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suggest diving into these materials to make your downtime minimal and allow you to utilize this powerful system to its greatest
potential.
Please note: the Dante Controller software does NOT allow your Dante devices to interact with any DAW or audio playback software
on your computer. It is strictly for routing and configuration. If you wish to use your Dante system for record and play, then you need:
4.5.1.2 Dante Virtual Soundcard
DVS turns your OS X or Windows computer into a Dante device. You can route to and from your computer with the Dante Controller,
once Virtual soundcard is installed. DVS can present up to 64 channels to your audio software, and the streams can come from a
variety of Dante Devices. Clocking is handled brilliantly behind the scenes, so manual clock configuration is not necessary.
In its simplest form, if you wish to use Hilo-Dante with your DAW, you need DVS to bridge the two. DVS is an Audinate product and
Audinate charges a license fee to download and use it. DVS includes an ASIO and WDM driver for Windows and Core Audio for
OSX, with a utility to set device latency and desired number of channels. When installed, the DVS enabled computer will appear in
Dante Controller as Transmission (playback) AND Receive (record) devices.
Some users require lower latencies then Virtual Soundcard can achieve through the stock Ethernet port on a computer. For this reason,
Audinate has released a PCIe based card that can be installed into a computer, and provides Ethernet ports just like the computer
already has, but connects underneath the usual networking protocols within the OS. As a result, using one of these cards can
dramatically reduce latency within your audio system. More information is available at www.audinate.com > products > manufacturer
products: Dante PCIe-R soundcard.
As with Dante controller, Virtual Soundcard is extensively documented on the Audinate website. To purchase, download and learn to
use it, visit www.audinate.com > products > software: dante virtual soundcard.
But what if you wish to integrate non-Dante devices into your Dante network? Well, there is a solution for that as well:
4.5.1.3 Dante Via
Via allows you to manage and route audio between Dante-enabled devices, and other PCIe, USB, or Thunderbolt audio devices.
Streams can be sent from play software on one computer, through an audio interface connected to a difference computer on the
network. In a multi-room system, audio can be delivered from suite to suite without transferring project or audio files, or in a home
audio system, different audio sources can be streamed to various rooms, allowing central control of a whole media network.
As with the other software tools, Via can be purchased and explored at www.audinate.com > products > software: dante via.
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