- Overview
- Specifications
LX-Dante – Multichannel Dante PCIe Sound Card
Key Workflow: The PCIe LX-DANTE sound card bridges professional audio software applications to Dante networks. By supporting 128 x 128 redundant channels, and providing extremely low latency, LX-DANTE matches all the requirements for high channel density, low latency, and reliability of professional DAWs used for high quality recordings, processing, and multi-channel playout over Dante networks.
At a glance
- 128 x 128 input/output Dante channels at up to 96kHz
- 64 x 64 input/output Dante channels at 176.4kHz and 192kHz
- Mode for AES67 compatibility
- ASIO (Windows), Alsa (Linux) and Core Audio (OS X) drivers
- Very low latency (about 3 ms round trip latency)
- Primary and Secondary Ethernet ports provide seamless Dante network redundancy
- Automatically discovered on the Dante network
- Network routing managed via the Dante Controller software
- Works with Thunderbolt expansion chassis
Key features
- Standard PCI Express 4x card format
- 128 x 128 redundant channels at 44.1, 48kHz, 88.2, 96KHz
- 64 x 64 redundant channels at 176.4 or 192kHz sample rates
- Dante plug and play media networking
- AES67 compatibility (48 samples per packet, 48 kHz, SAP)
- Ultra-low latency with sub-microsecond synchronization
- Driver interfaces: ASIO (Windows), Alsa (Linux), Core Audio (Mac OS X)
- Supported operating systems: Mac OS X as of version 10.8.5, Windows as of Windows 7, Windows Server as of 2008 R2
- Seamless Dante network redundancy via the two Gbit network interfaces
- Interoperable with any other Dante-powered device, and with other AES67-compliant devices
- Can be used in Thunderbolt external chassis
Configuration
| PCI Express card | PCI EXPRESS™ (PCIe®) x4, ( x8, x16 compatible) |
| Network interfaces | Two Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 connectors |
IP audio
| IP audio transport | Dante Audio over IP, AES67 |
| Redundancy | Glitch-free Dante audio redundancy using dual Ethernet networks |
| Clock synchronization | Master or slave |
Audio
| Audio Channels | 128 / 128 I/O channels @ up to 96kHz 64 / 64 I/O channels @ 192kHz |
| Supported Sample Rates | 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192kHz |
| Sample bit-depth | 24 bit PCM Audio |
| Latency | Round trip latency as low as 2.99ms |
Software environment
| OS Supported | From Windows 7, and from Windows Server 2008 R2 Mac OS X from 10.7.5 Linux (on request) |
| Drivers | Windows: ASIO Linux: Alsa Mac OS: Core Audio |
Compatibility with expansion chassis
| Thunderbolt chassis | OWC (Other World Computing) Mercury Helios ` Sonnet Echo Express SE II Magma ExpressBox 1T 1 Slot |
