Operation Manual

ViDanteCardUser&SetupGuideV1.1 
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ViDANTE
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CardUser&SetupGuide
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TheSoundcraft®ViDANTE™cardisa64x64interfacebetweenaVi
series console and any Dante compatible device from Harman or
other 3
rd
 party manufacturer. The card is available in two versions:
LocalRack/CSB(D21m3Uformat)andViStagebox(6Uformat).Note
thattheStageboxversionisanIOcardonlyanddoesnotallowyouto
connectaStageboxtotheconsoleusingDanteinsteadofMADI.
Dante provides a digital audio ne
twork t
hat uses standard Internet
Protocols over both 100Mbps and 1 Gigabit Ethernet. Dante uses
audioindependent,highaccuracynetworksynchronizationstandards
toensureallDantedevicesaresynchronizedatalltimes.Danteruns
on standard computer networking hardware, and does not require
dedicatednetworkinfrastructure.
TheAudinateDanteVirtualSo
undcardsof
twareallowsconnectionof
aPC/MactoaDanteaudionetwork.Thissystemallowsthecomputer
to record from and playback to the Dante network using most
common DAW packages.DanteVirtualSoundcard usestheEthernet
port on the computer to communicate with the Dante network; no
special hardware is required othe
r than installing Dante Virtual
Soundcardsoftware.OneDVSlicensetokenisprovidedFOCwiththe
card,thislicensecanonlybeinstalledononespecificcomputer.
Additional information about the DANTE system including the latest
software set‐up and tools may be found on the Audinate® web site
ht
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w.audinate.com/
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