Yamaha Ri8-D Ri8-D/Ro8-D Owners Manual [English] - Page 9

About Dante This product features Dante technology as a protocol to transmit audio signals. Dante is a network protocol developed by Audinate. It is designed to deliver multi-channel audio signals at various sampling and bit rates, as well as device control signals over a Giga-bit Ethernet (GbE) network. Dante also offers the following benefits: • It transmits up to 512 in/512 out, for a total 1024 channels (in theory) of audio over a GbE network. (The Ri8-D features 8 in with a 24/32-bit resolution. The Ro8-D features 8 out with a 24/32-bit resolution.) • Dante-enabled devices will automatically configure their network interfaces and find each other on the network. You can label Dante devices and their audio channels with names that make sense to you. • Dante uses high accuracy network synchronization standards to achieve sample-accurate playback with extremely low latency and jitter. Five types of latency are available on the Ri8-D/Ro8-D: 0.25 msec, 0.5 msec, 1.0 msec, 2.0 msec, and 5.0 msec. • Dante supports redundant connections via primary and secondary networks to defend against unforeseen difficulties. • Connecting a computer to Dante network over Ethernet enables you to directly input or output audio signals without using any audio interface devices. By taking advantages of these benefits, you can skip any complicated procedures to automate connections and setups of Dante-enabled devices, remotely control I/O racks or amplifiers from a mixing console, or make multi-track recordings to a DAW, such as Nuendo, installed on a computer in the network. Visit Audinate website for more details on Dante. http://www.audinate.com/ More information on Dante is also posted on the Yamaha Pro Audio website: http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/ NOTE Please do not use the EEE function (*) of network switches in a Dante network. Although power management should be negotiated automatically in switches that support EEE, some switches do not perform the negotiation properly. This may cause EEE to be enabled in Dante networks when it is not appropriate, resulting in poor synchronization performance and occasional dropouts. Therefore we strongly recommend that: • If you use managed switches, ensure that they allow EEE to be disabled. Make sure that EEE is disabled on all ports used for real-time Dante traffic. • If you use unmanaged switches, make sure to not use network switches that support the EEE function, since EEE operation cannot be disabled in these switches. * EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet) is a technology that reduces switch power consumption during periods of low network traffic. It is also known as Green Ethernet and IEEE802.3az. About Dante Owner's Manual 9 English