7.2 Plug soldering guide
You will need a lot of cables for different purposes - see the following figures to make sure you have got the right ones.
Use
Unbalanced use of mono 1/4" jack plugs
Tip =
Signal
Sleeve =
Ground / Shield
Tip
Sleeve
Strain relief clamp 
Balanced use of stereo 1/4" jack plugs
Tip = hot (+ve)
Ring = cold
Sleeve =
Ground / Shield
Tip
Ring
Sleeve
Strain relief clamp
For connection of balanced and unbalanced plugs, ring and sleeve have to be bridged at the stereo plug.
| Balanced use with XLR connectors |
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2 | 1 | 1 | = Ground / Shield | 1 | 2 |
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| 2 | = hot (+ve) |
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| 3 | = cold |
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3 | 3 |
Input | Output |
For unbalanced use pin 1 and pin 3 have to be bridged |
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Fig. 7.1: Un-/balanced jack plugs and balanced XLR connectors
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