Development date September 2013 Routable Yes | Switchable Yes Maximum sampling rate 96 kHz | |
Ethernet data rates Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet | ||
AES67 is an open standard for audio over IP and audio over ethernet interoperability. The standard was developed by the Audio Engineering Society and published in September 2013. It is a layer 3 protocol suite based on existing standards and is designed to allow interoperability between various IP-based audio networking systems such as RAVENNA, Livewire, Q-LAN and Dante. It also provides interoperability with layer 2 technologies, like Audio Video Bridging (AVB).
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AES67 promises interoperability between previously competing networked audio systems and long-term network interoperation between systems. Since its publication, AES67 has been implemented independently by several manufacturers and adopted by many others.
Development
The standard was developed by the Audio Engineering Society beginning at the end of 2010. The standard was initially published September 2013. A second printing including a patent statement from Audinate was published in March 2014. An update including clarifications and error corrections was issued in September 2015.
The Media Networking Alliance was formed in October 2014 to promote adoption of AES67.
In October 2014 a plugfest was held to test interoperability achieved with AES67. A second plugfest was conducted in November 2015.
In May 2016, the AES published a report describing synchronization interoperability between AES67 and SMPTE 2059-2.
Adoption
The standard has been implemented by Axia, Wheatstone, Riedel, Coveloz Technologies, ALC NetworX, Audinate, Archwave, Digigram, Sonifex, Yamaha, QSC and is supported by RAVENNA-enabled devices under its AES67 Operational Profile.