Audinate Updates Dante Virtual Soundcard to Support Apple Silicon and Windows 11

March 23 2022, 00:15
Dante Virtual Soundcard is a software application that turns any PC or Mac into a Dante-enabled device, allowing Dante audio traffic to be transmitted and received between other Dante-enabled devices using the standard Ethernet port. No additional hardware is required, and that means significant cost savings. Now Audinate, the developer of Dante audio-over-IP, updated Dante Virtual Soundcard for both Mac and Windows computers, optimizing the code for Apple Silicon processors such as the M1 family as well as the new Windows 11 operating system from Microsoft. 
 

Dante Virtual Soundcard v4.2 is ready for the latest computers and operating systems, with native support for macOS on Apple Silicon (M1 family) and Windows 11 PCs. The software maintains the same features, seamlessly integrating any PC or Mac with Dante audio devices on an Ethernet-based network, to record, process and playout up to 64x64 channels using any audio applications and any combination of Dante-enabled devices.

Dante Virtual Soundcard is designed to work with popular Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) such as Nuendo, Cubase, Reaper, and Logic, as well as consumer media player applications in macOS and Windows, including Skype. Dante Virtual Soundcard appears on computers as an ordinary Core Audio, ASIO or WDM device, no special settings are required. It supports 16, 24 and 32-bit audio, at 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, sample rates on Windows, and up to 176.4kHz, and 192kHz sample rates on macOS with Gigabit Ethernet. Latency can be set by the user to meet the needs of the individual computers and networks.

"We’re very happy to announce the release of Dante Virtual Soundcard for Apple Silicon and Windows 11," says Laurence Crew, Senior Product Manager at Audinate. "We are dedicated to supporting our customers as the operating systems and computers they employ evolve. Dante Virtual Soundcard has been a very popular and powerful tool for countless audio professionals for a long time, and we look forward to seeing what they create with these powerful new machines and Dante."

Dante Virtual Soundcard 4.2 supports Windows 10/11 and Apple Silicon based macOS computers, while Dante Virtual Soundcard 4.1.2 is recommended for Intel-based macOS computers. Upgrades are free for existing users. New licenses for Dante Virtual Soundcard may be purchased for $49.99 USD. 
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In the diagram above, a laptop running Dante Virtual Soundcard and a popular DAW is being used to monitor and record audio transmitted from a FOH console to speaker amplifiers using Dante networking.
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