An electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally (electricity runs back and forth bidirectionally) (sin wave)
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Direct Current (DC)
An electric current that only runs in one direction (constant line)
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Resistor
an electrical device that resists/restricts the flow of electrical current (has a color chart) (bidirectional)
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Capacitor
Stores electric charge like a battery
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Transistor
Acts as switches or amps (three pins)
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Potentiometer
Variable resistors
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Diode
Like resistors, but energy can only flow one way
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LED
Light Emitting Diode
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¼” TRS
Balanced!!! Tip Ring Sleeve Instrument cable
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¼” TS
Unbalanced!! Tip Sleeve
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1/8” TRS
Balanced!! Tip Ring Sleeve
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1/8” TS
Unbalanced!! Tip Sleeve Only mono
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1/8” stereo
Balanced!!! Headphone jack/cable, most common one
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XLR
Balanced Three Pin X - ground pin LR - (left and right)
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RCA (cables)
Unbalanced Radio Corp of America
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AES/EBU
The good one (Balanced) Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcasting Union
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SPDIF
The bad one (Unbalanced) Cheap Sony Philips Digital Interface Format
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Balanced/Unbalanced signal
Two points of contact/conductors (unbalanced) vs Three points of contact/conductors (balanced) Balanced is more professional and higher capacity, Unbalanced is cheaper and more risk of noise/distortion
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