Dante moves the whole rig onto a single Ethernet network — no analog snake, no cable spaghetti across the stage, and the mix position can sit anywhere there’s a network jack. This is the VU Events control surface, built as a working concept: every fader, route, scene, and zone below responds like the real desk would, so the crew can learn the show before load-in.
One tap re-aims the whole system — faders, mutes, routing, and every zone.
Drag the faders. Mute and solo behave like a real desk — solo one channel and the rest go quiet.
The patch bay is software now. Tap a crosspoint to subscribe or drop a feed — nobody crawls behind the stage box.
One show, five different volumes. The speech stays clear in the hall while the patio keeps the party.
Every source plugs into the nearest network point. Audio rides Cat6 to the switch — and from there, anywhere.
The same network that runs a wedding on Saturday runs the haunt in October.
Ceremony mics in the hall, cocktail music on the patio, DJ inside after dinner — scenes step the whole venue through the day, and speeches stay on the record feed for the video.
Keynote mics and slide audio stay front and center, the stream mix runs hotter for the folks at home, and breakout rooms get their own zone without a second console.
The full band lands on the stage box, monitors get their own feeds, and the tech mixes from the crowd — not from behind a wall of snake cable.
Soundtrack zones follow guests room to room, scare actors get their cue feeds, and one operator runs the whole building’s audio from a single screen.
The software layer by Audinate that runs underneath this surface.
The routing brain. See every device on the network and patch sources to destinations with a click — the matrix above works the same way.
Turns any laptop into a Dante device with up to 64×64 channels — playback out, multitrack recording in, no interface box required.
Pulls audio from everyday apps — a Zoom call, a playlist, a video — and puts it on the Dante network like any other source.
For big installs: manage multiple rooms and subnets, control who can change routing, and keep an audit trail across a whole venue.
Downloads and current versions live at Audinate’s site: getdante.com/resources/software-downloads