Sound from Electronic keyboard to PC

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chibicitiberiu

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I have purchased about an year ago an electronic keyboard
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It's an Yamaha PSR E403.

It came with an usb cable and drivers for computer. But I never recorded the sound from the keyboard on the computer with it because I didn't know how (in the manual there is no such thing). Is it even possible? If yes, what program should i use?
I succeeded to make this work with Music Synthesizer (or something like that) which displays on the screen a keyboard and you can play it with the pc's keyboard/mouse or a real electronic keyboard , but only using the windows' MIDI. I want to hear the sound produced by the keyboard, not by the windows' MIDI. Can I do that?
Or at least play at a very hi-def MIDI, not the windows' one.

I heart that Gigastudio has such software, is it true?
 
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OMG, we use them at school and use a program called sonar... Sonar costs though.

It is very good, otherwise i don't know what else to suggest.
 
Ummm...AnvilStudio? I've used Sonar and compared to that AS is REALLY nooby piece of software, but it might do the Job, and it's free (you have to pay for optional addons if you need any, though), I''ve uses it myself (I'm a freelance composer).

As for how the recording actually happens, it depends on the software, when you plug the keyboard to a computer it will simply be detected as a normal MIDI device. Any decent software capable of handling MIDIs can be set to use the keyboard as the output/input (even AnvilStudio).
 
With the software provided on the driver cd i can transfer files from my computer to the keyboard's 300 kb memory :D and from the keyboard to the computer, and use it as MIDI input/output. But i was wondering, can I record the sound produced by the keyboard via the usb cable on the computer? Or I need a microphone or a cable from the keyboard sound output to the computer's sound input to record?
Also, looking for a program that could take the keyboard's input and as output create very hi-def sound, but on the computer.
I'm now trying Gigastudio to see if it can do the job, and then I'll try Sonar and AnvilStudio.
 
chibicitiberiu said:
With the software provided on the driver cd i can transfer files from my computer to the keyboard's 300 kb memory :D and from the keyboard to the computer, and use it as MIDI input/output. But i was wondering, can I record the sound produced by the keyboard via the usb cable on the computer? Or I need a microphone or a cable from the keyboard sound output to the computer's sound input to record?
Also, looking for a program that could take the keyboard's input and as output create very hi-def sound, but on the computer.
I'm now trying Gigastudio to see if it can do the job, and then I'll try Sonar and AnvilStudio.
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You should be able to, otherwise, just get a 3.5mm to 3.5mm jack and go from the lineout / headphone output on the keyboard to the line input on the computer.

then record it in audacity.
 
the problem is that my keyboard has these large cables sound engineers use
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You can see the second/third rows from top to bottom.
The computer has smaller cable.
 
But i was wondering, can I record the sound produced by the keyboard via the usb cable on the computer?
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How do you want to record it? As MIDI or waveform? If you want it recorded as a waveform (you know, MP3s, wavs, WMV,etc...) just connect an output on your mixer board to an input on your computer. As cohen said, an adapter would do it. If you want MIDI, then it depends on the software you're using.
 
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