Comrex has announced a new cloud service called Gagl, which delivers conferenced audio from multiple contributors to Comrex hardware codecs in high quality.
Gagl allows between one and five users to send and receive audio from computers and smartphones. Participants can connect and send audio by simply clicking a link using any standard web browser. Their audio is conferenced (if there’s more than one user) and delivered to a Comrex hardware codec such as ACCESS or BRIC-Link II. All participants can hear other participants, and the codec can send audio back to them.
Comrex recommends Gagl as the hub for a round-robin reporting program or for a “morning zoo” radio show to support multiple simultaneous connections at once. Because it offers low latency, it’s appropriate for call-in talk radio. Gagl can also allow a single contributor to connect back to the studio from a computer or smartphone.
According to the company, Gagl is designed with audio quality in mind and provides stable connections with limited bandwidth. It uses the Opus audio encoder with a bit rate that can deliver both voice and music in excellent quality. Gagl also delivers audio directly to a Comrex codec with all the stability enhancements, pro-grade audio connections, and features that hardware codecs provide. With a simple user interface, Gagl is easy for users with any level of technical expertise to use.
The cloud service will be available by the end of 2021.
You can find out more about Gagl here.