Studied by 3 people
Alternating Current (AC)
An electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally (electricity runs back and forth bidirectionally) (sin wave)
Direct Current (DC)
An electric current that only runs in one direction (constant line)
Resistor
an electrical device that resists/restricts the flow of electrical current (has a color chart) (bidirectional)
Capacitor
Stores electric charge like a battery
Transistor
Acts as switches or amps (three pins)
Potentiometer
Variable resistors
Diode
Like resistors, but energy can only flow one way
LED
Light Emitting Diode
¼” TRS
Balanced!!! Tip Ring Sleeve Instrument cable
¼” TS
Unbalanced!! Tip Sleeve
1/8” TRS
Balanced!! Tip Ring Sleeve
1/8” TS
Unbalanced!! Tip Sleeve Only mono
1/8” stereo
Balanced!!! Headphone jack/cable, most common one
XLR
Balanced Three Pin X - ground pin LR - (left and right)
RCA (cables)
Unbalanced Radio Corp of America
AES/EBU
The good one (Balanced) Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcasting Union
SPDIF
The bad one (Unbalanced) Cheap Sony Philips Digital Interface Format
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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