Lawo, Audinate sign MoU to integrate Dante video and audio technologies into HOME applications

NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia and RASTATT, Germany— Audinate and Lawo announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to integrate Dante audio and video technologies with Lawo’s HOME applications.

Lawo said the integration includes native discovery and management of Dante devices and software, as well as access to Dante audio and video within Lawo’s HOME management platform.

Lawo intends to integrate the Dante API and SDK to access control, management, and media signals for Dante networks directly into HOME. To this end, Lawo will also introduce new Dante Importer (southbound) and Dante Exporter (northbound) services to and from HOME, which will be similar to the approach Lawo developed for interactions between HOME-native and NMOS-compatible devices, it said.

The agreement highlights the importance of the Dante network protocol in the studio, installation and live sound sectors and will enable the efficient co-existence of the Dante and RAVENNA protocols at the level of microservices-based applications, the document said.

Already available for audio equipment via Dante cards installed in the Lawo Power Core modular I/O and DSP gateway, the integration will now be extended to HOME applications to also include Dante AV video signals.

The collaboration will enable mixing of a diverse pool of audio sources such as Dante, SMPTE ST 2110, NDI, SRT and RAVENNA using Lawo’s HOME mc² DSP app, controlled from an mc² audio console or headless mixer.

Dante integration with HOME Apps is expected to provide seamless interoperability and flexibility for a wide range of Dante-enabled sources and destinations, such as power amplifiers, loudspeakers, and immersive audio arrays.

“The integration of Dante into HOME Apps is a significant milestone for Lawo’s open, unified HOME platform,” said Jamie Dunn, Lawo’s deputy general manager. “Providing Dante integration at the server-based microservices level will undoubtedly provide a wide range of creative benefits for operators as they navigate the transition to future-proof hardware-abstraction computing.”

“The industry is rapidly moving to a software-based IP media infrastructure, and Lawo is at the forefront of this transformation,” said Aidan Williams, co-founder and CEO of Audinate. “We are excited to partner with Lawo to incorporate Dante into this vision. Integrating Dante into HOME applications will provide Lawo customers with seamless access to Dante media control, management, and signals, enabling entirely new and innovative workflows.”

Audinate and Lawo expect to unveil their collaboration on general-purpose computing software in early 2025.

More information can be found at Lava AND Audit websites.