Jack
- Anywhere you plug something in.
- Segmented audio connector.
- Mono Jacks have two connections – tip and sleeve, and are unbalanced.
- Stereo jacks have three connections – tip, ring and sleeve.
- B-type jacks (also known as Bantam jacks) were originally designed for use in telephone exchanges and provide a high-quality (and expensive) connection in jack fields.
- A-type jacks are cheaper and more common, but more fragile. A-type jacks are available in 2 sizes: quarter inch and eighth inch.
- A connector mounted on the case of a device or on a panel.
Jack Bay
A series of jacks which have connections for most of the inputs and outputs of the equipment in the control room.
Jam Sync
A generation of new SMPTE according to the input SMPTE signal
Joystick
- A quad pan pot which distributes what percentage of on signal is sent to each of 4 outputs.
- A control that is separately controlling two functions at one time.