Audinate has announced a licensing agreement with German company ESI, one of the leading vendors of professional and semi-professional audio equipment worldwide. ESI will incorporate its Dante networking into future products.

ESI has been making professional audio products for more than a decade, which are manufactured and distributed worldwide by ESI Audiotechnik from Leonberg in Germany. ESI branded and various OEM products are used by customers around the world: ‘We believe that Dante is the solution to provide affordable and competitive networking products for use in any studio environment, without compromising on quality,’ says Managing Director Claus Riethmüller. Riethmüller adds ‘Dante provides stability and perfect ultra-low latency performance, exactly what our customers are asking for.’

‘ESI has been known for excellent studio products for quite some time,’ says Lee Ellison, CEO of Audinate. ‘Selecting Dante for its new products means that ESI customers can look forward to the most interoperable digital media solution today and into the future.’