In order to interchange tapes between recorders, and to connect studio equipment, there has to be standards.
However, there is more than one standard in the world for audio systems...
 
 

AES Audio Engineering Society  ANSI American National Standards Institute  ASA Acoustical Society of America  ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers  BS British Standard  CBS Columbia Broadcasting System  CCIR International Telecommunications Consultative Committee  CCITT International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative  DIN Deutsche Industrie Norm  EBU European Broadcasting Union  EIA Electronic Industries Association  IEC International Electrotechinal Commission  IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers  IHF Institute of High Fidelity  IRE Institute of Radio Engineers, now IEEE  ISO International Organization for Standards  JIS Japan Industry Standard  NAB National Association of Broadcasters  NABET National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters  NARBT National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters, now NAB  NBC National Broadcasting Company  NBS National Bureau of Standards  NOS Nederlandsche Omroep Stichting  NRBA National Radio Broadcasters Association, together with NAB since 1986  NRDC National Research Development Corporation  ORTF Office de Radiodiffusion Television Francaise  RIAA Recording Industry Association of America  SBE Society of Broadcast Engineers  SI Systeme International d Unites  SMPE Society of Motion Picture Engineers, now SMPTE  SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers  SPARS Society of Professional Audio Recording Studios  USASI United States of America Standards Institute

 
 
 

TASCAM ATR-80

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