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User's Guide Digiface Dante © RME
5.2 Quick Start
After the driver installation (chapter 6 / 13) the Digiface Dante has to be connected to a Dante
network. A Dante network consists of a connection to at least one other Dante equipped device
or computer with Dante Via installed. The Dante Controller does not allow any further settings
without detecting a Dante network. Some basic and OS-specific options are available in the
Settings dialog of the MADIface series driver.
Level adjustment of the analog output Phones is done in TotalMix FX. The output is optimized
for phones, but can also be used as line output
TotalMix FX remembers all settings, and loads these automatically when the Digiface Dante
drivers are loaded.
Stand-alone Operation
The Digiface Dante can be used stand-alone, powered by any USB power wall wart or USB
battery, like those for mobile phones and MP3 players. When not connected to a computer host
the device operates as 64 channel MADI to/from Dante converter. All channels are trans-
ferred to the other format unchanged, both ways.
To make most use of the additional Phones output, a submix of all MADI and Dante input chan-
nels can be set up in computer-connected operation, and stored in the Digiface Dante for stand-
alone operation. To store the current Submix Phones go to Options, Store current State into
Device in TotalMix FX.