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Showcase looks.
With so many radio morning shows now syndica ng with the local TV sta on, there’s a lot more a en on being paid to how the studio looks. There’s way less clu er, more open space and less wiring everywhere. Broadcasters are recessing monitors, lowering mic booms and adding polish with be er ligh ng.
Soundcards are out.
“That soundcard that t your 10-year-old computer doesn’t t the newer computers,” said Wheatstone Director of Sales Jay Tyler. Broadcasters are going with audio drivers instead, which can save a couple thousand dollars per studio.
More control.
The modern studio gives you far more control. One Ethernet cable is all it takes to bring up any source along with control commands in the WheatNet-IP audio network. Tyler no ced that there is a lot of interest in our IP networked TS-22 talent sta on because in one small talent sta on si ng, you can control mic on/o , talkback, mu ng, source selec on and headphone amp all through an Ethernet cable.
Be er work ow.
IP audio network integra on with edi ng systems such as VoxPro makes it so much easier to do live telephone edi ng, on the y, all on one cable – audio and control. Plus, WheatNet-IP integra on with things like codecs means you don’t need analog inputs and outputs.
So ware exibility.
Virtual console control and other so ware apps are making studios much more exible. “With our new ScreenBuilder app, and a terminal, you can replace a whole intercom panel with a so panel. You can build intercoms and talkbacks and mix minuses and on the y mixes with a so ware applica on where you used to pay thousands of dollars in hardware,” commented Tyler.
Energy e ciency.
According to Tyler, “You can plug in an electric space heater and it’s going to use more juice than a big pile of Wheaty gear.”
Network without limits, thanks to AES67.
The WheatNet-IP audio network is AES67 compa ble. You can now transport audio between your WheatNet-IP networked facility and a remote produc on facility that has Dante® networking, for example.
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