I'm pretty sure that does not exist and that Dante doesn't work that way. There are ADAT to Dante interfaces boxes (look at RME) SPDIF, AES too. You will not find a firewire or usb to Dante interface.Sam_Scholten wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:52 am Let me clarify: not looking for interfaces or Focusrite RedNet stuff. That negates the whole point of the post.
I just want USB, Thunderbolt, S/PDIF, ADAT, and/or Firewire jacks on one end, Cat 6 on the other, and my interfaces which I've already paid for (and maybe other stuff, like summing boxes, that don't have Dante cards available) showing up in Dante Controller.
No more, no less.
No mic preamps.
No DACs.
No audio interfaces. I have plenty of channels already.
No 2 in/2 out stuff which is all I see on Audinate's site.
No monitoring shit.
No completely redundant $4K 2U rackmount networking shit.
Just the bare minimum to stably and reliably adapt 24-32 channels legacy protocols to Dante and THAT'S IT.
V sorry if I wasn't clear. And if Google was that cool, I wouldn't be here.
I was thinking maybe some computer equipment outside the pro audio marketing realm someone here might have had luck with?
Much appreciated-- I think this is the way, limitations being using one non-Dante device at a time until I get a handle on the hit it causes.Kniferide wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:52 pm Sorry for all the posting. Looks like Dante Via is the application you want. Limited to 16 ch of transmission unlike the 64 of DVS, but it supports ASIO/Core audio usb and firewire devices. It's like $60.
If it works as advertised, you don't need other hardware as long as your network is tight.
https://www.audinate.com/products/software/dante-via
Edit: I think it will be problematic due to the 10ms of Latency Via adds, plus any latency from your Audio Card Buffer settings, plus any network latency (minimal). It would probably "Work" but it might not be practical. It's why Dante specific IO exists, to keep all this interface latency at a minimum. Anyway, I can think of a few ways I could use it for Streaming stuff so I might give it a try.
Are you just wanting to use Dante as your way into your DAW or are there larger sharing audio over network concerns? If you aren't sending Audio to remote devices or interfacing with other hardware that is Dante enabled, it's probably just putting a hat on a hat. What's the application you are going for? The downside of using Via is that it is used to inject audio into the Dante network at a software level where DVS and Dante enabled hardware does it at the hardware layer, so basically it's just getting into the middle, adding timing issues that usually isn't an issue over Dante the old school way. Good for sending a mix out of Protools to say, a Zoom call, or across the hall to a camera switch op where Delays can be as long as what ever as long as they come together in the fold. For real time tracking/monitoring I see Via being a pain in the ass. Still, I want to check it out.Sam_Scholten wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:33 pm Much appreciated-- I think this is the way, limitations being using one non-Dante device at a time until I get a handle on the hit it causes.
Latency is dialed up pretty far anyways right now for stability and we have latency comp pretty well handled-- it just affects how we handle punch-ins and printing analog stuff, from a practical standpoint.
Yeah, that's sort of why I was asking what his intentions were. No reason to go firewire-Dante-DaW thru some device or VIA. Just use your interface as usual and use dante to inject into network for remote sharing. You aren't going to find a thing you plug your digi 002 into that just makes it work as a dante io, aside from... as Bdante said a Dante equipt computer system. Using VIA to translate your FW or USB interface to Dante to talk to a DAW is building middlemen.bishopdante wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 11:09 pmYes, that adapter is indeed called a computer, I believe. One with audinate's own-brand PCI card fitted to it.Sam_Scholten wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:52 am Let me clarify: not looking for interfaces or Focusrite RedNet stuff. That negates the whole point of the post.
I just want USB, Thunderbolt, S/PDIF, ADAT, and/or Firewire jacks on one end, Cat 6 on the other, and my interfaces which I've already paid for (and maybe other stuff, like summing boxes, that don't have Dante cards available) showing up in Dante Controller.
No more, no less.
No mic preamps.
No DACs.
No audio interfaces. I have plenty of channels already.
No 2 in/2 out stuff which is all I see on Audinate's site.
No monitoring shit.
No completely redundant $4K 2U rackmount networking shit.
Just the bare minimum to stably and reliably adapt 24-32 channels legacy protocols to Dante and THAT'S IT.
V sorry if I wasn't clear. And if Google was that cool, I wouldn't be here.
I was thinking maybe some computer equipment outside the pro audio marketing realm someone here might have had luck with?
MacOS / core audio can do the job fine, just set up an aggregate device representing your existing pile of units in audio midi setup and off you go.
What prompted this:Kniferide wrote:Are you just wanting to use Dante as your way into your DAW or are there larger sharing audio over network concerns? If you aren't sending Audio to remote devices or interfacing with other hardware that is Dante enabled, it's probably just putting a hat on a hat. What's the application you are going for? The downside of using Via is that it is used to inject audio into the Dante network at a software level where DVS and Dante enabled hardware does it at the hardware layer, so basically it's just getting into the middle, adding timing issues that usually isn't an issue over Dante the old school way. Good for sending a mix out of Protools to say, a Zoom call, or across the hall to a camera switch op where Delays can be as long as what ever as long as they come together in the fold. For real time tracking/monitoring I see Via being a pain in the ass. Still, I want to check it out.