WHEATNET CONFIDENCE FEEDS

For years, broadcasters repurposed old audio processors so jocks could listen to the off-air processed feed in their studio headphones. Companies even built dedicated headphone processors for confidence feeds. Then, digital came along. Between HD Radio diversity delay, latency from digital STL transport, and the increased use of profanity delay, it became nearly impossible to monitor off air in your headphones. It became necessary to create a headphone sidechain to simulate the sound of your on-air processing on pre-delay audio.

Fast forward to WheatNet IP, which makes this sidechain easy to set up, as every I/O Blade has audio processing built into it. It’s as simple as setting up a preset in a Blade. You can learn How To Add A Fake-Air Monitor Confidence Feed to WheatNet IP as well as other helpful studio hacks by visiting our Tech Support Portal.