WheatNet-IP system distributes intelligence across the studio network. It is the only audio-over-IP routing system with a control layer based on true IP architecture and Gigabit Ethernet throughput. As a result, WheatNet-IP audio routing is more dynamic and studio elements are always talking to each other about command and control, and not just streaming audio between them. Logic follows audio, too; no more having to chase down or create new logic commands for sources every time you change control surfaces or studios. The WheatNet-IP Intelligent Network communicates easily with all sources, devices and systems by way of Wheatstone’s Automation Control Interface (ACI). This is why an announcer sitting at a playout or automation PC networked by WheatNet-IP can pot up a fader or turn on a mic from any studio in the facility, and even set automatic audio processing presets for each ... all without leaving his chair. WheatNet-IP has more redundancy (ask us about our self-healing BLADEs, or nodes), more network throughput (WheatNet-IP is Gigabit Ethernet because there’s just no substitute for speed), more system reliability (silence sensing included), more connectivity (think true IP networking) and more built-in utilities (BLADEs come with two virtual utility mixers each for summing, splitting and level adjusting; no distribution amplifiers required) than any other audio-over-IP system for broadcast.