Axel Oxygen 1000 - Digital Broadcast Console

Axel Oxygen 1000 is a fully Digital Broadcast Console designed for On Air and Production in any Radio Station: a compact 6 faders unit, with a powerful internal audio routing and a wide range of controls and I/O in a rugged and classy steel chassis.

Axel Oxygen 1000 DSP based audio processing delivers high-end quality and guarantees latest features and flexibility.

Reliable and easy to use as an analogue mixing console Oxygen 1000 offers top class features: Low Latency, Users Preset, Smart Keys, EQ, Compressors, Telephone Hybrid, HDMI Output, Analogue and Digital I/O, USB, Bluetooth, Dante AoIP, Telco, Presenter Talk Box.

Axel Oxygen 1000 can be remotely controlled through a dedicated application.

Input & Output

• 3 microphone inputs
• 4 stereo analogue inputs
• 4 stereo analogue outputs
• 1 built-in telephone hybrid,
• 1+4 telco interface with GPIO
• Bluetooth audio interface (optional)
• 1 digital Out (AES/EBU)
• 2 USB audio interfaces (disabled with Dante option installed)
• 8 stereo inputs + 8 stereo outputs via Dante (optional)

General

• Fully Digital Broadcast Console for Radio Broadcasting with 6 faders
• A/B Fast source switch buttons for each fader
• 4+1 busses (PGM, SUB, Aux1, Aux2, PFL)
• Near 0 latency (< 0,7 ms I/O)
• Digital Signals Routing via the 48×48 internal matrix
• Complete Remote Control by means of an application replicating the surface
• Remote configuration and maintenance via Web Interface
• User-definable Presets & Snapshot
• 5 bands fully parametric Equalizer on every input
• Dynamic Processor with expander and compressor section on each microphone inputs
• Advanced and configurable Monitor Facilities for Control Room and Studio
• Customizable RGB colored buttons
• High Resolution (120 leds) meter bars for outputs
• HDMI Out for console status display
• 2 Timers (Ctrl-Room and Studio microphones timers on HDMI Monitor)
• TalkBox for guest and presenter (optional)

Versions

• Oxygen 1000
• Oxygen 1000 – Bluetooth
• Oxygen 1000 – Dante
• Oxygen 1000 – Dante – Bluetooth

Options

• Talk Box
• RJ45 adapters for:
  o Mic with GPIO
  o Line In
  o Line Out with GPIO
  o Telco with GPIO

Microphone Inputs

• 3 Microphone Inputs
• Mic 1 on XLR, Mic 2 & 3 on RJ45: 2-3, all balanced with + 48V Phantom and GPIO
• Independent ON AIR Lights and Cut Off control, when opening Control Room and Studio microphones
• PFL button switches to private conversation on Hybrid/Telco/Bluetooth mode
• Enable TalkBack feature on any Studio or Control Room microphone
• Parametric Compressors/Expander (drive, threshold, attack time, release time) for MICROPHONE and MONO inputs
• Save and recall microphone presets including Compressor/Expander settings
• Phase inversion on microphone inputs
• MONO inputs assignable as EXT source
• Ducking / AutoFader assignable to all sources (automatic attenuation of music on speech)

Analogue inputs

• Line Stereo Inputs: 4
• Balanced on XLR for Line 1, Balanced on RJ45 for Line 2-4
• Channel mode selection: STEREO, MONO, L, R, INV-L, INV-R, INV
• Stereo-1 & DANTE-1 inputs can be configured as 4 Telco Inputs

USB audio I/O

• 2 Built-in stereo USB (Type-B) I/O Audio Interfaces allow to directly connect the PC to the Oxygen 1000 console, with no need for audio cards
• In facts the PC detects each of the console USB as a digital audio card with 1 stereo inputs and 1 stereo outputs for simultaneous playout and recording

Telephone hybrid and Telco

• Telephone Hybrid: 1 POTS/PSTN telephone line with Line.In and Tel.Set connection
• Telco: 1 in/out N-1 to connect external telephone hybrid with control via TLC/GPIO
• 4 mono additional Telco can be obtained configuring Analog Inputs (Stereo-1 & DANTE-1) and (OUT-2 & DANTE-1) stereo outputs.
• GPI and GPO management on all 5 Telco channels
• RING and HOOK on F1 key for each TELCO channels
• N-1 on Telco outputs for all BUS (PGM, SUB, AUX-1, and AUX-2)

Analogue outputs

• 4 Balanced Outputs:
  • OUT-1 – XLR – Fixed as PGM
  • OUT-2 – XLR – by default assigned as SUB
  • OUT-3 – RJ45 – by default assigned as AUX-1
  • OUT-4 – RJ45 – by default assigned as AUX-2
• OUT-2 stereo output can be configured as N-1 to achieve up to 2 mono additional Telco
• OUT-1 & OUT-2 outputs are both equipped with a GPO

Digital output

• 1 AES/EBU output on XLR

Headphones and local monitor outputs

• OUT-2-4 outputs: can be configured as Studio Presenter and Studio Guest Headphones
• Unbalanced outputs: 2 Line out on Jack 6.3 for Control Room Headphones
• Adjustable maximum Control Room and Studio speakers volume (Studio Speaker only via SW)
• Adjustable maximum Control Room and Studio headphones volume (Studio Headphones only via SW)
• Adjustable CUT or Attenuation mode (-40, -30, -20, -10 dB) on Control Room and Studio speakers
• Independent source selection (PGM, SUB, AUX1, AUX2, EXT) for control room and studio speakers, control room and studio headphones with or without PFL
• Independent Talk Back management on Control Room and Studio speakers
• Independent Talk Back management on Control Room, Studio headphones
• Same source selection for Control Room and Studio headphones, with independent level

GPI/GPO

• GPI: 9 in total, for Talk back, Telephone Hybrid or other features
• GPO: 9 total, to control OnAir lamps or provide HOOK and RING commands for external telephone Hybrid
• User custom GPIs (e.g. Ring, Talkback, channel ON/OFF, etc.)
• User custom GPOs (e.g. Hook/ONAIR, Studio-Light, Control Room-Light)

Surface & Management

• Automatic firmware update via Internet
• WEB UI for Console configuration and service features (Save, restore, update, logs, etc.)
• Save and recall EQ presets (up to 10)
• New real-time EQ algorithm with graphic
• Fast and accurate Led Meters display
• Save and recall control panel configuration with 10 Snapshots
• Save and recall total console configuration. The configuration can be saved to internal memory (microSD), USB and PC (via WEB interface)
• Gain adjustment knobs with adaptive speed
• Dimmable buttons light
• Adjustable fader ON/OFF threshold (from -50 dB to 0 dB)

Telephone Hybrid and Telco

The built-in telephone hybrid allows direct connection of a telephone line POTS/PSTN on RJ-11C. The audio is processed via DSP that delivers a state-of-the-art audio processing. It’s also available a Telco N-1 in/out, to connect Oxygen 1000 to an external telephone hybrid. The Telco N-1 is always available on RJ45. TLC commands are available on the same RJ45 with Hook and Ring interface.

TLC commands for Telco-2-5 are available and configurable on GPIO-DB9 connector with Hook and Ring.

HDMI output

The HDMI output allows to connect an HD display monitor to the console, suitable to be used in two flavours:

• • Monitor, that displays the following information:
    • • Audio input source levels
      • 4+1 BUS output levels
      • A/B source names assigned of 10 channels
      • Display On-Air sources
      • Microphone On timer (control room & studio)
      • Large Clock
      • Audio output level (Loudspeakers & Headphones)
      • On-Air microphone
      • Telephone active
    • Configure, for configuring all of the device features.
      • HDMI output combined with 4 rotary knobs allow the fast and intuitive programming of all the mixer parameters.
      • The programming GUI has been designed in order to be very easy and intuitive.
      • Selectable home page layouts are available, with many theme icons.

HDMI output can be personalized with the customer logo. Selectable display layouts are available.

Bluetooth

Oxygen 1000 can be equipped with a Bluetooth module. This allows airing the calls made via GSM, Skype, Viber and WhatsApp with a Smartphone, a Tablet or a PC. Oxygen 1000 has two Bluetooth connection modes: bidirectional to support phone calls; monodirectional to put on air high quality stereo audio (A2DP) streamed by Bluetooth sources.

With Bluetooth calls, PFL enables PRIVATE conversation mode.

Bluetooth interface is installed at the factory and must be requested at ordering stage.

Talk Box

It is a device dedicated to the presenter and guests. Talk Box is very simple to connect to the On Air Console: its take 2 RJ45 cables of the length that is needed to connect it to the mixer. It is possible to connect up to 2 Talk Boxes to the Oxygen 1000. The Talk Box offers a direct connection of the microphone and relative On-Air light, it is also possible to directly connect the studio’s On-Air Light. The Talk Box has a headphone amplifier with two 6.3mm outputs. Through the two large backlit buttons it is possible to activate and deactivate your own microphone (On / Off / Cough) or enable Talk back to the console.

Dante AoIP Interface

Oxygen 1000 can be equipped with a Dante interface (also supporting AES67 and SMPTE ST 2110-30 transport protocols) which provides 8 Stereo Inputs and 8 Stereo Outputs on a dedicated Ethernet port, with independent Level Control and Sample Rate Conversion.
On Oxygen 1000 Dante versions the USB I/O ports are disabled.
Dante AoIP interface is installed at the factory and must be requested at ordering stage.

Cable Adapters

RJ45 adapters are available for:
o Mic with GPIO
o Line In
o Line Out with GPIO
o Telco with GPIO

Specs