Description
WHAT IS WHEATNET-IP?
WheatNet-IP is a network system that utilizes Internet Protocol to enable audio to be intelligently distributed to devices across scaleable networks. It enables all audio sources to be available to all devices (such as mixing consoles, control surfaces, software controllers, automation devices, etc) and controlled from any and all devices. WheatNet-IP is AES67 compatible, yet is unique in that it represents an entire end-to-end solution, complete with audio transport, full control, and a toolset to enable exceptionally intelligent deployment and operation.
Yesterdays IP audio network just doesnt cut it anymore. You need a modern, smarter audio network. Its all in the WheatNet-IP Intelligent Network: audio routing, mixing, processing, silence detection, logic control, 24/7/365 reliability, and third-party equipment integration, from your program automation to your transmitter link. Only WheatNet-IP distributes intelligence across all access points in one unified, robust Gigabit Ethernet network for reliability, scalability and extreme studio programmability. Best of all, WheatNet-IP is the driving engine under the hood for a wide range of control surfaces made by Wheatstone, which youll also need for your modern network.
True to Wheatstone’s original vision of a simple, one-cable interface for audio, control and everything – what we have referred to as “The Audio Ecosystem” since we invented modern audio networking – WheatNet-IP is a powerful environment that excels at presenting the most complex situations in the simplest, most intuitive way.
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH WHEATNET-IP?
With the modern, intelligent WheatNet-IP audio networking, you can:
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Make wholesale studio changes…
..or switch studios from any seat, reconfigure control surfaces for multiple purposes, and even change audio processing settings automatically when, say, a certain mic turns on. Its all in the WheatNet.
Bring on the devices.
WheatNet-IP gets along with everyone, including MADI gear like ProTools and TDM systems, and interfaces to more than 40 third-party brands and/or products for end-to-end, seamless operation from the microphone to the stick. In addition, new third-generation WheatNet-IP access units are AES67 compatible, which means you can integrate your audio network with other AES67 compatible devices and systems.
Integrate audio routing and automation.
Imagine interfacing your audio network to your automation system with no sound cards, external logic connections or added routers. Or, better yet, imagine fully integrated audio automation and routing so an announcer seated at the playout system can set a fader for a console located anywhere in the facility. Thats WheatNet-IP.
Access any audio, anywhere.
WheatNet-IP handles native analog, microphone, AES/EBU, SPDIF, AoIP, MADI, SDI and even AES67, which is now included in our third-generation access units. Ingest any audio format into the WheatNet-IP, and convert to any audio output — analog to digital, AES to IP, microphone to AoIP or MADI to AES67.
Control and route audio all on the same cable.
No more having to chase down or create new logic commands for sources every time you change control surfaces or studios. Logic follows audio. Audio and control for that audio travel down the same cable, so you can pick up feeds and the logic for those feeds anywhere along the network. Route any audio input to any or all outputs in the network.
Simplify things.
No need to assign IP addresses or allocate bandwidth or pay someone else big money to do it. Just plug it into your managed gigabit Ethernet switch and let WheatNet-IP do the rest. Add codecs, processors and controllers or change I/Os in a snap. You spend less time configuring the system, and more time on whats important: creating awesome so.
