Top 5 Cables and Connectors used in Home Recording Studio.

Connecting Equipments and knowing the right cables and connectors to setup your home recording studio is very important. Specially when you are not aware of the name of the Connectors and where to search them. 

Today Lets talk about how to connect these equipments and which cable and connector are very essential to get them connected. 

So in the last article we had discussed the basic important equipment for your home recording studio. which are

1. Soundcard or audio Interface
   
2. Than you have the MIDI Keyboard
   
3. Studio Reference Monitor.
   
4. A mic (Dynamic or condensor)
   
5. Studio reference Headphones .
   

And what you need to connect them. 

So you will basically need these cables and connectors.

Starting with Sound Card. 

So there are couple of different audio interface as per your budget. We will talk about the basic cables and connectors required for home recordings studio 

The most common cable which are used for connecting a Audio interface to an PC or Laptop are 

1. USB Type A to type B cable . And If your have the Latest laptop and sound card with C type connectivity than you may require “USB type c to Type C. Cable. In some high end Audio interface you may have the firewire connectivity.        
   

Then you need a cable to connect your MIDI Keyboard  .

1. For that you may also need the USB type A to USB Type B cable. And if you have the latest laptop with C type , than you may need an C type to type B Cable .
   

        These cables are generally known as printer cables .

And in some Keyboard you may find the options of connecting your MIDI cable. Which is 5 PIN to USB MIDI CABLE.  

For connecting your Studio Monitors with the sound cards you have lots of options . 

Sound card may have limited connection options but in Studio monitor you may have 2-3 different types connectors for inputs . 

Few options for connecting your studio monitor

       1. XLR to 6.35 (1/4)” TRS jack cable 

       2. 6.35 trs mono jack with mono RCA cable 

      3. 6.35 trs mono jack to 6.35 (1/4) “ jack cable 

1. RCA to RCA cable
   

Time to connect your mic with the most common cable which is 

XLR male to Female XLR  

Or XLR female to 6.35 TRS (1/4)” mono jack. 

And if your headphones are 3.5mm and u need to connect in your sound card you might needed 1 simple converter 

3.5mm female to 6.35 mm male converter. 

For more information about the cable and connectors, check the link below. 

So these are the cables and connectors Link. Hope you will find useful. 

USB Type A to type B cable – https://amzn.to/3elF04g

USB type c to Type C Cable – https://amzn.to/3tlfeBj 

C type to type B Cable –https://amzn.to/3vIs7XO 

5 PIN to USB MIDI CABLE – https://amzn.to/3vIkIaU 

XLR to 6.35 (1/4)” TRS jack cable – https://amzn.to/33oqyC0 

6.35 trs mono jack with mono RCA cable  – https://amzn.to/3upojuk 

6.35 trs mono jack to 6.35 (1/4) “ jack cable – https://amzn.to/3b62SGR 

3.5mm female to 6.35 mm male converter – https://amzn.to/3nT5DRl 

XLR male to Female XLR – https://amzn.to/3toL687 

XLR female to 6.35 TRS (1/4)” mono jack – https://amzn.to/3h6gSo4 

RCA to RCA Cable – https://amzn.to/3nSj7MV 

TRS 1/4’ Mono Jack to TRS 1/4’ Mono Jack cable – https://amzn.to/3uqyWwP 

3.5mm female to 6.35 mm male Mono plug – https://amzn.to/3enm8lr