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into rehearsals on day one, and within 20 bars he said he was ready to go.

This is someone who has decades of experience in the classical

performance space, and it was an immediate acceptance of the new set-
up.

“There was a time when we were worried this could be cancelled,” Hepple

said. “However, with Dante we were able to keep it alive. And that’s a big

deal right now because our rooms, which are normally alive and vibrant,
had been silent for six months. Bringing the music back was important for

everyone.”

Across the campus, a total of 35 rooms are ‘Dante enabled’ by way of 70

different devices. Those Dante-capable devices include:

• Neutrik NA2-IO-DPRO & DLINE microphones (Preamps and IO

units)
• Yamaha (CL, QL &) TF-Rack digital mixers

• I/O units from both SSL and Yamaha

• Multiple computers utilizing Dante Virtual Soundcard

• One SSL System T broadcast platform

“We really are performing together while apart,” Hepple concluded.

“Because of Dante our entire campus is now one big studio. We have 70

more live performances planned in the coming months, available to watch

online for free at www.gsmd.ac.uk/autumn_2020. Everything from live
music to dramatic performances will be enabled by this Dante workflow.

The faculty is emotional seeing performances return. The students are

excited about this technology and the creativity it can enable. And the

families and friends and fans of the performers get to see performances
again. It’s beautiful what we’ve been able to create with Dante.”