The AVN-CU2-DANTE takes an innovative approach to deliver a versatile configurable tool designed for commentary teams. Its power lies in its impressive mixing engine that layers on top of the usual Dante® controller settings. Once Dante® streams are established, inputs and outputs can be freely mixed to AoIP or physical inputs and outputs, controlled using programmable buttons and rotary encoders that regulate the gain and balance of inputs, outputs or crosspoints, offering complete flexibility for different situations. It can be used in many different commentary situations, controlled manually or remotely, and the controls can be "locked" to prevent any alteration or modification, ensuring reliable operation. Housed in a robust and intuitive casing, easy to use, it represents a truly different approach to operating commentary units. Traditional commentary units have fixed analogue and digital I/O and fixed controls at fixed positions on the unit. Their inputs and outputs are defined during hardware design and are therefore limited by that initial design, including limited routing, mixing and DSP processing of audio paths. We have taken a different approach with the AVN-CU2-DANTE. It was designed from the outset to be totally flexible in its operation, and the use of Dante AoIP means that inputs and outputs can be added as needed (up to a maximum of 16 per unit). As any physical analogue or digital input can be mixed and routed with any Dante AoIP input to any physical or Dante output, you can define your own audio paths. Moreover, you can choose which of these paths should be controlled (volume and balance) by the use of rotary encoders. Using a built-in web interface, up to 4 nameable pages of 6 rotary encoders (24 in total) can be placed on the mixing matrix at inputs, outputs or crosspoints. The encoders can control headphone volume and balance as well as input, output or crosspoint volume. Each rotary encoder has a distinct colour-coded metering section displaying the channel name, detailed level metering and left/right balance on a daylight-readable display. Colours can be programmed per encoder to quickly identify particular source groups, making headphone source selection intuitive.