WHEAT NEWS MAY 2026

Remember those paper maps you’d spread out on the dash during a long road trip? Then MapQuest came along and you could print out your exact route, but you were still glancing through the steering wheel at a printout on your lap. Now your watch tells you when to turn, what lane you need to be in, and what traffic conditions are like ahead. We’ve arrived at a similar crossroad in broadcast consoles, having gone from analog to digital consoles, then AoIP control surfaces, and now, the VMX virtual mixing platform with HTML5 consoles.

Every so often we get a studio project that reminds us of why we do what we do, a project with so much heart that we forget for a moment about routing, faders and salvos. For just a brief moment, we forget how the sausage is made. WYSO 91.3 in Yellow Springs, Ohio, is one of those projects.

Did you know you can run a confidence feed back to your talent headphones from your WheatNet IP audio network? It’s as simple as setting up a preset in a Blade (audio processing built into the Blade is why). Here’s how to set up a Fake-Air Confidence Feed in WheatNet. For more helpful tips, videos, and product information, visit our Support and Knowledge Base Portal.

"Show us your boards!” During the few remaining minutes of a very busy day in the NAB booth, Darrin found himself surrounded by eight eager future broadcasters.

You can keep an eye on audio levels by glancing at these three critical indicators on the mixing desk.

Out of thousands of products on the NAB 2026 show floor, the VMX mix engine platform was singled out by a panel of judges for its innovation as a forward-looking product in the audio production, processing and networking category.

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