User Manual

DC16 Owner’s Manual

Dante

Dante – Digital Audio Network Through Ethernet – is the de facto standard in digital audio networking,

delivering unmatched audio quality, extremely exible routing and oers signicant cost savings compared

to traditional analog cable runs.

The dual Dante ports allow daisy chaining and the dedicated Wi-Fi control port eliminates the need

for an Ethernet switch in many situations.

Here, you should use a shielded network cable that is CAT5E (or better) to connect DC16 to the DL32R.

This allows for control, monitoring, talkback and more. Additionally, the Dante ports may also be used

to connect to other Dante-enabled audio networks. As such, it is a perfect solution for connecting to

a Dante-enabled loudspeaker system. In fact, the EAW RADIUS system is a prime candidate!

With awless interoperation with hundreds of Dante-enabled products and a rock solid, glitch-free

operation, the Dante connectors truly expand the DC16’s functionality and application-exibility

in any professional environment.

Why Use Dante?

Why use Dante? There simply isn’t enough space here to

explain all of the benets of Dante, but here’s a small sampling:

• Automatic conguration

• Uncompressed low latency digital audio: >150 µs

• High channel count: up to 1024 (512 x 512) channels per link

• Maximum sampling rate: 192 kHz

• Maximum bit depth: 32 bits

• Switchable and routable

• Can easily handle long distances and/or multiple locations

• Daisy-chain or use for system redundancy

• Massive cost savings

Dante Routing

For all intents and purposes, you will most likely want to auto-route Dante and DL32R. It’s fast, easy

and reliable as it congures the headphones, monitors, talkback and stereo playback and recording

signals between the DL32R and DC16.

The Mackie Technical Support team wrote a long, beautiful setup guide for Dante. If you’re a Dante

wizard, then you can probably pass this section, but if not, you should probably check out the Dante

Setup Guide HERE

Dante Controller is a free software application that is available for both Windows and Mac OS X:

https://www.audinate.com/products/software/dante-controller

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