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CDD ‐ LIVE USER GUIDE
CDD ‐ LIVE User Guide V1.0
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Dante
Based on industry standards, Audinate Ltd created Dante, an uncompressed, multi ‐ channel digital media networking technology,
with near ‐ zero latency and synchronization. Dante is the preferred audio networking solution that has been adopted by more
pro ‐ audio AV manufacturers than any other networking technology. Interoperability is not a dream of the future, but a reality
today. Hundreds of Dante ‐ enabled products are available from the world’s leading manufacturers, enabling you to mix devices
from multiple manufacturers.
One cable does it all. Dante does away with heavy, expensive analogue or multicore cabling, replacing it with low ‐ cost, easily ‐
available CAT5e, CAT6, or fibre optic cable for a simple, lightweight, and economical solution. Dante integrates media and control
for your entire system over a single, standard IP network.
Dante systems can easily scale from a simple pairing of a console to a computer, to large capacity networks running thousands
of audio channels. Because Dante uses logical routes instead of physical point ‐ to ‐ point connections, the network can be
expanded and reconfigured at any time with just a few mouse clicks.
Since audio is transmitted digitally, you don’t have to worry about the common analogue challenges of interference from other
electrical equipment, crosstalk between cables, or signal degradation over long cable runs.
Setting up Dante networks couldn’t be easier. You no longer have to shudder when considering the deployment of an audio
network. Even the most complex networks can be set up and configured quickly and easily with Dante, making system integration
simple. Dante automatically handles the technical complexities for you.
Signal routing and system configuration with Dante is fast, simple, and incredibly flexible. Dante Controller is a powerful software
application that manages devices on the network. Setting up a Dante network is typically just a matter of plugging devices into
an Ethernet switch and connecting a computer to the network. All Dante devices are automatically discovered and displayed in
Dante Controller, so you can be up and running in seconds.
With Dante Controller you can easily edit device names and channel labels, control sample rates, and set device latencies. There
is no longer any need to remember device IDs or channel numbers. Instead, a single audio channel is referred to just like an email
address: “leadVocal @ StageBoxSL or ”chairmans_mic @ conferenceroomA”. Set it and forget it. Once the network is configured,
the computer running Dante Controller can be removed from the network, and reconnected only if changes are required or
system monitoring is desired. Signal routing and other system settings are stored safely in the Dante devices themselves, so they
are automatically restored if a device is power ‐ cycled.
Real ‐ time information about the health of your network is essential for a proper understanding of its performance. Audinate has
developed a rich suite of diagnostic tools within Dante Controller, providing visibility into the network health status through
features such as device latency monitoring, active clock health monitoring, packet error reporting, and bandwidth usage
statistics.