Lawo and Audinate have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate the integration of Dante’s audio and video solutions into Lawo’s HOME Apps.
The agreement provides the provision of native discovery and management mechanisms for Dante devices and software.
Additionally, Lawo intends to integrate Dante APIs and SDKs for access to control, management and media signals for Dante networks directly into HOME, said the company. New Dante Importer (southbound) and Dante Exporter (northbound) services will be introduced into and out of HOME, in a similar manner to the approach Lawo developed to enable interaction between HOME-native and NMOS-compatible devices.
Install and live-sound sectors in the studio will facilitate coexistence between Dante and RAVENNA protocols on a microservice-based application level. It is envisaged the collaboration will extend the integration to HOME Apps and include Dante AV signals, already available for audio hardware through Dante cards installed in a Lawo Power Core modular I/O and DSP gateway.
The partnership aims to enable mixing of a diverse range of audio sources, (Dante, SMPTE ST2110, NDI, SRT, and RAVENNA) with Lawo’s HOME mc² DSP app controlled from an mc² audio or crystal broadcast console, or a headless mixer setup. HOME Apps’ Dante integration is expected to facilitate interoperability between Dante-enabled sources and destinations, including power amplifiers, immersive speaker arrays and more.
James Dunn, deputy CEO at Lawo, said, “The integration of Dante into HOME Apps is an important milestone for Lawo’s open, unified HOME platform. Providing Dante integration on a server-based microservice level is bound to yield a vast range of creative benefits for operators as it helps them navigate the transition to future-proof hardware-abstracted processing.”
Audinate’s co-founder and CEO, Aidan Williams, added, “The industry is rapidly transitioning to software-based IP media infrastructure, and Lawo is at the forefront of that transformation. We are excited to partner with Lawo to incorporate Dante into that vision. The integration of Dante into HOME Apps will provide Lawo customers with seamless access to Dante control, management and media signals, enabling entirely new, innovative workflows.”
