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‘Those feeds can be heard by anyone on the platform, and they are all high-quality audio.
That’s very important to allow an instructor to teach the class.’

Halpin says that, with the potential for around 70 Dante devices to be in use across
Guildhall’s multiple concert halls, recital rooms and classrooms, the need for both robust
management and security was paramount. The solution was Dante Domain Manager
network management software, which enables user authentication, role-based security, and
audit capabilities for Dante networks while allowing expansion of Dante systems over any
network infrastructure. Dante Domain Manager organises a network into zones called
‘domains’ that each have individual access requirements, making it clear and easy to know
who can access any area of the system. All activity is logged, tagged, and date-stamped so
problems can be quickly identified and solved.

Dante Domain Manager also supports use across multiple subnets on a single network –
allowing the Guildhall to keep its robust network infrastructure intact.

‘With Dante Domain Manager, we can give access to students in very specific areas, and
without giving them access the rest of the network,’ Halpin says. ‘We use ten domains to
achieve the separation required, but still have a lot of shared audio channels to provide
feeds of room mics and other inputs to the SSL System T. Support from Audinate EMEA
throughout the project has been incredible, as always.’

Across the school’s wider campus, 35 rooms are Dante enabled by way of 70 devices,
includeing Neutrik NA2-IO-DPro and DLine microphones (preamps and IO), Yamaha (CL,
QL &) TF-Rack digital mixers, SSL and Yamaha I/O, multiple computers using Dante Virtual
Soundcards and an SSL System T broadcast platform.

‘We really are performing together while apart,’ Hepple says. ‘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. 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.’

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