RME and DirectOut have announced the debut of the Digiface Ravenna, a new mobile audio interface based on the Digiface Dante but with a RAVENNA module developed by DirectOut and capable of accomodating the transmission of up to 128 audio channels coming from RAVENNA and optionally MADI via a single USB 3.0 connection.
“We have known and admired RME for many years as a provider of professional computer interface technology and are very happy about this cooperation.” says Claudio Becker-Foss, CEO/CTO of DirectOut. “The combination of RME’s experience in programming computer interfaces with DirectOut’s RAVENNA expertise will create a great new asset for the Audio-over-IP market. Both companies are committed to leading edge development and maintaining their products whenever standards or operating systems change. This is crucial, particularly for computer interfaces and makes Digiface Ravenna a future proof and highly reliable product for our customers.”
The fusion of RME’s drivers (Mac/Windows) and DirectOut’s RAVENNA implementation drive the new networked computer audio interface. DSP-based TotalMix FX can be used to control routing and monitoring options (including the built-in headphone output). On the network side, the interface has a full-fledged RAVENNA stack with AES67 and ST2110-30/31 support and redundant audio-over-IP streaming as per ST2022-7.
In addition, the interface can also be used as a mobile 64-channel RAVENNA/MADI converter without a USB connection to a computer. The coaxial MADI I/O connectors may also be configured to work as word clock sync I/O.
To operate the Digiface Ravenna, users can rely on both an external power supply connector and USB bus power.
Attendees of the upcoming IBC 2022 in Amsterdam can see the new Digiface Ravenna first hand at DirectOut’s booth (Hall 8 Stand F65) and at ALC NetworX’s RAVENNA info booth.
