stryd_one Posted February 11, 2008 Report Posted February 11, 2008 OK before I start, sorry about the flood of posts from me over the last days... I have just finished catching up with 22 pages of posts. midibox.org Forum > Recent Unread Topics > All Unread TopicsNo messages...You have no idea how glad I am to see that. nearly 500 posts in a row, ugh!!! Should be back to my normal ridiculous level of posts now ;)Aaaanyway, a question. When it comes to wiring audio etc:Red = Right or Red = LeftNow, I'm not so much interested in how *you* do it (feel free to tell me anyway), I'm trying to find out if there is a *right* way. I know it doesn't make any difference and the electrons really don't care about the colour of the shielding, but it's one of these things I've always wondered about. I mean... historically speaking, it's always been red = port = left. Look at a boat or aircraft. And it's been that way for centuries.... And if we're talking about stereo, then left = red makes sense too because if a mono jack is inserted then only the left (red) wire is in use, and red is usually the 'active' wire in circuitry land, AFAIK.... But I know that most people, wire red=right. The only logic I can apply to that, is that they both start with 'R'.Can anyone shed light on this subject? Quote
MTE Posted February 11, 2008 Report Posted February 11, 2008 But I know that most people, wire red=right. The only logic I can apply to that, is that they both start with 'R'.Right ;DIve checked this the last days when I soldered some cables from PC to Mixer etc...Ive looked inside new cables to compareso...Soundcard-output (small stereo-plug to cinch (and/or) mono-plugs) was always the red cinch/plug the right channel...same with some big plugs 6,3mm (RME-soundcard-out (Stereo) to Mixer (Y-Cable, 2 Mono-Plugs) Quote
stryd_one Posted February 11, 2008 Author Report Posted February 11, 2008 Right ;DLOL!But seriously though, it seems crazy to me, to dispense with hundreds of years of protocol, and start doing it a new way, because in some languages, they have the same letter at the start... I can't help but wonder if there is any logic to it but that? Perhaps it's the sheeple factor; one guy didn't know about red=left, did red=right, and everyone else did it because he did.... Quote
nILS Posted February 11, 2008 Report Posted February 11, 2008 english: red = rightgerman: rot = rechtsSo, all the important languages are covered. Let's look at the unimportant one ;-)dutch: rood = rechtfrench: rouge = dRoite italian: rossa = destRaportuguese: veRmelha = diReita spanish: roja = deRecha russian: ?P????? ?P???japanese: ?? = ??works in almost any language ;-) Quote
Kartoshka Posted February 11, 2008 Report Posted February 11, 2008 my cent ::) hebrew: red=adom Quote
stryd_one Posted February 11, 2008 Author Report Posted February 11, 2008 My post has been updated ;) Edit: thanks for the effort babnILSfishSo kartoshka, how do you wire it then, if not R = R ? Quote
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