rectly set or where sources are improperly matched to the mixer input. If the source signal is too high, clipping and distortion results. If the signal is too low it be- comes masked by the background noise which is present to some degree in all mixers. The diagram be- low illustrates this point.
It is during recording that the greatest demands are made on a mixer in terms of transparency and audio quality. While a stereo recording will often be made di- rect to the master tape machine, multitrack machines provide greater flexibility by allowing the recording to be done in three stages. The first stage is Tracking in which individual voices or instruments, or groups of in- struments are recorded as cleanly as possible on selected tracks on the multitrack machine. The second
GETTING STARTED
CONNECTIONS AND CONNECTORS
Although this may seem a simple subject, faulty con- nectors and cabling are the source of most sound system problems.
Two different types of audio connectors are used,
2. Hot(+ve) 
3. Cold(-ve) 
1. Screen
Balanced
Input
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