Digital Piano Outputs: Connect And Record Your Keyboard Lesson 2

Digital Piano Outputs: Connect And Record Your Keyboard Lesson 2 Digital Piano Outputs: Connect And Record Your Keyboard Lesson 2 This is the second video in our complete guide to connecting and recording your keyboard on your PC, iPad or Mac. In the first video in this series you learned the difference between Audio recording (recording the SOUND of your keyboard) and MIDI recording (transmitting performance data to and from your digital piano. In this second video we will take a close look at the back of some typical digital pianos and MIDI keyboards so you can see exactly where the sound (audio) is transmitted from, and where the MIDI data goes in and out. Somewhere on your digital piano or keyboard you will have a line out, or aux out, or at least a headphone output so that you can connect and audio cable and record the sound. You can either connect this output directly to your computer - something we will look at in the next video - or you can connect it up to an audio interface (again we will look at this in detail later on). You will probably have standard MIDI ports so that you can use your keyboard or piano as a MIDI controller, and/or you may have the ability to connect your keyboard via USB. In fact USB is becoming the standard and often you won't have the MIDI ports. Generally you cannot record the SOUND of your keyboard or piano from the USB connection, it is for transmitting MIDI information. So you can use your keyboard as a MIDI controller via USB. And you might be able to save and edit song data if your keyboard allows this. (This is a common feature of Yamaha and Casio keyboards). If you are still not sure of the difference between Audio and MIDI then go back to the first video in the series here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeHrtSVcm0s Otherwise, make sure you subscribe to our channel so that you can follow the rest of this video series where you will learn step by step how to record the sound of your keyboard and how to use it as a MIDI controller. We will be covering how to record your digital piano or keyboard in Audacity and other Digital Audio Workstation Software (DAW) plus how to make a MIDI connection and use your keyboard as a controller. https://www.youtube.com/MusicRepoCom Useful links for home studio recording: You may find some of the following links useful: A guide to digital audio http://bit.ly/1eysFr8 What is digital audio http://bit.ly/1CkZIuf MIDI Manufacturer's Association http://www.midi.org/ Recording the sound of your keyboard http://bit.ly/1eysFYc Making a MIDI connection from your keyboard http://bit.ly/1CkZIuh Stage and Studio Audio Cables On Amazon http://bit.ly/1CkZIui MIDI Interfaces on Amazon http://bit.ly/1eysFrd Audio Interfaces on Amazon http://bit.ly/1eysFYj Record Audio Like A Pro: Complete Step-By-Step Course http://bit.ly/1CkZGCs Visit our web site for helpful guides, hints tips and more on setting up your home recording studio: http://bit.ly/1JBIEQ3 Check out the Music Repo Channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MusicRepoCom Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/musicrepo Connect with us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1CkZGCu Find us on Pinterest: http://bit.ly/1eysFrn