Standards In Print

The following standards and information documents are published by the Audio Engineering Society. The latest printing will include all amendments and corrections and will be available within a week of its date.

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AES-Stds-Comp: Standards In Print, Complete Set: 2009-06

AES2-1984 (r2003): AES Recommended Practice -- Specification of loudspeaker components used in professional audio and sound reinforcement

AES3-2003: AES standard for digital audio engineering - Serial transmission format for two-channel linearly represented digital audio data (Revision of AES3-1992, including subsequent amendments)

AES3-Am5-2008: Amendment 5 to AES standard for digital audio - Digital input-output interfacing - Serial transmission format for two-channel linearly represented digital audio data

AES3-Am.6-2008: Amendment 6 to AES standard for digital audio engineering - Serial transmission format for two-channel linearly represented digital audio data

AES5-2008: AES recommended practice for professional digital audio - Preferred sampling frequencies for applications employing pulse-code modulation (revision of AES5-1997)

AES6-2008: Method for measurement of weighted peak flutter of sound recording and reproducing equipment

AES7-2000 (r2005): AES standard for the preservation and restoration of audio recording -- Method of measuring recorded fluxivity of magnetic sound records at medium wavelengths (Revision of AES7-1982)

AES10-2008: AES Recommended Practice for Digital Audio Engineering -- Serial Multichannel Audio Digital Interface (MADI) (Revision of AES10-1991)

AES11-2009: AES recommended practice for digital audio engineering - Synchronization of digital audio equipment in studio operations. (Revision of AES11-2003)

AES14-1992 (r2004): AES standard for professional audio equipment -- Application of connectors, part 1, XLR-type polarity and gender

AES15-1991 (w2002): AES Recommended Practice for Sound-reinforcement systems -- Communications interface (PA-422) (Withdrawn: 2002)

AES17-1998 (r2004): AES standard method for digital audio engineering -- Measurement of digital audio equipment (Revision of AES17-1991)

AES18-1996 (r2002): AES Recommended practice for digital audio engineering -- Format for the user data channel of the AES digital audio interface. (revision of AES18-1992)

AES19-1992 (w2003): AES-ALMA standard test method for audio engineering -- Measurement of the lowest resonance frequency of loudspeaker cones. (Withdrawn: 2003)

AES20-1996 (r2007): AES recommended practice for professional audio -- Subjective evaluation of loudspeakers

AES22-1997 (r2008): AES recommended practice for audio preservation and restoration -- Storage and handling -- Storage of polyester-base magnetic tape

AES24-1-1999 (w2004): AES standard for sound system control - Application protocol for controlling and monitoring audio devices via digital data networks - Part 1: Principles, formats, and basic procedures (Revision of AES24-1-1995)

AES24-2-tu (w2004): PROPOSED DRAFT AES standard for sound system control - application protocol for controlling and monitoring audio devices via digital data networks - Part 2, data types, constants, and class structure (for Trial Use)

AES26-2001 (r2006): AES recommended practice for professional audio -- Conservation of the polarity of audio signals (Revision of AES26-1995)

AES27-1996 (r2007): AES recommended practice for forensic purposes -- Managing recorded audio materials intended for examination

AES28-1997 (r2008): AES standard for audio preservation and restoration - Method for estimating life expectancy of compact discs (CD-ROM), based on effects of temperature and relative humidity (includes Amendment 1-2001)

AES31-1-2001 (r2006): AES standard for network and file transfer of audio - Audio-file transfer and exchange Part 1: Disk format

AES31-2-Am1-2008: Amendment 1 to AES31-2 - Audio-file transfer and exchange - Part 2: File Format for Transferring Digital Audio Data Between Systems of Different Type and Manufacture - Extended file format for audio to exceed 4 GByte

AES31-2-2006: AES standard on network and file transfer of audio  Audio-file transfer and exchange  File format for transferring digital audio data between systems of different type and manufacture

AES31-3-2008: AES standard for network and file transfer of audio - Audio-file transfer and exchange - Part 3: Simple project interchange

AES32-tu: PROPOSED DRAFT AES standard for professional audio interconnections Fibre optic connectors, cables, and characteristics (for Trial Use)

AES33-1999 (w2004): AES standard -- For audio interconnections -- Database of multiple-program connection configurations (Withdrawn: 2004)

AES35-2000 (r2005): AES standard for audio preservation and restoration - Method for estimating life expectancy of magneto-optical (M-O) disks, based on effects of temperature and relative humidity.

AES38-2000 (r2005): AES standard for audio preservation and restoration -- Life expectancy of information stored in recordable compact disc systems -- Method for estimating, based on effects of temperature and relative humidity.

AES41-2000 (r2005): AES standard for digital audio -- Recoding data set for audio bit-rate reduction

AES42-2006: AES standard for acoustics -- Digital interface for microphones

AES43-2000 (r2005): AES standard for forensic purposes -- Criteria for the authentication of analog audio tape recordings

AES45-2001 (r2006): AES standard for single programme connectors -- Connectors for loudspeaker-level patch panels

AES46-2002 (r2007): AES standard for network and file transfer of audio Audio-file transfer and exchange Radio traffic audio delivery extension to the broadcast-WAVE-file format

AES47-2006: AES standard for digital audio -- Digital input-output interfacing -- Transmission of digital audio over asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks

AES47-Am1-2008: Amendment 1 to AES47  AES standard for digital audio  Digital input-output interfacing  Transmission of digital audio over asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks

AES48-2005: AES standard on interconnections Grounding and EMC practices  Shields of connectors in audio equipment containing active circuitry

AES49-2005: AES standard for audio preservation and restoration - Magnetic tape - Care and handling practices for extended usage

AES50-2005: AES standard for digital audio engineering - High-resolution multi-channel audio interconnection

AES51-2006: AES standard for digital audio  Digital input-output interfacing  Transmission of ATM cells over Ethernet physical layer

AES52-2006: AES standard for digital audio engineering  Insertion of unique identifiers into the AES3 transport stream

AES53-2006: AES standard for digital audio - Digital input-output interfacing - Sample-accurate timing in AES47

AES54-1-2008: AES standard on interconnections - Grounding and EMC practices - Connection of cable shields within connectors attached to portable balanced audio cables

AES54-2-2008: AES standard on interconnections - Grounding and EMC practices - Shields of balanced audio wiring within fixed and portable passive connector panels, jack fields, and passive microphone splitters

AES54-3-2008: AES standard on interconnections - Grounding and EMC practices - Shields of balanced microphone-level outputs of active equipment other than microphones

AES55-2007: AES standard for digital audio engineering - Carriage of MPEG Surround in an AES3 bitstream

AES56-2008: AES standard on acoustics - Sound source modeling - Loudspeaker polar radiation measurements

AES58-2008: AES standard for digital audio - Audio applications of networks - Application of IEC 61883-6 32-bit generic data

AES-1id-1991 (r2003): AES Information Document -- Plane wave tubes: design and practice

AES-2id-2006: AES information document for digital audio engineering -- Guidelines for the use of the AES3 interface

AES-3id-2001 (r2006): AES information document for Digital audio engineering - Transmission of AES3 formatted data by unbalanced coaxial cable (Revision of AES-3id-1995)

AES-4id-2001 (r2007): AES information document for room acoustics and sound reinforcement systems -- Characterization and measurement of surface scattering uniformity

AES-5id-1997 (r2003): AES information document for Room acoustics and sound reinforcement systems -- Loudspeaker modeling and measurement -- Frequency and angular resolution for measuring, presenting and predicting loudspeaker polar data

AES-6id-2006: AES information document for digital audio - Personal computer audio quality measurements

AES-10id-2005: AES information document for digital audio engineering - Engineering guidelines for the multichannel audio digital interface, AES10 (MADI)

AES-11id-2006: AES Information document for Preservation of audio recordings - Extended term storage environment for multiple media archives

AES-12id-2006: AES Information Document for digital audio measurements - Jitter performance specifications

AES-R1-1997: AES project report for professional audio -- Specifications for audio on high-capacity media

AES-R2-2004: AES project report for articles on professional audio and for equipment specifications -- Notations for expressing levels (Revision of AES-R2-1998)

AES-R3-2001: AES standards project report on single programme connector -- Compatibility for patch panels of tip-ring-sleeve connectors

AES-R4-2007: AES standards project report Guidelines for AES Recommended practice for digital audio engineering -- Transmission of digital audio over asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks

AES-R6-2005: AES project report - Guidelines for AES standard for digital audio engineering - High-resolution multi-channel audio interconnection (HRMAI)

AES-R7-2006: AES standards project report - Considerations for accurate peak metering of digital audio signals

AES-R8-2007: AES standards project report - Synchronisation of digital audio over wide areas

AES-R9-2008: AES standards project report - Considerations for standardising AES metadata sets

AES-R10-2008: AES standards project report - Use cases for networks in professional audio