Dakota Quote

“The Frontier Design Dakota/Montana combination is a very powerful and reliable I/O system.”

Lorenz Rychner, Recording, August 1999

Quick Facts

  • PCI interface card for Mac and PC
  • Compatible with most popular software applications via ASIO
  • GSIF support for GigaSampler and GigaStudio
  • 16 channels ADAT lightpipe in
  • 16 channels ADAT lightpipe out
  • 2-channel S/PDIF on coax or optical cables
  • 2x2 MIDI on standard MIDI cables
  • SMPTE using any compatible digital audio converter and its analog I/O
  • ADAT sync input for sample-accurate, multi-machine sync

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win Drivers

Previous Dakota Windows Driver win

v2.08 2000-08-04
dak2_08.zip - 324KB
Includes ASIO 2.0 driver for use with Cubase VST, and GigaSampler Interface (GSIF) support.

Previous Dakota Windows WDM Driver (32-bit Windows inc. Vista)

v3.14 2007-04-18
DakWdm3_14.zip - 583KB
For: Win98 SE, Win Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista (including multi-CPU support). Also includes ASIO2.0 and GSIF2 drivers. Note: this version is for 32-bit versions of Windows only.

Previous Dakota Windows WDM Driver (32-bit Windows) win

v3.02 2004-10-26
DakWdm3_02.zip - 436KB
For: Win98 SE, Win Me, Windows 2000, and Windows XP (including multi-CPU support). Also includes ASIO2.0 and GSIF2 drivers. Note: this version is for 32-bit versions of Windows only.

Previous Dakota Windows x64 Driver (64-bit Windows) win

v3.13 2006-09-15
Dakota_x64_3_13.zip - 959K
This is the Dakota Windows x64 driver, for machines running 64-bit Windows. Includes full WDM audio and MIDI capabilities, as well as support for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications that use ASIO. Note: this version is for 64-bit versions of Windows only.

Previous Dakota Windows x64 Driver (for 64-bit XP and Vista) win

v3.14 2007-04-17
Dakota_x64_3_14.zip - 958KB
This is the Dakota Windows x64 driver, for machines running 64-bit Windows. Includes full WDM audio and MIDI capabilities, as well as support for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications that use ASIO. Note: this version is for 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Vista only.

win Documentation

Previous Updating the Dakota driver to a new version in Windows win

v1 2005-03-16
DakotaUpdateNotes.pdf - 286KB

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