Audinate, the company behind Dante Audio-over-IP networking, has announced the release of a firmware update to add support for the AES67 audio networking standard.
The AES67 interoperability standard specifies a baseline set of protocols enabling synchronised audio connectivity between compliant Audio-over-IP systems. It provides standardised methods for clock synchronisation, quality of service and IP transport to bridge between different Audio-over-IP implementations.
AES67 support will allow baseline connectivity between the growing ecosystem of Dante-enabled devices and networked devices from other vendors that use AES67 bridging. Although the AES67 standard covers only the basic sync, QoS and transport of networked audio, systems using Dante networking will retain their enhanced features including simple device discovery, channel naming, clock monitoring, network status, latency monitoring, and redundancy.
‘Dante is built on a foundation of open standards, and AES67 is the latest standard added to our solution toolkit,’ says Audinate CTO, Aidan Williams. ‘The adoption of AES67 supports our vision to make Dante the most complete audio networking solution, and will help facilitate the industry’s evolution from analogue to Audio-over-IP.’
AES67 support in Dante will initially be made available in a firmware update for the Dante Brooklyn II card, which will soon be released to Audinate OEM partners for integration and testing into their products.
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