This chapter was big for me in learning about patch bays and the different types of connectors used in audio recording. Randy Wills introduced me to a patch bay he used to connect microphones, run microphones through various compressors, auto tuners, and reverbs. It was also interesting to learn about microphone levels being at -60 dBu, while the pro audio level was +4 dBu. I also learned the difference between XLR, TRS, RCA connectors.
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