Audinate Virtual Sound - Card [2021]

Audinate advertises a minimum latency of 4 milliseconds (ms) for DVS. However, let’s be realistic. That 4ms is the Dante network latency setting , not the total round-trip latency.

This is the most common use case. You have a Dante-enabled mixing console at Front of House (e.g., a Digico or Allen & Heath). Instead of running 32 analog XLR cables from a laptop playing backing tracks and click, you run one Cat6 cable. Install DVS on the playback laptop, route the 32 tracks directly to the console’s input channels. No ground loops. No massive multi-core snakes. audinate virtual sound card

You’ll find DVS in three primary scenarios: Live Production, Recording Studios, and AV Installations. This is the most common use case

For decades, professional audio was tethered to physical limitations. If you wanted to get audio in and out of a computer using a networked audio protocol like Dante, you needed a piece of hardware—a Brooklyn module, an expansion card, or a dedicated USB interface. That meant higher costs, supply chain delays, and physical ports dictating your workflow.

At its core, DVS is a that replaces the need for physical Dante hardware. Once installed on your macOS or Windows machine, the operating system recognizes DVS as a standard audio device. Your DAW (Pro Tools, Reaper, Logic, Nuendo, etc.), media server (QLab, Playback Pro), or conferencing app (Zoom, Teams) sees "Dante Virtual Soundcard" as an input and output option.