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Sound > Connectors


The bad news is there are four different kinds of connectors used for audio cables. The good news is you can get adapters to patch between them.

This may seem really mundane, but understanding audio connectors is important to creating an effective television program.There are four basic types of connectors: XLR, RCA, Phone, and Mini. It is important that you are able to identify each.

We'll start with XLR on the next page....

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