On a Gigabit network, these 64 audio channels only take up 1/8 of the bandwidth on a port. But to give you an idea of the capacity, please consider the following: 64 audio channels in 24 bit / 48 kHz takes up only 74 mbit/sec on a single network port. It’s merely a matter of adding more interface devices and Ethernet switches. In theory, you can add as many audio channels to a Dante network as you want. No, since it is ‘only’ a digital transportation system, not even a single bit is altered – hence there is absolutely no change in audio quality, as it is being distributed between devices on the network.ģ) What About Bandwidth.
Rather, it aims at answering a handful of the most common questions that audio professionals have when it comes to AoIP.ĭante is simply a bit-for-bit audio transportation system that utilises standard Ethernet equipment to physically connect devices on a network. This is by no means meant as an effort to take you through the in-depth details of Dante. DAD have chosen to support Audinate’s Dante and will focus exclusively on their protocol in this article. There are a number of different AoIP protocols around. While it is still a relatively new area for many audio professionals, it has come to stay, and looking a few years down the road, it will most likely have become the norm rather than the exception. Continuing our collaboration with Partner Brands supplying content for the community, Kim Bang wrote an excellent piece for our partners at DAD, reproduced here with kind permission:Īudio over IP (AoIP) has become a hot topic in recent years – and for a good reason.