"It might help if you learn some VERY BASIC electronic terminology. Balanced vs unbalanced connections, types of connectors (RCA vs XLR vs 1/4" jack), signal levels and impedances."
For SURE! I used to say this very often when posting in forums up to about 2 years ago when it was obvious that the punter had not a clue about basic electrical matters.
First a bit about me?
Time served apprentice Radio&TV service engineer* but from age about 14 I had a keen interest in music and its reproduction. Went on to build many speaker systems for my own and friends use, both "hi fi" and PA. Built several valve amplifiers for the (went nowhere!) band I played bass in.
After some 40 years redundancy saw me eventually get a job in a factory which made products for the computer network industry. Left ten years later after calling the CEO a ****ing idiot and eventually fetched up as a tech for Blackstar Amplification. Loved it but my health then that of my wife meant I had to jack it in.
I was only ever a mediocre musician but my son took up guitar and later piano, clarinet, trombone and did a few years at uni but now lives in France. I built him a quite decent computer recording setup here.
I think all that waffle goes to show I am pretty good with audio electronics (but still a computer numpty!)
To the OP...open that attachment and print out large if you can the block diagram which shows the progress of signals from mic/line input to balanced XLR output. Please don't be one of those who put back of hand to forehead and say "Oh! I am no good with DIAGRAMS!" We ALL had to learn. It has long been my contention that if an adult is supporting themselves, drives a car...READS! Can for instance rustle up an English breakfast then they CAN learn some basic electronics. NOT asking anyone to understand and build a 100W amp from scratch! Just apply some effort to say Decibels and Ohms law. The latter is no more complicated than calculating MPG or time/speed/distance.
I am always happy to breakdown any subject I mention as many times a people want. Here all week folks!
*I am NOT an "engineer" I am a technician but that is what we were called in the 1960s.
Dave.
