Can I run Dante Virtual Soundcard in a Virtual Machine (such as VMware)?

It depends.There are two types of virtual machines. A Type 1 virtual machine runs directly on hardware, using hypervisor software to manage multiple simultaneous instances. These are commonly employed when building out server clusters. A Type 2 virtual machine is one that runs within an instance of a host operating system, such as a Windows virtual machine that runs alongside regular applications on a Mac computer using products such as Parallels® Desktop or VMWare® Fusion.

Dante Virtual Soundcard for Windows supports installation in Type 1 virtual machines only when activated using a special license key. Dante Virtual Soundcard does not work on Type 2 virtual machines due to performance constraints.

Note: Standard Dante Virtual Soundcard licenses purchased online via this website do not allow DVS activation on virtual machines – a special DVS license is required.

Pricing for Dante Virtual Soundcard for Virtual Machines starts at $695 and a trial is required before purchase to ensure it works in your VM environment. For more information about running DVS on virtual machines, please contact sales. Dante Via is not supported on any virtual machine type.