Leads & Cables

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a system invented in the late 1970s that allows musical instruments to transfer digital data between each other and where necessary operate as a master or slave controller unit. To do this each instrument must be equipped with a MIDI interface that consists...

Cables other than instrument jack, speaker cables and microphone cables tend to be more specialised. Perhaps the exception to that rule are short jack to jack patch cables, which are primarily used to link a series of effects foot pedals and tend to be no more than 1 or 2 meters long. Aside from this...

There are a few differing types of PA speaker cables, the most common being the quarter inch jack cable; however, these have been joined in more recent times by the Speakon brand of cables and interfaces, that leading PA manufacturers have adopted and utilise on speaker enclosures. Essential Speaker...

To uphold the quality of a really good vocal microphone it is imperative to select a good quality microphone cable. Some microphones when purchased come supplied with a cable, but the higher end models such as the Shure, Beyer and AKG range generally tend not to include the cable. There are various...