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Audio interface
An audio interface connects microphones, instruments, headphones, and speakers to a computer for recording and playback.
Level relevance: introduced at Nat 3; tagged for every later level where the same concept remains useful.
Explanation
An audio interface converts analogue sound into digital information for the computer, and digital information back into sound for monitoring. It usually provides microphone inputs, instrument inputs, headphone outputs, and speaker connections. The quality of the interface and its settings can affect recording quality, latency, and monitoring reliability.
Topics
HardwareRecordingSignal path
Curriculum statussupporting vocabulary
Review statusdraft