Wheatstone Debuts New StreamBlade AoIP Appliance

StreamBlade In Action

WHEATSTONE is enhancing its WHEATNET-IP audio network STREAMBLADE with a 1 RU BLADE unit for streaming applications that features key WHEATSTONE AoIP, audio processing and codec bandwidth optimization technology. The new STREAMBLADE will take eight channels of native IP audio direct from WHEATNET-IP and include codecs and audio processing in one unit.

“Putting all processing and bandwidth optimization functions in one box that talks native IP audio just makes sense for studios today that are managing five, six or more streams,” said RICK BIDLACK, WHEATSTONE systems and lead STREAMBLADE design engineer.

Unique to STREAMBLADE are:

1. its five-band AGC with RMS density driven time constants for establishing tonal balance and level consistency between incoming music sources, which is designed specifically for streaming applications, eliminating aggressive RMS attack times that can interfere with codec performance; and
2. a two-band final limiter section made for streaming that removes hard limiting or clipping from the processing chain. 

Also onboard is a stereo width management section that produces a perceived stereo field yet eliminates the big swings in dynamic L-R that can skew the codec algorithm as well as bass boost and monaural bass features for optimizing the quality of the bit stream.

The new STREAMBLADE and other WHEATNET-IP audio network products will be demonstrated at booth 204 at the NAB Radio show in DALLAS, where it will be streaming up to eight channels of programming and metadata from an automation system.

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