Dante Latency

The Dante Latency drop-down menu allows you to set the device latency (time before playout).

A Dante device receiving audio from Dante Virtual Soundcard will use this value (unless the receiving device only supports higher latencies). The latency compensates primarily for computer scheduling jitter, as well as delay variations encountered in the network.

Supported values are:

• 4ms
• 6ms
• 10ms

• 20ms (DVS Pro only)

• 40ms (DVS Pro only)

Latencies above 4ms are not supported at sample rates of 176.4 kHz or 192 kHz when transmitting to hardware devices running Dante firmware v3.7.x or earlier. In order to enable these latency settings for the higher sample rates, upgrade your Dante device firmware to v3.8.x or above. Please contact your device manufacturer for information about Dante firmware upgrades.

As a rule of thumb, 4ms can be used where Dante Virtual Soundcard is running on a high-spec computer with low scheduling jitter. Computers with poor scheduling performance may need to use the 10ms Dante Latency setting. The 20ms and 40ms latency values are suitable for use with high channel counts (above 64 channels).

Note:  If the Dante Latency setting is set too low to compensate for network delay variation and computer scheduling jitter, there is a risk of intermittent loss of audio.