AES Standards News Blog

The AES SC-03-12 Working Group on Forensic Audio, chaired by Marisa Dery, has started a new project to specify the criteria for the authentication of digital audio recordings. 

The X259 project will  formulate a standard scientific procedure for the authentication of digital audio recordings intended to be offered as evidence or otherwise utilized in civil, criminal, or other fact finding proceedings.

AES has produced AES43 which sets procedures for authentication of analog audio recordings but the norm for current cases has been to use digital media. With cell phones, ring cameras and other recording devices becoming the standard for recording audio it is imperative to produce a similar document for digital recordings.

The Working Group is soliciting input and participation by all interested parties.   If you would like to participate, sign up using the link below.

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The fall AES Standards Working Group meetings will be held the week of October 9 through 13.  As has been the case for several years the meetings will be held online using Zoom.  Details and a complete schedule are available on the AES Standards website.  Unlike recent years the AES Standards Plenary meeting will be held in person during the AES Convention in New York.  The exact date and time of the Plenary meeting will be published in the convention schedule.

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Reaffirmed versions of the following AES standard has been published:

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The AES SC-04-03-A Task Group is creating a webpage on the AES site documenting the adoption of AES75-2023:, AES standard for acoustics – Measuring loudspeaker maximum linear sound levels using noise. It will document the use of AES75 in product and system specifications, product and system evaluation, and list equipment capable of making the measurement.

If you or your firm utilizes AES75 for your own products, provides AES75 measurements as a service to clients, or produces equipment supporting AES75 please contact the Standards Manager to have your information listed on the AES web site.

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Reaffirmed versions of the following AES standards have been published:

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The Call for Comment on DRAFT AES77-xxxx, "AES Recommended Practice - Loudness Guidelines for Internet Audio Streaming and On-Demand Distribution" was published 2023-05-23

This AES Recommended Practice (RP) provides comprehensive recommendations establishing and implementing an effective Distribution Loudness for streaming and on-demand audio file playback.  It is intended for use by distributors of Internet audio streams and on-demand audio files.

Implementing these guidelines will provide consistent Loudness and appropriate playback loudness range, will reduce audio quality degradation from excessive limiting, will preserve the original artistic intent, and will improve the listening experience. This document does not recommend Loudness Range (LRA), device target playback loudness or device dynamic range.

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Some reports of the Spring 2023 AES Standards Working Group meetings are now online.

SC-02-01 on Digital audio measurements
SC-02-02 on Digital audio interfaces
SC-04-03 on Loudspeaker modeling and measurement
SC-04-08 on Measurement and EQ of sound systems in rooms

 Additional reports will be posted as they become available.

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AES75-2023, "AES  standard for acoustics – Measuring loudspeaker maximum linear sound levels using noise" has been published on 2023-05-01.

This standard details a procedure for measuring maximum linear sound levels of a loudspeaker system or driver using a test signal called Music-Noise. In order to measure maximum linear sound levels meaningfully and repeatably, a signal is required whose RMS and peak levels as functions of frequency have been shown to be representative of program material. Various existing standards define noise-based test signals which, like Music-Noise, have incorporated the knowledge that typical program material has a diminishing RMS level with increasing frequency, but Music-Noise uniquely also features a relatively constant peak level as a function of frequency, so that the crest factor (peak level – RMS level) increases with frequency, which an analysis on a large variety of music and other content has revealed is an important additional characteristic of typical program material. The specified procedure determines a loudspeaker’s maximum linear sound levels by incrementally increasing the Playback Level of Music-Noise until a stop condition is met: either an unacceptable change in the transfer function’s magnitude or an unacceptable change in the coherence of the transfer function.

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The spring meetings of the AES Standards Working Groups have been scheduled for May, prior to the AES Spring convention.  

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