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 or DVS Pro license. Dante Virtual Soundcard does not work on Type 2 virtual machines due to performance constraints.

Note: Standard Dante Virtual Soundcard licenses (single machine/transferable licenses) purchased online do not allow DVS activation on virtual machines – a special DVS license or DVS Pro license is required.

DVS Pro is available in subscription model for $99.99 USD (for the first year), you can purchase it through our website https://my.audinate.com/audinate-products or you can upgrade your DVS license (single machine or transferable license) into DVS Pro license through My Account-> My Products tab using the Upgrade button.

Pricing for Dante Virtual Soundcard for Virtual Machines starts at $695 USD and a trial is required before purchase to ensure it works in your VM environment. For more information about running DVS on virtual machines and to get this special DVS license, please contact sales.

The main difference between both licenses is that DVS Pro needs Internet access periodically (each 30 days) and the special DVS license for VMs require only one time activation (it can stay offline after that).

Dante Via is not supported on any virtual machine type.