Hitting the air in mid-July in both English and Mandarin, TEAFM is a new radio station operating from Kuching, Malaysia.

A subsidiary company of KTS Holdings Group, the studio was equipped by regional distributor Mahajak Trio Electronic with a Harman Professional system including a Studer OnAir 1500 console, JBL studio monitors and AKG microphones and headphones. ‘TEAFM flew its team to Kuala Lumpur at the beginning of this year and we were pleased to give them a demonstration of the Harman system,’ says Senior Manager, Sales & Project, Lee Chin Kah. ‘They were impressed awith the Studer technology.’

The TEAFM station has a main studio and one backup studio, which use Studer OnAir 1500 12-fader console and a Nano SCore router at the MCR for local insertion unit. In addition, Mahajak supplied JBL LSR4328P studio monitors, AKG 4500BC and D5 microphones, as well as AKG 141MkII headphones.

‘The sound of the LSR4328P monitors is very smooth and detailed over the entire range, and the Room Mode Correction makes a very noticeable difference in the tonality and detail in the bass,’ says Mr Arif, Broadcast Engineer at TEAFM. ‘This is really a good studio speaker at the right price point and we made the right choice on this. Thanks to Mahajak Trio for recommending this speaker to us.’

In the MCR, the automation server system drives the local insertion via the GPI connection to the Nano SCore. Mahajak configured four GPI connections for both studios’ audio feeds to different transmission paths for redundancy. In the event of failure, the automation will switch to the backup studio via the GPI and feed the audio to both transmission paths automatically.

‘The OnAir 1500 console is easy to configure while offering world-class sound quality, advanced built-in features and an affordable price point,’ Arif  says. ‘The Nano SCore engine frame contains all the control and audio functions, with standard XLR sockets, making any additional breakout panel unnecessary. Future audio expansion is possible with the two separate card slots on the back of the Nano frame.’

‘I’m really impressed with the OnAir 1500 – it is so simple to configure and it takes me less than 15 minutes to prepare the audio for airing. The console is really user-friendly and requires no advance programming. With a short training from Lee Chin Kah, I’m now very confident to handle this console with my other staff and thanks to Mahajak Trio for the excellent support.’

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