AES Recommended Practice for Digital Audio Engineering – Serial Multichannel Audio Digital Interface (MADI)

Project scope: This standard describes the data organization and electrical characteristics for a multichannel audio digital interface (MADI). It includes a bit-level description, features in common with the two-channel format of the AES3, AES Recommended Practice for Digital Audio Engineering – Serial Transmission Format for Linearly Represented Digital Audio Data, and the data rates required for its utilization. The specification provides for the serial digital transmission over coaxial or fibre-optic lines of 28, 56, or 64 channels of linearly represented digital data at a common sampling frequency within the range of 32 kHz to 96 kHz having a resolution of up to 24 bits per channel. Only single-point to single-point interconnections from one transmitter to one receiver are supported.
Assigned to: SC-02-02, Status: Due for reaffirmation in 2025
Intent: Review, Initiated: 2020, Target: 2025
Current goal: Revision, Goal date: Revision