Axel Oxygen 2000 - Digital Broadcast Console

 

Oxygen 2000 is a fully Digital Broadcast Console designed for On Air and Production in any Radio Station: a compact 12 faders unit, with a powerful internal audio routing and a wide range of controls and I/O in a rugged and classy steel chassis.

Oxygen 2000 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 2000 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 2000 - Digital Broadcast Console

 

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 2000

Oxygen 2000 – Bluetooth

Oxygen 2000 – Dante

Oxygen 2000 – 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 2000 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 2000 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.

 

Specs

Analog Balanced Microphone Inputs  

Connector RJ45 & XLR Balanced – EMI Suppressed

Input Impedance 2,4 KΩ

Nominal Input Level (sensitivity) -9/-66 dBu

Max Input Level (clipping point) +9 dBu

A/D conversion 24 bit / 48 Khz

Signal To Noise Ratio (referred to peak level) >90 dB

THD+N <0,01%

Analog Gain Adjustable +0 ÷ +57 dB (3dB step)

Phantom Power +48V

 

Analog Balanced Stereo Inputs 

Connector XLR & RJ45 Balanced – EMI Suppressed

Input Impedance 10 KΩ

Nominal Input Level (sensitivity) 0 dBu

Max Input Level (clipping point) +18 dBu

A/D conversion 24 bit / 48 Khz

Frequency response +/-0,5 dB from 20 Hz to 20 kHz

Signal To Noise Ratio (referred to peak level) >100 dB

Stereo Separation (referred to peak level) >90 dB

THD+N <0,002 % 

 

Analog Balanced Telco Input

Connector RJ45 Balanced – EMI Suppressed

Input Impedance 10 KΩ

Nominal Input Level (sensitivity) 0 dBu

Max Input Level (clipping point) +18 dBu

A/D conversion 24 bit / 48 Khz

Signal To Noise Ratio (referred to peak level) >100 dB

THD+N <0,002%

 

PSTN Interface 

Connector RJ11

Transhybrid loss >20 dB

 

Analog Balanced Stereo Outputs 

Connector RJ45 Balanced – EMI Suppressed

Output Impedance 23 Ω, nominal 600 Ω

Nominal Output Level 0 dBu

Max Output Level (clipping point) +18 dBu

D/A conversion 24 bit / 48 Khz

Signal To Noise Ratio (referred to peak level) >100 dB

Stereo Separation (referred to peak level) >90 dB

THD+N <0,002 %

 

USB Audio Digital I/O  

Connector USB Type B – EMI Suppressed

Playback And Recording Sample Rate SRC 44.1-48 KHz

Resolution 16 bit

Available Stereo Channels 1 Play & 1 Rec for each USB interface

 

Digital Output

Connector Balanced on 1 XLR – EMI Suppressed

Input Impedance 110 Ω

Standard AES3

Audio Sample Rate 48 KHz

Resolution 24 bit

Dynamic Range (Converter Values) 124 dB

 

Analog Balanced Telco Output

Connector RJ45 Balanced – EMI Suppressed

Output Impedance 23 Ω, nominal 600 Ω

Nominal Output Level 0 dBu

Max Output Level (clipping point) +18 dBu

D/A conversion 24 bit / 48 Khz

Signal To Noise Ratio (referred to peak level) >100 dB

THD+N <0,002 %

 

System  

Audio Core Analog Devices ADAU1452 32bit 294 MHz fixed point DSP

Audio CODECs Cirrus CS42448 24 bit/192 kHz

System Core Allwinner A20 dual core cortex-A7 at 800MHz, 1GB RAM

LAN Connection RJ45 - 100Mbit

Nominal Delay (analog input to analog output) 0,7 ms

GPIO Inputs/Outputs 4 GPI/4 GPO on DB9; 4 GPI/2 GPO on Mic2 & Mic3 RJ45; 2 GPO on Out3 & Out4 RJ45; 1 GPI/1 GPO on Telco RJ45

Communication Port 2xUSB type-A, 2xUSB type-B , 1xLAN, 1xHDMI

Operating Temperature 0°C ÷ 40°C

 

PSU

Power Supply 90-260 VAC / 47-63 Hz / 30 W

Dimensions  

Dimensions (W; H; D) 614mm; 80mm; 343mm

Weight 7.1 Kg