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16 W I N T E R 2 0 1 6 C A S Q U A R T E R L Y as its main center has more than 7,000 seats! Matt provided great information on how Dante helped him update their audio systems incrementally to accommodate the population growth and expanded audio needs of the church—includ- ing broadcasting to additional onsite and offsite venues and streaming. Given the church's weekend services aver- age over 25,000 attendees, including non-English language translations—audio is critical for the week's message to be delivered. The ease of configuring systems with Dante, along with its available redundancy, helped Matt meet the needs of the church. Of note, for those of you unfamiliar with the audio needs of these larger usually non-denominational churches, it's not a podium mic and a lav for the pastor—it's a multi-piece rock-style band with insanely talented musicians, multiple mics for pastors and lecturers coupled with HD video for broadcast—and sometimes moving from auditorium to auditorium. Coming from Catholic churches in the north- east, I was floored with the production value the first time I attended a church like that here in Nashville. Anyway, point being that, as some of you know, Worship is an area that is incorporating sound reinforcement and broadcast at high levels—with high technological needs. To cap off the day's discussions and presentations, the folks at Audinate gave an overview of their new Dante Via software—which had just been released one week earlier (most attendees downloaded the demo). The best way I can describe Via is it's an audio aggregate that lets you connect any device on the network or peripheral. For Pro Tools users, remember when Avid allowed you to create an aggregate device so that you wouldn't have to rely on just one interface? Think of that—you can have FireWire, USB, Thunderbolt devices—and Dante devices—all available for I/O—even if they're in different locations connected to different comput- ers. Very cool stuff—and reasonably priced at $50. The day ended with some manufacturers raffling off prizes (one interface was even won by one of my graduate stu- dents!). Then it was off to where the day began—in the main hall of the Frist—but this time with drinks and appetizers. In the end, it was time well spent as I became better informed about networked audio, the Dante protocol, and how my department at MTSU can use the technology for things such as remote mic pres and ADCs, stage box con- nections for our sound reinforcement classes, and in place of snakes for our seven-camera HD broadcast truck. If your facility is looking to swap out some legacy gear or expand, do yourself a favor and look into how Dante-enabled gear may help ease the update. To access some of the presentations from the Dante AV Networking World Tour, visit Audinate.com and search: Event Presentation Downloads • Now available at www.izotope.com/rxsuite Get more work done, faster, and deliver ahead of schedule with our comprehensive suite of post production solutions. Includes RX 5 Advanced Audio Editor, RX Final Mix, RX Loudness Control, Insight, and special partner products and videos.