IPS
Institute of Professional Sound
IBS
Institute of Broadcast Sound
The Institute of Professional Sound champions the highest quality of sound production and sound recording in all forms of broadcast, recorded, and live events. The IPS provides support, training, standards, community, and professional recognition for our members in the media industries.
The organisation was founded in 1977 as the Institute of Broadcast Sound (IBS) by sound balancers in radio and television, who felt a need for a better interchange of ideas between practitioners in the various areas of broadcast audio.
During the past few years, as the industry has undergone an enormous transformation, the profile of the membership has expanded to include the many freelance engineers working in all areas of professional audio, including computer games sound, forensic audio, theatre and live sound, music recording, internet and web audio, film sound and, of course, all aspects of broadcast radio and TV sound.The change of name from IBS to IPS, on January 1st 2012, reflects this transformation.