AES Members receive an online subscription to the renowned Journal of the AES, including all back issues to 1953, plus access to over 17,000 publications in the AES E-Library, the preeminent source of audio science and practice.
Learn from the masters via our growing AES Live library of video presentations
captured at events around the world.
And don’t miss our latest online publication – AES Inside Track, featuring important innovations, best practices, people, and tips on a hot topic each month, available exclusively via the AES Member Portal.
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If you’re just getting started in your legendary audio career, AES is the proverbial “back door” to the industry.
A Member may be anyone active in audio engineering or acoustics who has an academic degree or the equivalent in scientific or professional experience in audio engineering and its allied arts and is familiar with the application of engineering principles and data in that field.
Full members can vote in Society elections, hold office (e.g. Board of Governors, Section Chair), and those with public online profiles appear in the results of "Find an Audio Engineer" searches.
After you have become an Associate Member you will be invited to upgrade to full Member status.
If you already are an Associate Member you can Apply for Member Status.
Join AESAn Associate Member may be anyone interested in audio engineering and in the society's objectives, but who does not yet have the degree or the equivalent in professional experience required of a Member.
Associate membership includes all the privileges except voting, holding office or chairmanships, although Associate Members can serve on a professional section committee.
Join AESStudents can pay student rates for one year following graduation and then qualify for a one-time "Recent Graduate" discount (of approximately 35%) when upgrading from Student to either Associate Member or Full Member, depending on qualifications and experience.
Students may claim status as Student Members during any period(s) of academic training. These need not be consecutive but cannot exceed a total of 10 years. After 10 years a Student Member will be converted to Associate or Full Member, depending on qualifications and experience, at the Recent Graduate rate for one year, and then at the prevailing fees.
Join AESLife Membership recognizes long-standing members’ support for the Audio Engineering Society. Any Member, Fellow, or Associate in good standing who has been a paid member for at least 25 years can, when he or she reaches the age of 65, apply for Life member status and be exempt from paying dues from that time onwards. This includes all the existing privileges of their membership category plus the online edition of the AES Journal. In line with other membership categories, Life members also have the option to subscribe to the printed edition of the Journal and the E-Library at the prevailing rates.
If you believe you meet the above criteria you can request an upgrade to Life Membership.
Sustaining Membership is available to organizations who wish to support the AES.
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