Chapter 4 : Connectivity - Posted on 2017-03-23 by Austin Mullen

Summation Of What I Learned  

Connectors : 

• The path a signal takes, from beginning to end, is known as signal flow.

• As audio engineers it is our job to preserve the integrity of the signal at every stage in the path.

?STANDARD AUDIO CONNECTORS

Two-Conductor Connectors

• NL2 Speakon 

• Double Banana

• Unbalanced 1/4in TS (Tip Sleeve)

• RCA 

• BNC 

?Three-Conductor Connectors

• XLR

• Balanced 1/4in TRS (Tip ring sleeve)

• TRS MIL

• TT/Bantam

• 1/8th in mini

?Multi Pin Connectors

• ELCO

• DL

• D-SUB 

• CAT 5

Analog Signals & Voltage :

Analog Cables

• Speaker Wire

• Coaxial

• Single Conductor Wire w/ Conductive Shield

• Two Conductor Wire w/ Conductive Shield

• Multi Conductor

• ?Microphone level is around -60db, Instrument level is between -30 db and -20db, "Consumer" line level is -10, and "Pro" line level is +4db.

• Speaker level is measured is watts. 

?Digital Cables

• Firewire 400

• Lightpipe

• Thunderbolt

• USB 2.0

• DIGILINK

• MIDI (5 Pin)

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