CAT5e/6 cable is inexpensive and light so it’s easy to carry a spare in contrast, analog copper snakes are heavy, expensive, and difficult to wrangle during setup and teardown. Why Dante?ĭante audio networking provides many advantages over traditional analog audio connectivity.Ī single CAT5e/6 cable can carry hundreds of channels of digital audio, whereas analog audio requires one cable per audio channel. Dante networks can be made larger as your needs grow, but devices using other types of audio networks are not compatible with Dante networks: A Dante port.
(See the Audinate website for a list of recommended network switches Yamaha offers several network switches as well.)Īny Dante-enabled device can exchange audio (and video) with another Dante-enabled device, as long as they have the same capabilities. In addition, standard off-the-shelf network switches (sometimes called hubs) are used to create a Dante network, so you don’t need to purchase proprietary network hardware. For one thing, Dante connectors look like Ethernet connectors and use the same type of cable (CAT5e or CAT6). Can We Borrow Your Cable?ĭante employs common Ethernet technology borrowed from the computer industry to transmit digital audio, but it’s important to know that Dante is not the same as Ethernet. Let’s find out what the fuss is all about.
Dante is now being used not just in large-scale installations and tours but also in small PA systems, making it one of the most exciting new developments in live sound. These are network ports, and they enable a variety of devices to be interconnected and share audio.Īudinate’s Dante ® has become the most common protocol for digital audio networking, and you’ll find it in a variety of audio devices, including many Yamaha digital mixers, processors, power amplifiers and even speakers. You may have noticed that, alongside the usual audio input and output connectors, some of your digital audio gear has ports that look like large phone jacks.
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