RME releases MILAN® certified firmware for
12Mic, AVB Tool, M-32 Pro / M-32 Pro II Series and M-1610/M-1620 Pro

RME, a leading manufacturer of professional audio interfaces and converters, is excited to announce the release of its latest MILAN® certified firmware. Built on IEEE® open standards, MILAN® ensures seamless interoperability amongst devices of different vendors in a time-sensitive network (AVB/TSN). With a free firmware update, RME devices join a growing number of products in the MILAN® ecosystem.

The following devices are now Avnu™ MILAN® Certified, ensuring seamless interoperability and enhanced performance:

• 12Mic
• AVB Tool
• M-32 Pro II AD and DA
• M-32 Pro AD and DA
• M-1610 Pro M-1620 Pro

RME joined the AVNU alliance – creator of MILAN® – in 2021 and has since then extended their performant AVB implementation towards Milan compliance in several steps, beginning with the introduction of the efficient AAF stream format, CRF media stream clocking functionality and dynamic mappings. Although RME stated early-on that their existing firmware is in fact interoperable with MILAN®, the certification gives users confidence that they can connect devices out of the box and start streaming up to 128 channels of uncompressed audio with deterministic, super-low latency.

Starting with a release of firmware 2.0.0 for the 12Mic, all devices are now updated

In comparison to other network audio technologies, MILAN® - and the AVB/TSN technology it is based on - requires switches to participate actively in time stamping and latency measurements, and to be aware of audio streams that pass between specific ports. Bandwidth is reserved as devices connect, making it unnecessary to configure the switches, and subsequently guaranteed – effectively allowing users to run any type of traffic on the same network, without worrying about affecting their audio quality. In addition, MILAN® includes IEEE 1722.1 ATDECC, an open standard that not only gives control over connections, but also over the entire audio device itself. The newly released “Milan Manager” (developed in cooperation of d&b audiotechnik and L-Acoustics) leverages this open standard to provide a user-friendly and clear interface.

For more information on AVNU Alliance and MILAN®, visit:

avnu.org/milan