Audinate, developer of the Dante AV over IP platform, has announced the availability of Dante Ready, a licensing program that gives customers the ability to purchase and add channels of Dante audio to supported products in the field.
Dante Ready allows makers to lower costs at the time of manufacture and gives their customers the ability
to purchase only the channels that are required for an application.
Dante Ready will initially be made available for
devices built using Dante Embedded Platform, a software implementation of Dante audio designed for Linux-based audio appliances. Dante
Ready lets customers activate Dante as software online while devices are in the field, purchasing only as many channels
of Dante audio as they require, from 2x2 to 64x64. Once activated, the product license never expires and can
be expanded as needed through later purchases. All purchases are routed through Audinate’s secure payment system.
“Dante Ready is
a win for both manufacturers and audio professionals,” says Audinate senior product manager Laurence Crew. “Manufacturers can integrate
Dante Embedded Platform at a very low cost, and end-users can choose exactly what they need for the jobs
to be done. They don’t need to make that decision in an up-front purchase, but may enable channels on demand.”