Minimum System Requirements

The tables below list the minimum system specifications your computer should meet to be able to use the Dante Virtual Soundcard in conjunction with a typical audio application such as Steinberg’s Cubase. A more powerful computer may be required if Dante Virtual Soundcard is being used with or alongside other applications requiring significant computing resources or disk I/O transfers.

Disclaimer: It is possible that your computer may meet the requirements below but suffer from some other individual performance limitation related to its particular hardware. Please seek the advice of your computer support team.

Note: For licenses other than DVS Pro, Dante Virtual Soundcard does not support installation on virtual machines.

Hardware

General

Component	Minimum Requirement
Processor	Dual core CPU
Memory	4 Gigabytes of RAM
Network	1 Gigabit (1Gb) wired Ethernet interface; or: USB 3.0-to-Ethernet adapter compliant with CDC-NCM Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) Ethernet interfaces are not supported
Storage / Disk	As is the case with any application of this type, higher transfer rates are required for recording and playing back large numbers of audio tracks to and from disk. Disk speeds of 7200rpm and above are recommended for more than 16 channels of record / playback from disk.

Recommended for Over 64 Channels

Mac

Mac Mini M1 or desktop Macs
MacBook Pro models: Suitable for recording only at high channel counts (not for simultaneous recording/playout).

Windows

Intel i7 CPU
8 Cores
16 GB RAM
AMD machines are not recommended

Note: These specifications ensure optimal performance of DVS with typical audio applications. More powerful hardware may be required if running resource-intensive applications alongside DVS.

Operating Systems

Windows

Component	Minimum Requirement
Operating System	Windows 10 or 11 NOTE: Both UTF-8 and Unicode are supported EXCEPT for host or device names; the DNS standard does not support Unicode for these.
Windows Drivers	System drivers must be of the performance standard expected by the Windows Logo Program
Audio Application	Must support the ASIO audio device interface for multi-channel recording / playback, or support WDM (Windows Driver Model) audio.

Component

Minimum Requirement

Operating System

Windows 10 or 11

NOTE: Both UTF-8 and Unicode are supported EXCEPT for host or device names; the DNS standard does not support Unicode for these.

Windows Drivers

System drivers must be of the performance standard expected by the Windows Logo Program

Audio Application

Must support the ASIO audio device interface for multi-channel recording / playback, or support WDM (Windows Driver Model) audio.

macOS

Component	Minimum Requirement
Operating System	macOS 13, 14 or 15
Audio Application	Any audio application using the standard Core Audio interface to a sound card (e.g. iTunes, Cubase, Nuendo, Logic)

Operating System Updates

Ensure your computer has the latest Windows or Apple Updates installed.

Audio Application Compatibility

Windows: ASIO or WDM.
MacOS: Core Audio

Supporting Services

Dante Virtual Soundcard relies on supporting services for automatic Dante device discovery and for Dante device control and monitoring. These services must be installed and running for Dante software and devices to function properly.

On macOS, Dante Virtual Soundcard relies on the Apple Bonjour service for device discovery. Bonjour is installed as part of macOS, and runs automatically as a background service.

On Windows, Dante Virtual Soundcard uses the Audinate 'Dante Discovery' service for device discovery. Dante Discovery is installed and started automatically when you install Dante Virtual Soundcard.

On macOS and Windows, Dante devices and software use the Audinate 'ConMon' service for control and monitoring. ConMon is installed and started automatically when you install Dante Virtual Soundcard.