Dante virtual sound card and PT

[Frank Kruse]

Hi,

is anyone using the Dante virtual sound card with PT HD (obviously in native mode) to cable PT directly to a Dante-capable monitoring processor?


If yes is it possible to get more than 8 outs to Dante from PT HD? Thinking of expanding beyond 7.1 to "mini-atmos".

I'm thinking of simplifying my studio cabling and move to Dante for better scalability without the need to squeeze yet another snake into my cable-tunnels.

Any experience you can share?

Thanks,

Frank.

[postprosound]

I was actually wondering the same thing! I think the idea of using dante, AVB or AES67 is pretty great.

What kind of dante/avb/aes 67 monitoring processors are there out there at the moment? Just to simplify even more, do any have any sort of monitoring control?

[Frank Kruse]

Originally Posted by postprosound

I was actually wondering the same thing! I think the idea of using dante, AVB or AES67 is pretty great.

What kind of dante/avb/aes 67 monitoring processors are there out there at the moment? Just to simplify even more, do any have any sort of monitoring control?

Dante seems to be by far the most common format and seems to be very easy to set up. You need special AVB-switches for AVB afaik and there are not many supporters that offer AVB hardware but on the other hand AVB is an open source format. They says it's more difficult to setup in terms of network-achitechture. Dante has been around for quite some time and there are tons of products to chose from.

AES67 seems to be the future but is still very young and they only have started to promote it end of last year.

And especially the DVS seem like a very clever driver to plug directly into a Dante infrastructure.

The idea to replace those miles of AES/analog snakes with a bunch of ethernet cables is quite tempting.

I am currently looking at the Xilica Neutrino series which can be freely configured and tailored with EQ, Delay, sub-mixer etc. etc. and has an iPad controller app which can also be tailored to your needs. Basically it's fully modular and has 16 analogue outs. All the other dedicated speaker controllers only do 5.1 or 7.1 maximum and are not really much cheaper or at least as expensive.

It seems to fill the gap between very pricey systems like QSYS, Soundweb etc.

But I'm open to other suggestions.

Frank.

[Klosse]

Hello!

I´m running PT HD 11 and DVS. You get 32 inputs and 32 outputs into the Dante network from PT. It works very well.

-Klosse

[Frank Kruse]

Originally Posted by Klosse

Hello!

I´m running PT HD 11 and DVS. You get 32 inputs and 32 outputs into the Dante network from PT. It works very well.

-Klosse

Thanks Klosse, that sounds good.

[postprosound]

Wow, that xilica box is really great. Here in the US, i'd have to get the UNO. But, that seems exceptional.

Does anyone have any experience with these boxes? Where can i get a good price?

[Frank Kruse]

Originally Posted by postprosound

Wow, that xilica box is really great. Here in the US, i'd have to get the UNO. But, that seems exceptional.

Does anyone have any experience with these boxes? Where can i get a good price?

I wonder why the Neutrino isn't available in the US. It's more capable. The Unos only have analog I/O plus dante. But not AES and also the Unos only have pre-designed dsp apps. The Neutrinos are completely adjustable.

But yes, they are very capable and if you do not need the endless modularity of the QSYS (or similar) it's quite a bit less expensive.

Seems like a great monitor controller option of you don't need a full blown QSYS but want some more scalability and flexibility that goes beyond the off-the-shelf surround "volume knobs" that usually end with 8 outs.

[postprosound]

Originally Posted by Frank Kruse

I wonder why the Neutrino isn't available in the US. It's more capable. The Unos only have analog I/O plus dante. But not AES and also the Unos only have pre-designed dsp apps. The Neutrinos are completely adjustable.

But yes, they are very capable and if you do not need the endless modularity of the QSYS (or similar) it's quite a bit less expensive.

Seems like a great monitor controller option of you don't need a full blown QSYS but want some more scalability and flexibility that goes beyond the off-the-shelf surround "volume knobs" that usually end with 8 outs.

Wow. I didn't realize that the uno was so limited.

ok... so, is there something like the Neutrino from a competitor?