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InStudio

ControlWorks Boosts Live Streaming
Workflows With AJA HELO Support
L

eading control systems developer
ControlWorks Consulting has
teamed with AJA Video Systems to
deliver a new module enabling seamless
use of AJA's HELO H.264 streaming and
recording device in custom integrator
environments powered by Crestron
Electronics control and automation
solutions.
The new module allows Crestron
users to easily harness HELO's SDI
and HDMI I/O capabilities in their
workflows, simplifying how video is live
streamed to content delivery networks
and simultaneously encoded and
recorded to a wide range of storage
options as H.264 files in custom
integration settings.
It enables two-way control from
a Crestron processor via REST API
communication, features recording
and streaming controls, and provides
access to device presets, and streaming
and recording profiles, allowing
rooms to have multiple streaming
and recording configurations for each

AJA HELO now runs seamlessly
with ControlWorks

unique meeting setup.
Key feature highlights include:
*	 RESTful API communications;
*	 Remote control of streaming and
recording;
*	 Recall recording presets for
automation needs;
*	 Input selections.
HELO is an incredibly intuitive,
powerful tool for streaming in custom
integration environments, making it
the perfect complement to Crestron
workflows," said Lincoln King-

Cliby, Commercial Market Director,
ControlWorks.
"Teaming with AJA to implement
their REST API has been fantastic and
we're excited to get this into the hands
of our customers. We look forward to
exploring how we might integrate other
AJA products with Crestron solutions in
the future."
"ControlWorks is driving new
innovation in control and automation
for custom integrations powered by
technology like Crestron, so we're

Kenya's KISS FM future-proofs
with Lawo RƎLAY
K

enya's Radio Africa Group
in Nairobi, which serves the
country's music scene with six radio
outlets, a national newspaper, four
TV stations and a digital television
platform, recently chose Lawo RƎLAY
Virtual Radio technology to modernise
their extremely popular flagship radio
station, KISS FM.
RƎLAY is a powerful mixing
console that runs in a virtualised
PC environment on a standard PC
or laptop. The intuitive, multitouchenabled screen interface makes RƎLAY
easy to use.
"We are always looking for the right
technology for our group, and here
we found something very clever,"
says Radio Africa Group's Head of
Innovation, Kamal Vekaria. "Using
the Lawo RƎLAY concept, we created
a workflow that will serve us far into
the future and adapt to the changing
expectations of radio listeners."
For KISS FM's new studios, an
elegant, timeless design was chosen,

built around a Lawo RƎLAY virtual
mixing console. Easy-to-use workflows
make use of RƎLAY's instantly familiar
touch screen controls, presented on a
large multitouch display.
All PC sources and outputs utilise
AES67, the broadcast standard for AoIP
transport; a Lawo A__line AoIP node
translates microphones and other linelevel sources to AES67, which are then
available to the virtual
mixer via Ethernet and a
network switch.
RƎLAY's
builtin,
sophisticated
audio shaping tools
also give operators
individual adjustment
of
all
microphone
parameters - such as
compression, expansion,
customised voice EQ, and unique Lawo
Automix and Autogain features. And
since RƎLAY uses standard AES67
networking, Radio Africa's systems
can be expanded to easily add more

delighted to team with them and
provide even more systems-wide
compatibility to our mutual integrator
customers,"
said
Nick
Rashby,
President, AJA Video Systems.
ControlWorks offers integrators the
module which once set up can be used
across projects.
Technical support is available for
customers via telephone and email.
Established in 1998, ControlWorks is
a premier Crestron Services Provider,
Biamp
Authorized
Independent
Programmer, and Extron Qualified
Independent Programmer specialising
in consulting, design, coding and
commissioning of integrated systems,
and offers an extensive library of turnkey Crestron modules for sale.
AJA Video is a leading manufacturer
of video interface technologies,
converters, digital video recording
solutions and professional cameras,
bringing high-quality, cost effective
products to the professional, broadcast
and post-production markets.

Lawo RƎLAY deployed
at KISS FM in Kenya

Kamal Vekaria,
Head of Innovation,
Radio Africa Group

PCs and sources as
their
operational
requirements change.
"With Lawo RƎLAY,
KISS FM is one of the most advanced
radio stations in Kenya," says Vekaria.
"We know that whatever the future of
radio brings, we will be ready to meet
it head-on."

RƎLAY and includes advanced
features such as voice processing and
mix-minus, all controlled with a multitouch-enabled interface.
Pairing RƎLAY software with a thirdparty playout system and other thirdparty broadcast software, an entire
broadcast studio can be hosted on a
single computer.
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