\documentclass[ crop,tikz,convert={ outext=.svg, command=\unexpanded{ pdf2svg \infile\space\outfile } }, multi=false] {standalone}[2012/04/13] %\usetikzlibrary{...}% tikz package already loaded by 'tikz' option \usetikzlibrary{positioning} \makeatletter \begin{document} % \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{tikzpicture}[ rounded corners=2pt, inner sep=5pt, line width=.6pt, node distance=.8cm] % background grid & fill \fill[black!40!white] (0,0) rectangle (14,8); \draw[step=1cm,gray,very thin] (0,0) grid (14,8); % sources y=7 \node (jack) at (2,7) [draw] {male mini-jack}; \node (soundcard) at (8,7) [draw] {DJ Soundcard}; \node (microphone) at (5,7) [draw] {microphone}; % mixer y=5 \node (mixer) at (3.5,5) [draw] {mixer}; \node (headphones) at (6,5) [draw] {headphones}; % amps y=3 \node (subamp) at (2,3) [draw] {sub amp}; \node (topamp) at (5,3) [draw] {top amp}; % speakers y=1 \node [draw] (topl) at (1,1) {top\\left}; \node [draw] (sub) at (3,1) {sub}; \node [draw] (topr) at (5,1) {top\\right}; % wiring (sources - mixer) \draw (microphone.south) -- (mixer.north); \draw (soundcard.south) -- (headphones.north); \draw (soundcard.south) -- (mixer.north) node[midway,above] {$C_1$}; \draw (jack.south) -- (mixer.north) node[midway,above] {$C_2$}; % wiring (amps - speakers) \draw (mixer.south) -- (topamp.north) node[midway,above] {$C_3$}; \draw (mixer.south) -- (subamp.north) node[midway,above] {$C_4$}; % wiring (amps - speakers) \draw (subamp.south) -- (sub.north) node[midway,above] {$C_5$}; \draw (topamp.south) -- (topl.north) node[midway,above] {$C_6$}; \draw (topamp.south) -- (topr.north) node[midway,above] {$C_7$}; % cable legend \node (legend) at (11,4) [draw, text width=5cm] { \textbf{Cables}\\ $C_1$ - mini-jack (F) - 2xRCA (F)\\ $C_2$ - 2xRCA - 2xRCA\\ $C_3$ - jack - jack\\ $C_4$ - jack - jack\\ $C_5$ - Unknown\\ $C_6$ - Unknown\\ $C_7$ - Unknown\\ }; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}