The Audio Engineering Society is the only professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology. Founded in the USA in 1948, the AES is now an international organisation that unites audio engineers, creative artists, scientists and students worldwide by promoting advances in audio and disseminating new knowledge and research.
Some of the standards we use frequently in communications are highlighted here and there are many others covering all aspects of audio.
AES3 is a standard for the exchange of digital audio signals between professional audio devices. An AES3 signal can carry two channels of pulse-code-modulated digital audio over several transmission media including balanced lines, unbalanced lines, and optical fibre.
Multichannel Audio Digital Interface (MADI) is standardised as AES10 and defines the data format and electrical characteristics of an interface that carries multiple channels of digital audio.
AES50 protocol is implemented in digital mixing consoles by Midas and Behringer to transfer digital audio between remote stage boxes.
AES67 is the technical standard for audio over IP and audio over Ethernet (AoE) interoperability.
Further information can be found at https://aes2.org/
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