I believe there pitch correction in the 950. Seems as if I saw it but haven't tried it.
DonM

Hello Gary,

Im talking about connecting my S900 to a computer to record Audio. Would it be possible to do this via the USB host from S900 to the MAcbook?

Thanks

Sunny

The best, and easiest way to record audio to your PC is to do it directly from the keyboard's standard output to the PC's sound card. There are several good programs for doing this, one of which is free. You'll find all the instructions at http://www.psrtutorial.com/lessons/playing/rec/20MakeCD.html

Good luck,

Gary

Congratulations!!

Just make sure your recording levels are as hot as you can get them without clipping the card. Computer sound cards are usually fairly noisy compared to dedicated audio converters, and often suffer from picking up HD and video card noise, etc..

The louder the signal is (up to just below clipping) the more it will mask the residual noise.

I, personally, never experienced that problem, Diki, but maybe because I used an older computer with a dedicated sound card, whereas the new ones have the sound cards built into the mother board. I had two inputs, one mic, one stereo line in, and of course there was a stereo output jack. Today's PCs have a single input jack that uses electronics to select the input source. Never had a lot of luck recording with them.

Cheers,

Gary

Thanks a ton! Really Helps

Sunny

Possibly because you may not have used a REALLY pro interface and had the opportunity to compare the noise floor, Gary...

Some really nice interfaces can be picked up quite cheaply (relatively cheaply!) nowadays, like MOTU 828's (if you have Firewire) that can allow you to do stuff no built-in card can do (for instance, track your arranger in stereo, but track your vocals to a separate track, in case you'd like to overdub, or use some more 'pro' plug-ins for compression and maybe a hair of auto-tune!), but their primary advantage is in word-depth (tracking, mixing and mastering at 24 bit, then dither to 16bit at the end makes a huge difference) and most importantly, in the clarity and quietness of the inputs.

Sometimes I find myself surprised to see people buying $3500+ arrangers, then recording them through built-in computer audio inputs! Spend a few hundred on a nice AD/DA, and take things to the next level!

Nope, you're absolutely right, Diki. I just used software and the OEM sound card to make all my recordings, many of which can be found at PSR Tutorial. Never really found the need to spend the money on a high-priced sound card, faster PC, and lots of other things, particularly when no one seemd to know the difference. Granted, some recording engineers and folks such as yourself would likely have hear those noises you spoke of, but I couldn't hear them, so I assumed my clients didn't hear them as well, especially while driving along in their cars and listening to the CD.

In my case, the songs were used for both fun, and of course, promotional purposes on giveaway CDs.

Cheers,

Gary