Marian Clara E Dante audio interface is a high-channel-count PCIe Dante sound card that gives Windows and Linux workstations direct access to large audio-over-IP networks. Designed for studio, broadcast and live sound applications, it connects to standard Gigabit Ethernet and can deliver up to 1,024 Dante channels at 48 kHz in a single computer. Fanless design and low power consumption make Marian Clara E Dante audio interface suitable for 24/7 use in control rooms, engine rooms and OB trucks where silence and reliability are critical.
At 48 kHz the card can handle up to 512 bidirectional Dante channels, with 256 channels at 96 kHz and 128 channels at 192 kHz for high-resolution workflows. Two Gigabit Ethernet ports provide primary and secondary Dante connections so engineers can build fully redundant audio-over-IP networks using standard switches and cabling. Native support for AES67 lets Marian Clara E Dante audio interface interoperate with other AES67-compliant devices, making it a flexible core for mixed Dante and AES67 installations. Latencies down to around 1 ms are possible thanks to the direct PCIe connection and Dante’s efficient transport protocol.
The continuously enhanced driver suite offers multi-client ASIO 2.2 and multi-channel WDM/WASAPI support so several applications can share Marian Clara E Dante audio interface at the same time. A 64-channel Beast DSP mixer with EQ (available via driver update) allows flexible monitoring and summing directly on the card, while an upcoming 1,024 x 1,024 routing matrix will simplify complex signal distributions inside the host. Optional daughterboards add local AES/EBU, ADAT or analog I/O so signals from legacy equipment can be bridged cleanly into the Dante network, with all streams appearing in the same routing and Beast Mixer environment.
Marian Clara E Dante audio interface can be cascaded with other Marian cards via the TDM SyncBus so multiple systems appear as one sound device to ASIO applications. In larger projects it can sit alongside interfaces such as Marian Clara Emin Dante audio interface or traditional PCIe cards like Digigram ALP442e multichannel PCIe sound card to cover different channel counts and I/O formats. Engineers can also explore the full range of sound cards when designing hybrid baseband and Dante systems for studios, OB vans and playout centres.
