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Equipment file · Audio-over-Cat5 standard

AES50 SuperMAC

Klark Teknik · 2005

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

AES50 defines bidirectional transport of many channels of 24-bit audio over Cat5. It grew from Sony Pro Audio Lab's SuperMAC protocol, later owned by Klark Teknik, and links Midas and Behringer consoles to their stage boxes.

Introduced
2005
Category
Audio-over-Cat5 standard
Intended use
Point-to-point audio between consoles and stage boxes
Production
Open AES standard, from Sony's SuperMAC

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    It gave live sound an open, low-latency way to move dozens of channels over ordinary cable.

  2. 02

    It connected consoles such as the [[midas-pro-x|Midas PRO X]] to remote I/O.

Engineering record

Origin and adoption
From Sony's SuperMAC; implemented as SuperMAC/HyperMAC by Klark Teknik in Midas PRO and Behringer consoles[1]

Original pricing

No reliable period price located

2026 equivalent

Not calculated without a reliable original price.

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Manuals & original documents

No authoritative manual or original document has been located for this profile.

Sources

  1. 1AES50 – Applications in Live Concert SoundAES UK Section / Music Group · technical paper · 2011-06-24

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