Devices and Applications

Local Audio Devices

Local Audio Devices are audio-capable hardware devices that are local to your computer - i.e. they are either internal, or directly physically connected to your computer.

Examples include:

  • Internal (built-in) soundcards (referred to as ‘Built-in Output’ in macOS)
  • External (e.g. USB or FireWire) soundcards
  • Internal and external microphones
  • USB headsets
  • Desktop computer speakers
  • Computer monitors with built-in speakers

Local ASIO Audio Devices

(Windows only)

Local ASIO Audio Devices are hardware devices (typically audio interfaces) with ASIO drivers. Note that these devices may also have WDM drivers, in which case they will also appear in Local Audio Devices, often under a different name.

Requires that 'Show ASIO compatible devices' is checked in the general preferences.

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Via Devices

Via Devices are other computers on your local area network on which Dante Via is installed and running.

Via Device names are taken from the host computer name.

If they have sources or destinations for which ‘Enable Dante’ is active, those resources will appear under the device name.

Dante Devices

Dante Devices are Dante-enabled hardware devices (such as mixing consoles and amplifiers) that are connected to your local area network.

Dante Devices must be set to 48 kHz sample rate in order to appear in the Dante Via user interface.

To ‘push’ audio to Dante Devices, you must configure the routing in Dante Controller.

Local Applications

Local Applications are audio-capable software applications, such as:

  • iTunes
  • Skype
  • Digital Audio Workstations (Cubase, Pro Tools, GarageBand etc.)
  • Web browsers
  • Other software applications that produce audio (such as games, PowerPoint, email clients etc.)

Channel Support

Dante Via supports 16 channels for individual ASIO and Core Audio software applications and 2 channels for WDM software applications. The number of applications that can be simultaneously supported is determined by the channel support and the computer specifications.

Application Visibility

It is recommended that you start audio applications after starting Dante Via.

macOS

In macOS, software applications do not appear in the Destinations list. To send sources to software applications in macOS, you must send them to the Stereo Application Input or the 16 Channel Application Input, and then configure the application to use Dante Via as the recording / input interface.

Software applications will not appear in the Local Applications list until they are playing audio.

Windows

In Windows, software applications will not appear in either of the Local Applications lists (sources or destinations) until they are either playing audio (sources) or recording audio (destinations).

Note:  It may also be necessary to select Dante Via as the input and/or output device in the application itself.

If when you start Dante Via a running audio application is not visible in the Dante Via UI, quit and then restart the audio application. You may also have to play or record audio using the application before it appears in Dante Via.