{"id":81294,"date":"2022-03-07T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/?p=81294"},"modified":"2022-03-07T11:08:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T16:08:03","slug":"streamlining-house-worships-av-infrastructure-audinates-dante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/streamlining-house-worships-av-infrastructure-audinates-dante\/","title":{"rendered":"Streamlining Your House of Worship\u2019s AV Infrastructure with Audinate’s Dante"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Modern houses of worship have long relied on audio-visual (AV) equipment in order to get their message out to their congregants during service. Circumstances surrounding the pandemic this past year have also led to more and more houses of worship adopting live streaming<\/a> in order to deliver their services. Consequently, the role that AV systems play within modern houses of worship have become much more critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To ensure regular services, special events, and live streams are smooth, tech require lots of hardware. This includes microphones, mixers, processors, amplifiers, speakers, cameras<\/a>, lighting<\/a>, and a collection of cabling to keep everything connected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This excess in cabling can often lead to a proverbial “rat’s nest”, which can be challenging for AV technicians and engineers to manage. It’s particularly challenging for those whose houses of worship are historic buildings with challenging wiring restrictions and\/or strict budgetary constraints. Thankfully, Sydney-based Audinate developed the Dante<\/a> audio protocol to help tackle this increasingly common challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Dante audio networking?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dante is the digital successor to the way traditional analog AV systems are set up and connected. Think VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) but for AV equipment. Dante utilizes networking hardware and software that are industry standard in the computing world to consolidate and replace legacy analog AV connectivity options. Capable of delivering uncompressed, multi-channel, and low-latency digital AV signals, Dante is also significantly more cost-effective, much easier to deploy, and notably more flexible than legacy alternatives as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How does Dante audio networking work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dante utilizes the same low-profile Ethernet cables used to connect your computers and networking equipment in lieu of bulky and cumbersome analog cables. This ensures that your AV signals transmit in flawless digital fidelity. AV equipment manufacturers can incorporate Dante functionality by integrating Dante hardware AV modules, chips, reference designs, and software into their products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of this writing, Dante is currently available in over 2000 products from more than 400 manufacturers. These can range from single-channel microphones to massive 500+ channel broadcast consoles. Say goodbye to unwieldy analog cabling that are labor-intensive and costly to install, prone to environmental interferences, and can only support a single type of signal and a single device at any one time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dante hardware and software takes audio and video signals and translates them into digital “packets”. These are suitable for transmission across a standard IP (Internet Protocol) network. They are essentially small, digital segments of the overall audio or visual signal that’s put out. These packets also contain additional data like timing information and source and destination network addresses. They help ensure the packets are efficiently routed through the network to the correct destination. Upon receiving these Dante audio or video packets, the destination device then reconstructs the packets into a continuous digital audio or video stream. Depending on the destination device’s role within your house of worship’s overall AV infrastructure, you can then play back, record, process, or broadcast reconstructed digital audio or video streams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can configure signal routes and other additional settings using the Dante Controller software. All routing information and settings are stored locally on each Dante device. Once configured, Dante devices “just work,” operating independently and even intelligently re-establish routes in the event of power loss.<\/p>\n\n\n

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