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OVERVIEW
The Glensound DARK8ADI is an analogue to digital converter designed to connect
AES3 and line level analogue audio circuits to a DANTE® / AES67 audio network.
DANTE® network audio is a common protocol for distributing high quality linear
audio over standard IP networks and it is widely used by many audio equipment
manufacturers. The Glensound DARK8ADI DANTE® audio interface will be
compatible with any other manufacturers DANTE® audio interface. Further details of
DANTE® network audio can be found at
www.audinate.com
Being designed for live on-air broadcast applications the Glensound DARK8ADI has
been designed with multiple redundancy capabilities. It has 2 mains power sources
and it also has fully redundant network connections for both Copper & Fibre circuits.
The DARK8ADI has 4 balanced AES3 inputs and 8 balanced analogue inputs on
rear panel XLR connectors. In total 16 audio circuits are sent to the Dante® network
from the device. 8 of these audio circuits are derived from both the AES3 and
Analogue inputs with the AES3 input being sent to the output when a valid AES3
siganl is detected, if no valid AES3 signal is present then the analogue audio input
wil be sent to the Dante® network in its place. The other 8 channels being sent to the
nmewtork are always derived from the 4 x AES3 inputs.
The Glensound Dark8ADI utilises Audinate’s Brooklyn module for its aoip network
interface, therefore it is also AES67 compliant.