What mic do I use. I use an MXL 4000 Multi-Pattern condenser http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/pro...Mic?sku=270624.

It's a Chinese knockoff of a Rode's mic. I'm not a mic conosseur, but I think it's good.

In most cases, I start out on the arranger. I find a style that resembles the song I want to record. I record a midi on the keyboard. Then I load it into Sonar. In this specific case, I made so many changes to the drum and bass lines - and ditched everything else, that the style would be unrecognizable. As I went along, I added real acoustic and electric guitars, vocals, and additional keyboard parts.

What are vocal phasing EFX?

BTW, I am in the process of switching the drums to Session Drummer. A plugin that comes with Sonar Studio Edition. They have a "Tight Kit" that, compared to EZDRummer, by a tad more closely resembles the drum kit that I'm accustomed to in the PSR-S900.

I'm having trouble getting the right sound. I'm not used to having such a real drum sound. You have to remember that I am doing hundreds of shows with the PSR-S900, and these real drums sound weird to me. Isn't that strange? Session Drummer has an easy to use mixer that I'm using in an attempt to balance the sound.

When I'm done, I'm going to subject you guys to one more mix, because I have very little experience with drums, and I don't know how to balance the sound. Some voices sound too loud to me. Other's ring out longer than I am used to. I have no idea what FX to apply besides reverb.

Thanks everyone. I want to especially thank Diki. I don't agree with all of his assessments, but I can tell that he has good ears. And he's notorious for not mincing his words - which is exactly what I want.

Beakybird