D-subminiature (professional audio)
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D-subminiatureconnectors are used to carrybalanced analogordigitalaudio on many multichannel professional audio equipment, where the use ofXLR connectorsis impractical, for example due to space constraints. The most common usage is the DB25, usingTASCAM's pinout (now standardised in AES59 by theAudio Engineering Society[1]). To avoid the possibility of bent pins on fixed equipment, the male connector is generally fitted to the cabling and the female connector to the equipment. The DD50 connector usage is described inAES-2id.[2]
Pin | Quartz Digital[3] |
Bluefish Digital[4] |
---|---|---|
1 | Out 1/2 + | In 5/6 + |
2 | GND | In 3/4 - |
3 | Out 3/4 + | In 3/4 + |
4 | GND | In 1/2 - |
5 | GND | In 1/2 + |
6 | Out 5/6 + | In 5/6 - |
7 | GND | Out 5/6 - |
8 | Out 7/8 + | In 1/2 GND |
9 | Out 1/2 - | Out 1/2 GND |
10 | GND | n/c |
11 | Out 3/4 - | Out 5/6 + |
12 | GND | Out 3/4 - |
13 | Out 5/6 - | Out 3/4 + |
14 | GND | Out 1/2 - |
15 | Out 7/8 - | Out 1/2 + |
Pin | Yamaha Digital[5] |
TASCAM/DigidesignDigital[6] AES59 "Digital combined I/O"[1] |
TASCAMAnalog[6] AES59 "8-way connections"[1] |
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1 | In 1/2 + | Out 7/8 + | In/Out 8 + |
2 | In 3/4 + | Out 7/8 GND | In/Out 8 GND |
3 | In 5/6 + | Out 5/6 - | In/Out 7 - |
4 | In 7/8 + | Out 3/4 + | In/Out 6 + |
5 | Out 1/2 + | Out 3/4 GND | In/Out 6 GND |
6 | Out 3/4 + | Out 1/2 - | In/Out 5 - |
7 | Out 5/6 + | In 7/8 + | In/Out 4 + |
8 | Out 7/8 + | In 7/8 GND | In/Out 4 GND |
9 | n/c | In 5/6 - | In/Out 3 - |
10 | GND | In 3/4 + | In/Out 2 + |
11 | n/c | In 3/4 GND | In/Out 2 GND |
12 | GND | In 1/2 - | In/Out 1 - |
13 | GND | n/c | n/c |
14 | In 1/2 - | Out 7/8 - | In/Out 8 - |
15 | In 3/4 - | Out 5/6 + | In/Out 7 + |
16 | In 5/6 - | Out 5/6 GND | In/Out 7 GND |
17 | In 7/8 - | Out 3/4 - | In/Out 6 - |
18 | Out 1/2 - | Out 1/2 + | In/Out 5 + |
19 | Out 3/4 - | Out 1/2 GND | In/Out 5 GND |
20 | Out 5/6 - | In 7/8 - | In/Out 4 - |
21 | Out 7/8 - | In 5/6 + | In/Out 3 + |
22 | GND | In 5/6 GND | In/Out 3 GND |
23 | GND | In 3/4 - | In/Out 2 - |
24 | GND | In 1/2 + | In/Out 1 + |
25 | GND | In 1/2 GND | In/Out 1 GND |
Pin | Signal | Pin | Signal | Pin | Signal |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Clock Gnd | 10 | Clock | ||
2 | Out Ch 8 - | 11 | Out Ch 8 + | 19 | Out Ch 8 GND |
3 | Out Ch 7 GND | 12 | Out Ch 7 - | 20 | Out Ch 7 + |
4 | Out Ch 6 - | 13 | Out Ch 6 + | 21 | Out Ch 6 GND |
5 | Out Ch 5 GND | 14 | Out Ch 5 - | 22 | Out Ch 5 + |
6 | In Ch 4 - | 15 | In Ch 4 + | 23 | In Ch 4 GND |
7 | In Ch 3 GND | 16 | In Ch 3 - | 24 | In Ch 3 + |
8 | In Ch 2 - | 17 | In Ch 2 + | 25 | In Ch 2 GND |
9 | In Ch 1 GND | 18 | In Ch 1 - | 26 | In Ch 1 + |
Pin | Signal | Pin | Signal | Pin | Signal |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chassis | ||||
2 | Ch 1 – | 18 | Ch 1 + | 34 | Ch 1 GND |
3 | Ch 2 GND | 19 | Ch 2 – | 35 | Ch 2 + |
4 | Ch 3 – | 20 | Ch 3 + | 36 | Ch 3 GND |
5 | Ch 4 GND | 21 | Ch 4 – | 37 | Ch 4 + |
6 | Ch 5 – | 22 | Ch 5 + | 38 | Ch 5 GND |
7 | Ch 6 GND | 23 | Ch 6 – | 39 | Ch 6 + |
8 | Ch 7 – | 24 | Ch 7 + | 40 | Ch 7 GND |
9 | Ch 8 GND | 25 | Ch 8 – | 41 | Ch 8 + |
10 | Ch 9 – | 26 | Ch 9 + | 42 | Ch 9 GND |
11 | Ch 10 GND | 27 | Ch 10 – | 43 | Ch 10 + |
12 | Ch 11 – | 28 | Ch 11 + | 44 | Ch 11 GND |
13 | Ch 12 GND | 29 | Ch 12 – | 45 | Ch 12 + |
14 | Ch 13 – | 30 | Ch 13 + | 46 | Ch 13 GND |
15 | Ch 14 GND | 31 | Ch 14 – | 47 | Ch 14 + |
16 | Ch 15 – | 32 | Ch 15 + | 48 | Ch 15 GND |
17 | Ch 16 GND | 33 | Ch 16 – | 49 | Ch 16 + |
50 | Chassis |
Pin | Signal | Pin | Signal | Pin | Signal |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ch 1 GND | 18 | Ch 1 – | 34 | Ch 1 + |
2 | Ch 2 + | 19 | Ch 2 – | 35 | Ch 2 GND |
3 | Ch 3 GND | 20 | Ch 3 – | 36 | Ch 3 + |
4 | Ch 4 + | 21 | Ch 4 – | 37 | Ch 4 GND |
5 | Ch 5 GND | 22 | Ch 5 – | 38 | Ch 5 + |
6 | Ch 6 + | 23 | Ch 6 – | 39 | Ch 6 GND |
7 | Ch 7 GND | 24 | Ch 7 – | 40 | Ch 7 + |
8 | Ch 8 + | 25 | Ch 8 – | 41 | Ch 8 GND |
9 | Ch 9 GND | 26 | Ch 9 – | 42 | Ch 9 + |
10 | Ch 10 + | 27 | Ch 10 – | 43 | Ch 10 GND |
11 | Ch 11 GND | 28 | Ch 11 – | 44 | Ch 11 + |
12 | Ch 12 + | 29 | Ch 12 – | 45 | Ch 12 GND |
13 | Ch 13 GND | 30 | Ch 13 – | 46 | Ch 13 + |
14 | Ch 14 + | 31 | Ch 14 – | 47 | Ch 14 GND |
15 | Ch 15 GND | 32 | Ch 15 – | 48 | Ch 15 + |
16 | Ch 16 + | 33 | Ch 16 – | 49 | Ch 16 GND |
17 | GND | 50 | GND |
Notes and references[edit]
- ^abcAES59-2012Audio Engineering Society, Standard 59 — Audio application of 25-way D-type connectors in balanced circuits
- ^abAES-2id-2006Audio Engineering Society, Information Document 2 — Application of AES3 interface: §7.1.6.3 High-density AES connections (Table 7.1, p29)
- ^abQuartz Q1602 small router systemArchivedMay 16, 2008, at theWayback Machine
- ^Bluefish AES breakout cable
- ^Aviom DB25 pinout information
- ^abAES/EBU & Analog DB25 Pinouts
- ^"Lynx Studio Technology, Inc. AES16 pinout".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-12-20.Retrieved2009-01-16.