With the announcement that Audinate has now delivered their AES67-enabled
firmware to their OEM partners in order to offer AES67 compatibility with their
DANTE protocol, the RAVENNA community welcomes them to the world of
interoperability they created five years ago.
Andreas Hildebrand from ALC NetworX, developers of RAVENNA, states, “This is
great news for users, who can now interconnect audio devices using RAVENNA, Q-
Lan, Livewire and finally Dante.’
AES67 cannot be used on its own, it simply allows different audio protocols to talk
to each other, so manufacturers who want to enjoy the interoperability of AES67
need to choose a protocol that is AES67-compliant to fit into their products.
“We always intended that many different protocols should provide AES67
compatibility in order to offer the system designer and/or end-user as wide a choice
as possible,’ continued Hildebrand. “Audinate offers their paid-for solution and we
offer ours freely, but users may now benefit from using both protocols – and indeed
all other AES67-compatible protocols – in the same installation.’
Having been AES67-compatible from the moment the standard was launched,
RAVENNA has the most experience in working with AES67 having implemented it in
many complex and demanding broadcast set ups.
Currently the most powerful protocol on the market as it was initially designed to
meet the exacting requirements of the broadcast world where it is still the protocol
of choice, RAVENNA is also one of the most versatile. What can do more can do
less, and RAVENNA is completely scalable from the largest broadcast complex right
down to the smallest input connection.
