Digigram 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) 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)
• Supported operating systems: 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