Balanced
Typical studio/live sound applications for XLR cable
Studio:Microphones, preamps/interfaces,monitor connections, patchingbalanced gear.
Live Sound: Stage mics, DI boxes,balanced sends to FOH/mixers,powered speakers.
Typical studio/live sound applications for TS cable
Studio: Electric guitars/basses intoamps or interfaces,synth/keyboard outputs, patchingpedals.
Live Sound: Guitar/bass to amp,pedalboards, short instrumentcable runs on stage.
Typical studio/live sound applications for Cat6 cable
Studio: Dante/AVB/AES67 digital audionetworking between gear, remotecontrol of mixers/interfaces.
Live Sound: Digital stage snakes, FOH-to-stage communication, control ofpowered speakers.
Typical studio/live sound applications for TRS cable
Studio: Balanced line-level connectionsbetween gear, headphone outputs, insertsends/returns.
Live Sound: Balanced connections tooutboard gear, monitor feeds, stereoheadphone extension.
Typical studio/live sound applications for RCA cable
Studio: DJ gear (turntables, mixers), olderconsumer-level audio interfaces, someCD players.
Live Sound: DJ rigs into venue mixers,playback devices (CD, DVD, older mediaplayers).
Typical studio/live sound applications for Optical cable
Studio: Expanding audio interfaces (e.g., 8 extrachannels of ADAT), digital connections betweengear.
Live Sound: Rare, but sometimes used in digitalprocessors or system integration.
Typical studio/live sound applications for DB25 cable
Studio: Linking multi-channelinterfaces, converters, mixers, andpatchbays (8 channels at once).
Live Sound: Digital stage boxes,snakes, or large-format consoles withmulti-channel I/O.
Typical studio/live sound applications for SpeakON cable
Studio: Rare-ish (unless testing PAspeakers).
Live Sound: Power amps, passive PAspeakers, subwoofers, stage monitors(safe for high wattage).
Typical studio/live sound applications for MIDI cables (both 5-pin DIN / USB-MIDI)
Studio: Keyboards, synths, drum machines, DAWcontrollers, automation data.
Live Sound: MIDI foot controllers, triggeringlighting rigs, synth rigs, playback systems.