When a broadcaster wishes to conference together multiple remote participants in a single talk show program, normally many codecs are required, each taking studio space. Furthermore, each of these codecs requires a studio console channel and must be capable of returning a mix minus to each participant. The cost of such a console and codec hardware can be considerable.This product integrate many audio codecs into a single processing device that is capable of generating the studio outputs and participant mixes, thus integrating both broadcast console and multiplex functionalities.