I have no exact date, but around August is what I heard last.

Fully configurable.

We support the same bit resolution as all the other major companies, that was either 24 or 32 bit (have to check). 32 FP is part of the newer Milan standard and requires some hard work in the firmware to be added.

Hello Matthias, how are you doing ?

If I may ask a couple of other questions please...

First, a very stupid one but I had to ask, is it possible to have the AVB and the DANTE interfaces to work at the same time ? On the same computer that is 

I saw MILAN format, it's basically AVB 2.0 with AVTP/IEEE1722 stream protocol that support 32 bit fixed point and is supposed to be more easy to implement than AM824. Would be nice if you could implement it indeed !

Hello Ramses, thanks for your message.

Indeed, I also saw that in the past few days, driver list was updated with new the DANTE and AVB interfaces.

I bet you're right, interfaces can be used at the same time by one software with one ASIO driver but need two different instances of Totalmix FX and cannot route between the two.

It would be great if you slightly misread your crystal ball but I think the only solution for the moment to cross-convert between the two protocols would be to use the AVBx3 or x7 from Auvitran which permit this amazing feat (and much more).

Maybe it would still be possible with some virtual cable from VB Audio though ? But it looks like it's only working if it's two different softwares together on the same computer.

Now I feel ashamed that I didn't even thought of that possibility.

Take the one from my signature, 4x full FL1100 chipset
https://www.heise.de/preisvergleich/son … 79334.html
Works already well with 2 x UFX+ and 1 x ADI-2 Pro.

For Win7 working drivers are delivered by them, Win10 already supports this card (didnt check whether also with MSIs, see below, otherwise I would think that drivers for Win10 are also available.

If, then this card will do. Esp as the drivers are optimised for message signalled interrupts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_S … Interrupts

Forget all the rest, only this counts:

> this device does excel with multiple drives with really no loss in performance.

That card is not only more expensive - a quick web search revealed nothing convincing about it and the used Renesas chipset. I would buy the Sonnet card.

The Digiface AVB supports upto 256 Channels, that means in detail:
Over USB 3:
128 In / 128 Out @48kHz
64 In / 64 Out @96kHz
32 In / 32 Out @192kHz
Over USB 2:
64 In / 64 Out @48kHz
32 In / 32 Out @96kHz
16 In / 16 Out @192kHz
Within TMFX:
128 In / 128 Out @48khz
128 In / 128 Out @96kHz
60 In  / 60 Out @192kHz
AVB:
1-16 Streams with 1-32 Channels each

I think this is the case with all solutions as this is a big performance difference for such a device
whether to handle 128 sessions @48 or @192, factor 4.

60 is not a typo. Resources are limited and unfortunately cause various restrictions. Also 192 kHz is rarely used in pro audio networks.

Hello everyone,

So, I got the Digiface AVB and I did installation and some testings with a Sonosax SX-AD8+ equipped with AVB option card and here are my first thoughts.

Installation was easy but it's funny to see that interface's name is Digiface but driver's name is Madiface.

Had to install Madiface USB unified drivers to have Totalmix FX.

Now, there is a problem with AD8+ : interfaces work together ONLY at 48Khz. Other sampling rates gives a nasty, distorted sound. I believe the problem is on the AD8+ side, they are investigating the problem and will ASAP get in touch with RME engineers. Please help them to resolve the matter, a lot of users are waiting full compatibility. Also, I noted that changing clocking from Master to Slave didn't made any difference, not even a "click" in the audio (monitored through headphone port on the interface) so I don't know what's happening on this aspect.

Other than that, the AVB controller works fine and is simple to use, interface connected without problems to the USB3 port on my laptop too so from what I experienced so far I cas say it's a very solid and well built product. Congratulations RME team !

Many thanks Matthias  !

In the case of the Sonosax SX-AD8+, it does only multiples of 48KHz but 96KHz and 192KHz were unusable.

What brings new support for Milan ?

So just some underground compatibility not directly relevant to the users.

But does that mean compatibility with 32bits FP streams ?

Firmware 194 and Net Driver 0.9391 are now available for download.

I've installed the Digiface AVB on windows 10, and it seems to be working fine.

But are there any plans for a driver for Mac?

We bought the interface to use it with an audioserver on mac (qlab) for 30+ channels playback together with some motu avb interfaces that we already have.

If it's just around the corner I'll wait for it, but otherwise I'll have to look for another solution.

Best

Mikkel

Mac support is currently being worked on, but I can't predict a release date.

Are there any news regarding AVB support with the new version 3.14 driver and mac? I've tried it, but it doesn't seem to be working with digiface AVB.