Chapter 4 - Posted on 2015-10-16 by Arthur Garros

Aes cable - heavy duty, large format studios 

Optical - 8 inputs - digital 

RCA - low quality consumer cable

Unbalanced - essentially 1 channel or 2

Balanced - gives you stereo input because of the three connectors 

TRS - tip, ring, sleeve 

Grounding - shield from interference with sound. if something isnt grounded properly you will hear a hum 

Microphone level is -60db

Instrument level is between -30db and -20db 

Crosstalk - when a cable is laying on top of another and creating a sound as a result. 

Patchbay - 96 point TT and 48 point TRS are most common 

Patchbay is a way to route signal anywhere you want it 

TT cable saves space rather than quarter inch patch bays 

Normaled connections are when something automatically passes through those connections - like a default 

Fully normaled - automatically saudered to go somewhere 

Half normaled - broke the line by adding something else - plug something into the output, still going to travel to its destination unless you plug into the input.  

Split output - taking the signal and multiplying it ex. from 1 to 4 outputs 

Open connection - nothing wired to it 

Parallel - normal can not be broken, can patch into it and the normal will not be affected 

Snake - carries 16 wires and 4 outputs - can be used to patch from room to room 

ELCO - 28 channels - large format application such as a large format studio with large console 

Light pipes - optical