Audio Cables & Connectors Explained: Plus Balanced vs Unbalanced Guide
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You have a polite way of teaching , You do it simple and make if pleasant to try
An excellent video which explains everything you need to know about not only how to connect stuff but why it's important to get it right. Thanks for taking the time to create it - very much appreciated.
Thank you 😀
Kudos to you for gaining the knowledge and sharing it so freely! I have a background in broadcast engineering, worked in the industry for many years, and had all the college courses, so no surprise that my cohorts and I see a lot of bad information on the interwebs, but your instruction is first class!
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Smashing vid. Easily the most helpful I've seen on the topic. Congratulations, you've earned my respect. Subscribed! And do keep it up!
You have the gift to make things short and easy but still rich and comprehensive. Thank you so much! This topic in particular has always got me confused...
Glad it was helpful!
Hands down best cable explanation I have seen yet, thanks for your efforts!
Best tutorial I’ve seen on balanced/unbalanced - I’ve alway wondered what they did and why you would use them. Thanks.
Excellent descriptions by an excellent teacher. You answered questions that had me confused, especially about balanced and unbalanced cables.
Great video very clear and you made it very easy to understand, now I undestand why I have unwanted noise thank you.😊
Spectacular video thank you so much. I've never seen TR vs TRS explained so well without getting overly technical about it.
Excellent and precise explanation. The only distraction while listening to it is the continuous loop of music playing in the background. Unfortunately, for all of us it has now become a norm to put background music in every video, since the availability of free or royalty free music.
Great video . I felt I was in cable university ! Your videos are very informative . Thank you for all the effort you put into them.I especially like the audio interface and microphone comparisons .
Very clear and also pleasant to listen to, at least for we who do not like to be yelled at.
This video is so good. Thank you for these excellent clear and easy to understand explanations.
This was so helpful, thank you. My equipment has been saved from many frights!! What where and when usually takes a long time to get right, you are such a fantastic communicator.
Exceptional video / exceptional voice and accent !! Cheers from Dallas Texas
This is a terrific introductory video to subject of audio cables and connectors. I very much appreciate you making this video. Thanks so much!
Love your video. So informative and easy to understand. Many, many thanks !!
Super video! The video leave me with a feeling after reading a good recipe for a pie. You feel confident that after a few trials there will be success! Thanks for being my teacher! )))
Great guide, Jane! Your explanations are always clear and complete but not patronising (that can be a tricky balance, but you always get it right 😉). I teach music subjects in English at a specialised music high school in Italy and like to assign your videos to my students. Theoretically, they know these things from their “music technology” classes (in Italian) but they have told me that your videos are a great way to review and that they pick up new info as well.
Great help for the balance and unbalance signal cable explanation...thank you.👍🇵🇭
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I completely agree... It was very kind of the author to share her audio connectors knowledge with us. I pick more than a couple of new points, plus refreshing my knowledge. Thank you. GFC
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I appreciate you sharing this video. That was extremely helpful.
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A helpful crystal clear explanation 😊. Thanks !
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Thanks for the clear video. I have recently purchased a behringer UMC202HD and I am trying to record my electronic keyboard. Oooops! I bought the wrong cable, but your video explains which one I should buy!
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If I made you a ring out of a trs cable and put a dollop of solder on top as a gemstone, could we be balanced???
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The absolute best clarification about audio plugs. Thank you so much
Another beautifully clear and informative episode. Thank you
Excellent video as you are the only one who has actually explained that a balanced TRS cable is the same as a Stereo cable as it converts to a mono balanced cable if both the output/input you are going from and to are balanced ie say the interface and active speaker. As when I have been looking up TRS balanced leads, many of them advise as being instrument leads etc, which was confusing plus I also thought that the actual speaker lead itself was also a special balanced cable, as even on the instructions on my new Interface it advises to buy a balanced cable if going to balanced inputs. Thank You
Glad you find it useful 👍
I also had never heard that a "balanced TRS cable" is the same as a "Stereo cable" or indeed why that is the case. Many Thanks
So good . The best I have seen . Im sure you have helped many many people . Thankyou !
Brilliantly explained. Thank you!
Great great info in a very simple way. Thank you
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Very beautifully explained..it cant get any more simpler.thank you so much.
Usually I go to a studio and leave it to the professionals but this time going to record at least the basics at home & invested in focusrite etc a bit scary .. but really find your advice clear and helpful keep up the good work !!!
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Excellent video, clearly explained and very informative. Thank you.
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This is the knowledge that I am looking for. A big fat thanks for your video. This is very useful and helpful for me as a beginner 🙏🙏😃. Btw, I have a question, what type of cable should I use to connect my Yamaha PSR-E463 keyboard to my Yamaha MG10XU audio mixer in order to get a stereo output? I have used an XLR to TRS cable, but it didn't work. TRS to TRS cable also didn't work. FYI, my Yamaha keyboard only has a line out/phone output. Thank you very much for your help 🙏
Hi, you will need to split the signal from the keyboard, TRS (from line out) to breakout twin TS, and use two channels on mixer, one for left, one right
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Veeeery informative! Now I know how to avoid noise on my microphone. All thanks to you!! :)
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I am so grateful for this! All the different cables confuse me!!!! SO HELPFUL
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Great video, full of info. What is called ( to be able to google and buy it) a Y-cable with 2 x mono and a 1xMONO connector in the other end? balanced or unbalanced? It appears in other video to pass sound from a mixer into a phone, or may be it was an adaptor that was used ( then what is that adaptor called?). Thanks.
This was EXACTLY what I was looking for!! Thank you for explaining this to me like I'm five (in a good way) ☺️
Hi! your video is so great!! But one thing i just wanna ask, can i connect XLR to XLR cable from my focusrite interface to analog mixer main balanced? can you make a video for that? 😁
If you have combi ports on your focusrite interface, and XLR outputs on your mixer, then you should use XLR-TRS cables. This is the subject of my newest video! Here is the link th-cam.com/video/ASntRNmJMFQ/w-d-xo.html
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Am about to do live streaming in my local church here but the mixer and my audio interface is far like 50 matters does it going to affect the quality of the audio..?
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I am starting to make my TH-cam channel indoor and outdoor as a singing guitarist and blogger. I have loop for my vocal and instrument, connect to guitar amp. I have mix 12fx mixer, 2 main speakers, iPad mini, iPhone 8 +, and MacBook Pro, I also have audio interface and usb hub.
My question is: how to connect all of them? And how can I connect the guitar amp if I want to use it as my monitor, and how to operate all those into recording on garage band?
I’m sorry for so much questions. I am doing everything myself. Sing, play, blog, recording, etc. I have no help. So, you are the only help I have. Thank you so much for helping, your time and kind attention. Thank you 🙏
Best video on this subject.
Much to my embarrassment, I have been using these phrases incorrectly for YEARS.
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This was an extremely helpful video and I am so happy to have found it, earned a subscriber :) I do have a question, as you mentioned with the stereo output on the front of that scarlett 2i2 interface will be unbalanced, I am not completely sure why that is? is it because it is a single input that goes to a single headphone socket? if so would it be balanced if you for example used a headphone that required two output signals and have a Y-cable (Speaking of a balanced one) going into each ear? Sorry I am just curious as I was thinking of what would be the pro of having a headphone with two output instead of 1 output.
Hi, the headphone output is an unbalanced stereo output, it will never be a balanced mono output. You could put in a splitter and have two sets of headphones, both would be unbalanced. There are a pair of balanced outputs on the rear, left and right.
Excellent and crystal clear! Thanks a lot!
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Nice diagram and explanation. At 5:54 do you mean that only ONE of the two signals are flipped? e.g the green one, i.e. so that both signals (red and green) are put the same way up at the end and thus add together, whilst the two sources of noise thus cancel each other out?
Will Berriss Thanks for your comment! ...yes
Great video and explaining.
BRILLIANT! Thank you.💜
Great video. Thank you so much. I am a rookie. Question. I have a Casio Keyboard (WK-110) that has a USB-B that I plug to my computer for midi. Now, using an interface like the one you have been using in this video, how can I do all the connections (using OBS) to hook my keyboard to do both teaching classes and recording audio? I hope my question is clear. I am also experiencing some video latency and wanted to learn how to correct that. Thanks for your help.
Wow! Thanks for the explanation. Last month I purchased Casio CTX8000IN. So which audio interface should I used? I mean Solo or Dual (Scarlet Focus rite). My Casio has Audio/Phones output and of course USB as well. Thanks 😊
Well the benefit of the 2i2 compared to the solo is it has two line inputs so you can record stereo. You can't do that with the Solo - which is designed for one mic and one instrument
Thank you very much. 👍🏻
Very good To Unterstand thank you
Great review, I am looking to find the bandwidth of a balanced TS 3,5 mm jack versus a usb c 3.0 to micro usb cable to find out what would be best to play dsd from my smartphone connected through a DAC. It's to be simpler to play good music today :)
Good day! this is a good video! maam, can i make a request about the cables?? i have a YAMAHA ew410 keyboard... i would want to connect it to my M-AUDIO M-TRACK DUO... what specific cable i shoud have??? thanks!
Your videos are sincerely helpful and in my opinion most highly recommendable. Prompted by your videos I bought a Focusrite 2i2 3rd.gen and a Yamaha MG06X mixer. Subsequently I attempted to record on OBS. I connected the mixer outputs to the interface inputs and plugged my guitar (Spanish guitar with pickup) and drum machine direct into the mixer. Using the Focucrite direct monitor mode (on mono) I recorded myself as I listened to my monitor speakers. When I played back the video I noted my fingers did not corresponding to the sound on my guitar. How can I correct this latency problem? Also the lights on the main Stereo volume levels of the Yamaha mixer are always non existent or somewhere at the very bottom of the scale no matter how loud I set the volume. Is this normal?
3:04 your Focusrite Scarlett has a LINE / INST switch, so I assume it indicates whether the XLR or TRS you plug in is balanced mono or TRS stereo... but the current 4i4 doesn't have such a switch. Does that mean this 4i4 automatically detects it? Or does it assume XLR is balanced mono and TRS is unbalance stereo? But I think you can't make this assumption because some electric guitars output the balanced signal using TRS...
My wireless mic has a receptor base with a combine jack(explanation missing from video but shown in use). This means it can go with an xlr a mono (unbalance) or balance (TRS) cable. Very versatile. Is this the idea or is it ideal to use one type over another one. Thanks . Great video. Saved it as future reference!
For mic connections, preferable to use XLR. You're right I didn't go into enough detail about the combination inputs. If you plug in XLR then the interface will expect a Mic signal. If you plug in TRS or TS, it will expect either line or instrument depending on which you select. So stick with XLR for mics
Excellent - thanks!
one might consider making your own cables. i keep xlr male & female cord & panel connectors. ts & trs 3.5 mm & 1/4 cord & panel connectors. rca connectors are also good to keep around. a high quality shielded cable i purchase on 500 ft. rolls. always buy copper cable with a woven, not foil shield. belden is great cable.i also keep a few amphenol connectors for antique mikes, if your so inclined. with these supplies, you can build almost any cable you desire with pro quality. i prefer switchcraft & neutric connectors.always use a high quality, thin soldor with a 25 watt iron. usb & hdmi cables are not practical to build. i have cables i made in the 1960's that are still doing well.
you show a guitarbeing connected with two cables to the interface. do you have to use a splitter since theres only one signal coming from the guitar. also can you use the TRRS cable tp connect a guitar? You cleared up for me the TRRS and TRS cable description. I alwaus thought one was sterio and one was mono.
Hi Jane, I recently bought a Behringer UM2 audio interface to record songs from my digital piano. I was wondering if i should use the line 1 or the line 2 for recording solo audio tracks. As I don't do vocals can I utilise the Line 1 mic option in any way!?
Also, please do recommend which cable would be right for recording the digital piano. TS, TRS or a combo -Y- 1/4 inch TRS to 1/4 inch TS cable. An Amazon for the same will be really helpful. I use a Yamaha P-45 digital piano & it has one 1/4 inch headphone socket. Its a stereo headphone output, I reckon!
Looking forward to your suggestions, Thank you :)
Brilliant video!!!!
Amazing, thank you !!!
Stellar video
hello, your videos are very helpful but i have a huge pain because my digital piano does not have a usb port , what will i use to record my keyboard sound directly on my iphone camera? can i use 1/4 inch line jack to usb cable ?
Hi! So, to connect my KORG Workstation i have to use a TRS cable and use a LINE button on my Focusrite Scarllet 2i2, Right? Q: Can i use a cable with 2 strips TRS in one side and XLR on otherside? Thank you!!!
Very useful thanks!
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