Dante

Dante is an audio-over-IP network platform (combination of software, hardware, and network protocols) that delivers uncompressed, multi-channel, low-latency digital audio over a standard Ethernet network.

Digital audio provides several advantages over traditional analog audio distribution. Audio transmitted over analog cables can be adversely affected by signal degradation due to electromagnetic interference, high-frequency attenuation, and voltage drop over long cable runs.

Dante replaces the traditionally-required point-to-point physical connections between audio devices with a computer network, effortlessly sending hundreds of channels of audio over slender Ethernet cables with perfect digital fidelity. All connections are now managed with software, making routes fast, readable and reliable.

Because all devices share the same network, signals can be sent between any devices no matter where they are located on a site, with no change to the wiring at all. Dante systems are easily expanded, exactly as one might add a printer to a network.

Developed in 2006 by the Sydney-based Audinate, Dante delivers vastly superior performance over traditional analog audio distribution while making these systems easier to use, easier to expand, and less expensive to deploy.