia IP-Audio Driver for Windows with audio delivery systems, helping broadcasters reduce cost and cabling in-studio by eliminating the soundcards used in editing workstations and other PC-based playout systems. Both 32- and 64-bit Windows operating systems are supported, enabling audio workstation and playout PCs to be hooked directly to Axia networks via Ethernet.
The Axia IP-Audio Driver is available in two versions: the standard version with one stereo output and one stereo input; and the OEM version available from Axia partners, which provides 24 bi-directional stereo channels.
More than 40 Axia partners, including Nautel, AudioScience, International Datacasting, 25-Seven Systems and Studer, presently make broadcast equipment that connects using the Livewire standard.
