Recommendations For Cleaning and Sanitizing Consoles and Equipment

Recommendations For Cleaning and Sanitizing Consoles and Equipment

Our partners at Telos Alliance have released a helpful guide to cleaning and sanitizing your AXIA Audio AoIP console along with other common studio equipment. You can find the article on the Telos Help site - here. Here is another helpful guide to proper cleaning methods for microphones from our partners at Shure. And just a reminder, if you require mic socks, newer 'hard ABS' faders, or any other gear for your studio - please don't hesitate to reach out.  Our Solutions Team is standing by to assist with your transition back to home base.
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Upcoming Virtual Showcases

Register today for the upcoming Virtual Showcases held by our partners at Telos Alliance. September 10 - WEBINAR #3: A NEW WAY FORWARD (HD, uMPX) Join Nautel and the Telos Alliance for another live demonstration that builds on the new, disruptive technologies resulting from the companies’ collaboration. More details to come as they develop! September 23 - BROADCASTING FROM HOME: OUR ACCELERATED WORKFLOW TRANSFORMATION Staying on-the-air is an ever-changing challenge for radio broadcasters. What are engineers envisioning as longer-term solutions? What equipment, software, or workflows are rising to prominence as we’re settling into this work paradigm? We hear and see directly…
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Bug Alert! – Cisco Firmware

Bug Alert! – Cisco Firmware

Bug in Cisco 3650 and 3850 firmware that could affect Livewire multicast Telos Alliance is alerting Livewire users of a user-reported anomaly in certain Cisco firmwares for the Catalyst 3650 and 3850 switches that can affect switch stability and Livewire multicast traffic. Read the full alert and recommended steps here on the Telos Help site. If you require assistance with switch configuration for your Livewire system, as always, our internal Support Team is standing by for remote service calls.  Standard booking rates would apply. 
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Introducing Omnia Enterprise 9s

Introducing Omnia Enterprise 9s

Telos Alliance Omnia audio processors are the leading brand for both terrestrial and streaming broadcasters around the world. Now, you can deploy world-renowned Omnia.9 processing in the cloud, with a completely customized solution designed to suit your high-density virtual audio processing needs!  Meet Omnia Enterprise 9s, the high-density audio processing software solution designed with the flexibility to meet the rapidly changing infrastructure needs of broadcasters as they transition to virtualized / cloud environments. No matter where you are in the world, you can process with 9s! Scalable, Customizable, Centralized  9s combines product modules in a new and unique way to…
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Join The Team!

Join The Team!

Pippin Technical Service Ltd is seeking a responsible, ambitious technical professional to join our team. We service the broadcast, telecommunication, wireless, and commercial sound industries across Canada based out of our location in Saskatoon.  Have a look around our website and you'll see it is a wide a varied list with one common theme: we solve peoples problems with technology.  The successful applicant will have technical training or proficiency in some, many or all of the following areas: Broadcast RF and studios, Wireless data/WISP, IP and managed IP systems, VoIP and/or AoIP, Asterisk, and professional audio.  You'll need the ability…
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Yamaha MIPA & Steinberg

Yamaha MIPA & Steinberg

Pippin Technical Service is pleased to announce that we are now an official Yamaha Canada Music: MIPA (Musical Instruments and Professional Audio) & Steinberg Hardware/ Software Dealer.  That's quite a lot of letters and words to say one thing.  We now officially sell Yamaha and Steinberg.  In a roundabout way, we always HAVE when requested...this formalizes the relationship and results in a more direct relationship and cost savings to the end user.  It also solidifies Yamaha's official House of Worship discount for our live sound clients in that category.    Yamaha and Steinberg both bring a number of solutions to…
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Update:  Omnia.11 v3.7 released

Update: Omnia.11 v3.7 released

Introducing an update for the Omnia.11 that includes a number of features and fresh presets that'll rock your airwaves!  You can find the update instructions and release notes on the Omnia.11 v3.7 Page. Key Features With this release, Omnia has implemented a major upgrade to the Omnia.11's internal Livewire engine. The Omnia.11 now supports standard Livewire streams, in addition to live streams, increasing its compatibility with other Livewire gear.  New options in the Livewire dropdown menu allow you to choose between stream types. Also added: new Presets to take full advantage of the Pepino 2 clipper's extended capabilities. These latest gems…
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BW V3 Transmitter Firmware Update

BW V3 Transmitter Firmware Update

Be advised, BW Broadcast has released a new firmware update for the V3 range of FM transmitters. The version number is 3.2 and is available for free download from the BW website HERE Please be sure to download the correct firmware for the correct model. This version addresses a number of issues: Web remote and/or network interface could spontaneously fail in some situations When using dynamic RDS (DRDS), changing DHCP setting could cause front panel to freeze Some serial interface issues with Dynamic RDS And other bug-fixes. To update your V3 transmitter, please carry out the following procedure: Download the…
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Case Study:  Virtual NewsMixer

Case Study: Virtual NewsMixer

The Challenge Replace an older physical newsroom mixer with a virtual option, utilizing as much existing equipment on hand.    The Gear With an Axia Audio network present in the facility (Master Control houses an AXIA Element with StudioEngine), an open port on the AoIP network available and a Mixed Signal xNode that could be assigned to the relatively light local i/o requirements of the NewsBooth, on the surface this was a very cut and dried application for Axia's IP-Tablet product.  Licensing the IP-Tablet Core software and then unlocking control of the xNode would allow us to build a customized…
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Telos Infinity v1.6 software now available

Telos Infinity v1.6 software now available

Telos Alliance has launched Infinity software v1.6 on the Telos Infinity Web Portal. This update includes Telos Infinity Dashboard Advanced, as well as the embedded software for Panels and Beltpacks. There are several key feature updates in this release which users have been clamouring for, including:  Scenes / Snapshots – System Memories Dashboard Advanced users now can save instant ‘Snapshots’ of their system configurations, edit them offline, and then push them to the ‘Live’ Infinity network. Scenes can be used to create and store different setups for specific shows and events or to save personal preferences. When used with the…
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