Audinate Names Pricing For Dante Domain Manager

Audinate, developer of the industry-leading Dante media networking technology, has announced pricing for each edition of the Dante Domain Manager platform, a network management solution that brings enterprise-grade system administration to the AV world.

Dante Domain Manager makes audio networking more secure, more scalable and more manageable than ever before. It will be sold as a perpetual license and will be available in three editions: Silver, Gold, and Platinum. All editions of Dante Domain Manager enable the creation of Dante domains to isolate and organize audio devices, permission-driven user accounts, cross-subnet routing of audio, and powerful administrative features to monitor user actions and system status in key areas. 

â—      The Silver edition is ideal for installations that primarily require user management, such as smaller houses of worship or schools, with a maximum of 2 domains and 10 audio devices. List price for the Silver edition is $995 USD.

â—      The Gold edition includes integration with Active Directory and is suited to many mid-sized business environments, supporting up to 10 domains and up to 50 devices. List price for this edition is $3,995 USD.

â—      The Platinum edition covers management needs of large-scale installations and expands support up to 50 domains and up to 250 devices. This edition includes SNMP alerting and a fully redundant “high availability” option for mission-critical systems. List price for the Platinum edition is $9,995 USD.

Audinate is actively creating a distribution channel to sell Dante Domain Manager to end customers through authorized resellers. Interested resellers can get more information at www.audinate.com/ddmreseller

Audinate has received support from its manufacturer partners who are in the process of updating their firmware to version 4.0 in order to support Dante Domain Manager. Leading manufacturers who have declared their intentions to upgrade to the latest firmware include: Adam Hall, Allen & Heath, AMK Innovations, Amphenol, Ashly Audio, Attero Tech, Aviom, Bose, Clear-Com, Crestron, CTP Systems, d&b audiotechnik, Dan Dugan Sound Design, Digital Audio Labs, Direct Out, Extron, Focusrite, Hear Technologies, Klang Technologies, Linea Research, Mackie (LOUD), MC2, Mandozzi Elettronica, Music Group, Nixer, Powersoft, RDL, Renkus-Heinz, Shure, Stewart Audio, Studio Technologies, Symetrix, TASCAM, Visionary Solutions, Wohler, WorldCast, XTA and Yamaha.

According to Dane Butcher, Founder and CEO of Symetrix, Dante Domain Manager is a considerable value-add for any AV professional seeking to leverage IT-grade system administration functionality. “Dante Domain Manager, coupled with the strengthening of security and system performance, makes deploying Dante 4.0 firmware a quick and straight-forward decision,” he said.

“Dante Domain Manager provides easy management for large-scale sound systems, extending the scalability to countless numbers of existing Dante systems,” said Yoshi Tsugawa, GM of Yamaha Pro Audio Division. “One of the most significant contributions of Audinate is that they have brought all the benefits of IT to system integrators in the audio world.”