Summary of Operational Guidelines to the Equipment for Digital Music Creation

Signal Types
•Form:
Analogue & Digital & Conversion [6]
•Function:
Software Control
Analogue Signal Transmission
(control & audio)
Connectors & Signals
•Power signal
•Audio signal
Phone connector [2] (Analogue)
By Diameter: 2.5mm 3.5mm 6.35mm
By numbers of independent conductor: TS, TRS,TRRS
RCA (Analogue)
XLR (Analogue) [usually for Microphone] [5]
Coaxial Cable [Digital S/PDIF] [3,4]
Optical Fiber [Digital S/PDIF]
•MIDI signal
5-PIN DIN [1]
•CV signal (Analogue)
Devices
•Mixing Console
•DJ mixer
•Amplifier
•Sound generation modules:
Sampler & Synthesizer
•Effect modules:
Reverb/Delay
Equalizer
Compressor
•Pattern Generator/Arpeggiator
Maintenance/Proper Operation
•Transient & Signal Amplification
“Volume Off” before turning on/off machine
•Prevent damaging Cable/Lines
References
•[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_connector
•[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_connector_(audio)
•[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/PDIF
•[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOSLINK
•[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLR_connector
•[6] http://yuhferng.blogspot.tw/2010/03/1.html