Layers Mix includes full-featured mix engine and Glass virtual mixers for the laptop, tablet or touchscreen monitor.

Layers Mix Engine: 

• Spin up mixing instances for all your LXE or Strata glass or console surfaces and replace racks of hardware.
• As many as 20 mix engine instances in one on-premise server, saving racks of mix engines and the associated engineering, electrical and real estate space. 
• Native IP audio integration with all major production automation systems (TV) 
• Native IP audio integration with all major playback automation systems (radio) 
• Linux based OS with touchscreen support accessible via HDMI video output
• Full screen XY controller for routing destination and source feeds 
• Signal sources and destinations limited only by the size of the network
• Manage via virtualization software like VMWare or container software like Docker, on-premise on your own server or onsite by cloud provider data centers
• Works with fixed console surfaces such as LXE and Strata as well as Mix Glass for laptops, tablets and PC monitors 
• Manage multiple instances via virtualization software like VMWare or container software like Docker, on-premise on your own server or onsite by cloud provider data centers. 

Layers Mix Glass for laptops, tablets and PC touchscreens 

• Complete virtual console interface with familiar navigation, menuing, fader movement and controls for setting EQ curves, filtering, and other settings
• Predetermined presets ideal for television or radio workflows 
• Unlimited subgroups, VCA groups, aux sends and bus, mix-minus, channel and output assigns 
• Unlimited cue feeds as required
• Dynamics, including compressor, expander and gate, controlled via touchscreen 
• Full parametric EQ controlled via touchscreen
• Loudness meter, phase correlation included
• Unlimited number of events that can be created, edited and recalled as snapshots of the control surface
• Prebuilt screens for metering, clocks, timers, dynamics, EQ assigns 
• Easy to use scripting tools for customizing screens 
• Runs on any Linux OS laptop, tablet or PC client from an on- or off-premise server or third party cloud provider 
• Multi-access, multi-touch and synchronized between multiple operators sharing board duties during fast-paced, remote productions 

• Real-time fader tracking and live synchronization of buttons and controls for separate operators connected over an IP connection
• All sources accessible in the WheatNet-IP audio network
• Ultimate in smart control with options like Automix for automatically reducing gain on mics nearby an addressable mic
• Control devices and trigger events anywhere in the WheatNet-IP audio networked studio.

Layers FM/HD Processing. Centralize processing settings across multiple markets via virtualization software like VMWare or container software like Docker, on-premise on your own server or onsite by cloud provider data centers.

Each processing instance includes:

• Multiband AGC utilizes AI for smooth transitions between commercials and programming   
• Limitless clipper performs perfect peak control without generating annoying IM distortion
• Specialized bass management tools deliver accurate, articulate bass regardless of program format
• Exclusive Wheatstone Unified Processing means each stage in the processing chain intelligently interacts with the other processing stages to create a dynamic and dominant on the dial presence. 
• Multipath mitigation for delivering quality programming to more radios
• Full RDS capabilities with data import from popular automation systems 
• BS412 MPX Power Management assures compliance with European standards
• Intelligent stereo enhancement for a consistent stereo sound field experience
• Nielsen audio software encoder included. The PPM watermark is inserted after all multiband processing to deliver a consistent and robust watermark
• Part of the WheatNet-IP audio network, a complete AoIP ecosystem of 200+ interconnected devices and elements

• Plus, SystemLink megaplexer for linear audio and the whole MPX enchilada, including FM/HD alignment, across any high-speed link.
   

SystemLink Encoder:

• Accepts processed analog or digital MPX audio
• Accepts AES digital HD audio
• Accepts one analog subcarrier input
• Transports FM and HD signals over a dedicated IP path to the Decoder.
• FM and HD packets are locked in sync. HD time alignment cannot get out of sync.

SystemLink Decoder:

• Delivers analog or digital AES MPX processed FM audio
• Delivers AES digital HD audio
• Delivers one analog subcarrier output embedded in MPX signal
• Receives FM and HD signals over a dedicated IP path to the decoder
• FM and HD packets were locked in sync at the encoder. HD time alignment cannot get out of sync.

Layers Stream features key Wheatstone AoIP, audio processing and codec bandwidth optimization technology.

• Audio processing designed specifically to optimize the performance of audio codecs:
  
  

– Five-band intelligent AGC with AI for a smooth transition between commercials and program content. iAGC uses program-derived time constants to establish tonal balance and level consistency rather than aggressive attack and release times that can interfere with codec performance.

– Two-band final limiter is optimized for streaming and avoids the hard limiting and clipping which can interfere with codec performance

– Stereo image management preserves an artistic stereo image while preventing over-enhancement that can skew the codec algorithm 

– Bass boost and monaural bass features for optimizing the quality of the bit stream

– A selectable six-band parametric equalizer with peak and shelf function 

– Two stage phase rotator to correct voice asymmetry

– High and low pass filtering can remove noise and hum to optimize codec bit performance

• Selectable AAC, Opus, and MP3 encoders and a wide range of bit rates for reaching a broad range of end user devices and players
• BS.1770-compliant loudness control manages loudness between -24 and -10 LUFS
• Cloud-ready and compatible with standard CDN and streaming platforms. Supports HLS, Icecast, RTMP, and RTP streaming protocols
• Direct a stream from anywhere in the world as a cloud instance that can be brought up in a second and torn down in a second. Pay per use.
• Lua transformation filters convert metadata input from any automation system into any required output format for transmission to the CDN server
• Nielsen audio software encoder included. The PPM watermark is inserted after the dual-band limiter of each stream for a robust, consistent signal that can be picked up by the PPM without interfering with the performance of the audio codec
• Part of the WheatNet-IP audio network, a complete AoIP ecosystem of 200+ interconnected devices and elements
• Wheatstone’s streaming appliances and Layers cloud streaming software are now available with Triton Digital’s streaming protocol