That’s where I had pinned my high hopes for the AVIO-USB Dante adapter. As software, the has been a sacrifice in latency specs that makes it untenable for a couple of solutions. They combine low cost ($30) with convenient user interfaces. The Dante Virtual Soundcard (DVS), and Dante Via software solutions have been solid edge feeder solutions. ) However, audio networks still need additional computer-based-audio edge feeder solutions. (I haven’t tested the three, so it should be noted as a speculation. Hundreds of other Dante products, including the other three Dante AVIO edge solutions for line level stereo and AES3 connectivity also appear to be free from any onerous latency considerations. The PCIe Dante hardware and the Dante adapters that fit into various mixers have impressively low latency, and simply disappear as a consideration in audio network deployment. Where Thunderbolt, and MADI shine, there are only a couple of solutions in USB that keep round-trip latency (RTL) down in the small single digits where it needs to be for several solutions that I will outline later in this piece. Channel count has only been a problem for the largest installations, but in general it’s not a problem for any of the competing connectivity solutions. Networked audio overcomes that problem too. Good old MADI remains as a contender, but it’s point-to-point, and therefore flexible topologies are not convenient.
The distance limitations of Thunderbolt, USB, and the sunsetting firewire are a constant source of troubles. The AVIO-USB is powered via USB or PoE (802.3af)ĪVIO-USB macOS Sierra: 17.3-milliseconds round trip latencyĪVIO-USB Win-10: 20-millisecond round trip latency (probably)ĪVIO-USB in Win-10 is not ASIO, or WDM compatibility issuesĭante combines the best features of what computer audio connectivity needs to be. Okay, let's go.įor the impatient, here are the essentials:
Please excuse the future lack of capitalization of this acronym. I wanted to pledge my undying support and future client recommendations to the Audinate product line because of the wonderful set of capabilities within the DANTE world. I wanted it to be a love letter to Audinate. T his article is somewhat harder to write than others.
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