Dante or AVB has always been something of an either-or choice until now. PreSonus has announced the AVB-D 16, an AVB-Dante bridge which addresses the issue of integrating Dante equipment into an AVB environment.
While it is possible to bridge between AVB and Dante, previously existing solutions have either been commercial audio products, which are both expensive and take expertise to set up and use, other solutions involve using AES67 as an intermediary but to our knowledge, the AVB-D 16 is the most accessible solution out there.
Marketed as a way to connect Dante speakers to AVB based PreSonus digital mixers like the StudioLive 64S, this product could be useful for bridging between AVB and Dante products more generally, which makes it a really useful box.
The PreSonus AVB-D16 is the first plug-and-play endpoint that bridges AVB and Dante networks. Now you can send and receive up to 16 audio channels between an AVB and Dante network with one simple device. Built-in Asynchronous Sample Rate Conversion ensures that the AVB-D16 provides precision clock isolation between your AVB and Dante networks for pristine, clear audio with no dropouts or artefacts.
One Endpoint, Two Sample Rates
With built-in Asynchronous Sample Rate Conversion, the AVB-D16 provides precision clock isolation between the AVB and Dante networks. This ensures no dropouts or artefacts. It also allows you to run different sample rates on the AVB and Dante networks. So even if you're operating a Dante network at 96kHz, you can still connect streams between your StudioLive Series III AVB network operating at 48kHz with total confidence that the audio will be clean and error free.
Features
16 x 16 AVB
16 x 16 Dante
Asynchronous Sample Rate Conversation
Precision clock isolation
1 AVB port on locking etherCON
2 Dante ports on etherCON
Use multiple AVB-D16 AVB-to-Dante bridges to add more channels
Network Link/Activity indicators
Support for 44.1kHz and 48kHz (AVB and Dante)
Support for 88.2kHz and 96kHz (Dante)
Rugged metal chassis
In this third and final instalment of the AVB Spotlight we come to the issues facing AVB and the probable future direction of this technology.
In Part 1 we looked at the problem AVB was created to solve. In Part 2 we look at how AVB achieves this.
In the first of three articles on AVB I’m going to try to explain a technical solution to a technical problem without getting too technical… Hmm. Wish me luck!
There are a number of different AoIP protocols around. DAD have chosen to support Audinate’s Dante and will focus exclusively on their protocol in this article. This is by no means meant as an effort to take you through the in-depth details of Dante. Rather, it aims at answering a handful of the most common questions that audio professionals have when it comes to AoIP.
Since its introduction in 2006 Dante has become the most popular AoIP technology. Julian looks at why this is in the third of his AoIP Spotlight articles.
Julian Rodgers is Editor of Production Expert. He has a background in live sound and has been a Pro Tools user since 2001. He lives by the sea in West Cornwall where he plays piano, bass and guitar equally badly and is an avid collector of microphones and opinions about all things audio.