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Articles 18: Wiring
Electrical wiring and cabling, equipment repair and maintenance, DIY... see also Basics and Guitars:DIY
A Clean Audio Installation Guide (by Allen H. Burdick - Benchmark Media - 1997)
All About Studio Power and Wiring (by Paul White & Hugh Robjohns - SOS - Aug 1999)
Analog Tape 101, Part 1 (by Eddie Ciletti - Mix - Aug 2000)
Analog Tape 101, Part 2 (by Eddie Ciletti - Mix - Sep 2000)
Analog Tape 101, Part 3 (by Eddie Ciletti - Mix - Oct 2000)
Analog Maintenance and Upgrade Considerations, Part 1 (by Eddie Ciletti - Mix - Oct 2000)
Analog Maintenance and Upgrade Considerations, Part 2 (by Eddie Ciletti - Mix - Nov 2000)
Analog Maintenance and Upgrade Considerations, Part 3 (by Eddie Ciletti - Mix - Dec 2000)
Art of the Creative Short Circuit, The (by Qubais Reed Ghazala - Electronic Musician - Jan 2003)
Audio Cable FAQ, The (by Jon Risch - Audioasylum.com - 1999)

Audio Cables and Wiring FAQs (from SOS - Jan 2002)
Audio Wiring and Grounding (from Equi=Tech)
Balanced Power FAQ (from Equi=Tech - 1996)
Basic Electronics (by Ian Purdie - electronics-tutorials - May 2001)
Balanced Line Technology - (by Douglas Self - The Amplifier Institue)
Battling Medusa (by Karen Stackpole - Electronic Musician - Jun 2001)
Beginner's Guide to Electronics (by Rod Elliott - Elliott Sound Products - Mar 2001)
Build the EM -10/+4 Level Converter (by Peter Mosher - Electronic Musician - Oct 1999)
Cables Matter Wally (by James McCanna - pcrecording.com)
Cables, Interconnects & Other Stuff - The Truth (by Rod Elliott - Elliott Sound Products - Apr 2001)

Care and Feeding of Classic Gear, The (by John Monforte - Mix - Oct 1999)
Cardas Audio Insights: 11 Articles on Cable matters (by George Cardas - Cardas.com)
Cut a Check, We'll Hook It Up! (by Oscar Masciarotte - Mix - Jun 2002)
Designing With Opamps - (Douglas Self - The Amplifier Institute - 2004)
Direct Action (by Michael Cooper - Electronic Musician - Nov 2001) (Rev. Jan 2002)
DIY Cat5 Speaker Cables (by Chris Venhaus - venhaus1.com -2001)
Do You Hear Something? - Eliminating Hums and Buzzes (by John B. Black - Guitar Nine Records)
Earthing Your Hi-Fi: Tricks and Techniques (by Rod Elliott - Elliott Sound Products - Dec 1999)
Electrical SPDIF Output from a Digital Optical Output (from Benchmark Media Systems, Inc.)
Getting Connected (by Peter Miller with Paul Howard - Electronic Musician - Aug 2002)
Good Connections (by Jeff Baust - Electronic Musician - Jan 2001)

Going Direct: Square One Classics, Part 1 (by Scott Wilkinson - Electronic Musician - Nov 2001)
Ground Loop Problems (by Tom Engdahl - 2000 - ePanorama.net/Ground Loops master page)
Ground Loops (by Douglas Self - the Amplifier Institute - Oct 2001)
Grounding (by Devin DeVore - Trinity Sound Company)
Hardware Tutor, The (by Ethan Winer - Ethan Winer/Full Moon Software - Apr 1999)
Home Studio Tech Page (by Dave Magnuson - edited by Erwin Timmerman)
How to Run Long Distances with 110-ohm I/O (by John Siau - Benchmark Media Systems, Inc.)
Impedance (by Rod Elliott - Elliott Sound Products - Jan 2000)
Impedance 101, Part 1: My Piece de Resistance (by Eddie Ciletti - Mix - May 2001)
Impedance 101, Part 2 (by Eddie Ciletti - Mix - Jun 2001)

Impedance FAQ (by Bruce Bartlett - Cassette House - 2000)
Interfacing Analogue And Digital Equipment (by Hugh Robjohns - SOS - May 2000)
Is Your Mic-Pre Clean Past 30 kHz? (by Allen Burdick - Benchmark Media)
Jensen Transformer's Application Notes, Papers, and Magazine Articles (jensen-transformers.com)
Jon Risch's Audio Cables Page (by Jon Risch - geocities - 2002)
Kill Studio Hum and Buzz at the Source (by Ethan Winer - Ethan Winer/Full Moon Software - 1997)
Making Connections (by Peter Elsea - University of California, Santa Cruz - 1996)
Making Your Own Cables (by Ken Lanyon - The Recording Website - 2000)
Measuring Mic Pre-Amp Noise (by Allen Burdick - Benchmark Media Systems, Inc.)
Mixer Design - (Douglas Self - The Amplifier Institute - 2004)
Phase One (by Jeff Baust - Electronic Musician - Nov 2000)

Patchbays: FAQs (by Paul White - SOS - Dec 1999)
Patchbays: The Nerve Center of Your Rack (by Ken Lanyon - The Recording Website - 2000)
Plays Well with Others: Staying out of the Red (by Myles Boisen - Electronic Musician - Sep 2001)
Power Distribution and Related Issues (by Eddie Ciletti - Tangible-Technology - 1999)
Reducing Unwanted Background Noise in the Studio (by Martin Walker - SOS - Jan 2000)
Right Connection, The (by E. Victor Brown - Mix Magazine - Oct 2000)
Route Less Traveled, The (by Larry the O - Electronic Musician - Dec 2000)
Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ, Troubleshooting, and Repair Guides (maintained by Samuel M.Goldwasser)
Shocking Truth, The (by Scott Wilkinson - Electronic Musician - Jun 2001)
Signal Problems and How to Avoid Them (by Paul White - SOS - Nov 1995)

Soldering 101 for Recording Studios - Part 1: Getting Started (by Dan Richards - Digital Pro Sound - Sept 2003)
Soldering 101 for Recording Studios - Part 2: Getting Started (by Dan Richards - Digital Pro Sound - Oct 2003)
Soldering Made Easy (by Paul White - SOS - March 1994)
Some Basic Electronics (by Peter Elsea - University of California, Santa Cruz - 1996)
Speaker Wire: A History (by Roger Russell - earthlink - 2003)
Studio Wiring Options (by Philip De Lancie - Mix Magazine- Jun 1999)
Understanding and Preserving Dynamic Range (by Bill Whitlock - Mix Magazine - Oct 1999)
Understanding Phase (by Bob McCarthy - Mix - Oct 2001)
Uneeda Audio's Contents of Articles and Publications (uneeda-audio.com)
Using DI Boxes (by Paul White - SOS - Jun 2002)
What is Static Electricity? (by Science Made Simple - 2000)
Wires and Wherefores: Choosing Studio Cable (by Paul White - SOS - Feb 1996)

Wire Up (by Devin DeVore - Trinity Sound Company)
Wired for Sound (AnalogX - 1999)

This page updated February 2004