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SoundDesk VS Dante Via

Compare SoundDesk VS Dante Via and see what are their differences

SoundDesk logo SoundDesk

SoundDesk is the easiest way to turn your macOS into a professional mixing desk.

Dante Via logo Dante Via

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  • SoundDesk Landing page
    Landing page //
    2020-07-14

SoundDesk can be used by audio professionals to mix on the fly, by broadcasters to stream mixed sources, by musicians to record a performance or anything else that involves mixing or routing digital audio.

ROUTING

All channels can receive any input and send to any output, master section or auxiliary. Making the routing possibilities of SoundDesk only limited by your devices.

Channels can be either mono, stereo or auxiliary receivers, and you can switch between options at any time.

MIXING

Up to 99x2 input paths, 102x2 output paths and 12 Aux sends per channel (pre or post fader), per desk file.

Each channel is equipped with a DC blocker, a noise or wave generator and a delay unit.

The user can assign names and colours to individual channels.

Built-in PPM meters on all channels and master section.

AU HOST

SoundDesk has up to 8 Audio Unit slots on every channel and up to 12 on the master section, so you can use your favourite plugins.

Furthermore, SoundDesk includes 11 built-in processing and metering inserts, that take advantage of the cDSP Engine.

AUDIO RECORDING

SoundDesk 4 can record in multitrack mode (pre or post processing) and in master section mode (pre or post processing).

Recordings can be exported as: AIFF, WAVE, FLAC, CAF, Sound Designer II, NeXT/Sun and Sound Forge W64 Audio Files (Linear PCM).

  • Dante Via Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-07-26

SoundDesk

$ Details
paid Free Trial $29.99 / One-off
Platforms
Mac OSX
Release Date
2018 January

Dante Via

$ Details
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Platforms
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Release Date
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SoundDesk videos

SoundDesk Tutorial

Dante Via videos

Dante Via - Getting Started

More videos:

  • Review - Introduction to Dante Via
  • Review - Testing Out Dante Via (0.6.10.1) by Audinate

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to SoundDesk and Dante Via)
Audio & Music
39 39%
61% 61
Audio
39 39%
61% 61
Audio Mastering
29 29%
71% 71
Music
100 100%
0% 0

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Blackhole by ExistentialAudio
Dante Via is easy-to-use software that routes audio, allowing applications and devices to be networked and connected via the Dante audio over IP solution.

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