Best youtube video I've found about this topic. Kudos mate! I've got one question tho: If all I care about is the best sound and the highest quality possible for the eventual recording, is it better to: 1. Connect line out of piano to line in of PC with an audio cable 2. Connect the piano to the PC via a midi-usb cable then use a synth app like garage band 3. There's an other better way for this purpose? PS: My digital piano is the Kawai ES 120 And another seperate question: Is there a convenient way to record video and sound at the same time instead of recording them seperately then sync'ing them in a video editing software?
2. Since MIDI will not capture the audio of your piano, it depends on your sample set. You can buy sample sets that are hundreds of dollars of very expensive nice sounding pianos... so.. if you do that, then this is the most high quality sound. Otherwise, if you like the way your keyboard sounds, you should use the line out. As far as syncing video and sound... I don't think there is a convenient way to do this... but syncing them up really isn't that hard. Just make sure to record the sound on your camera... it makes lining up the waveforms much easier.
Thanks. I once could record my piano play to my computer via audacity, but now my line in nor microphone don't work anymore for some reason. However, I do have MIDI, so I'm going to follow your instructions to see if I could use it.
Thanks for the info. Is it possible to send stereo (from your piano L & R out) in to a single instrument/line input on an audio interface, or is it necessary to send both the L & R from the DP to two separate line inputs on the Audio interface?
Often you have the option of sending the signal in Mono with one channel only (sound is distributed equally on both speakers). IIRC it's most often the L channel. So if you just plug in the L channel it should behave as mono. Probably depends on the device.
The Behringer cable works with the audio jacks (stereo no problem) of my old Clavinova, I had to turn the volume right down on my piano to get sensible input. The result though is very "tinny" sound. I am a beginner in Audacity, but I got some relief using the Graphic Equaliser tool, but it's very haphazard. 1) Is there a best way to remove tinniness? 2) Are the "aux in and "aux out" ports useful? 3) Would midi output enable me to get a better piano sound?
thank you for this. Please if I connect my piano to my laptop using line out. What else do I do to record sound? Is it just to download audacity? And Begin recording or what else do I need? Videos will be for RUclips
I feel like an idiot. I've been searching for like a month on how to record my Yamaha digital piano and turns out my computer has a Line-In port and I was able to record pretty nicely with Audacity.
Question, is it possible to utilize the usb midi port in the same way you'd utilize the line out port? I want to capture my pianos sound but it doesn't have a line port, only a midi one. Is there some way to get the samples my yamaha p45 uses in a plugin so I can use midi? Or something like that
I've not seen piano manufacturers give their samples away so people can use them--I think they keep them on device on purpose. 😢 I talk about this in the video a little bit but to sum up, the USB is not going to record the sound, only the MIDI. The only way to record sound from a piano that doesn't have line-out port is through the headphone jack, which you can then plug into a computer's Line-in, or if your computer doesn't have one, then an audio interface or the Behringer 1/4 to USB adapter.
This is an excellent video on the topic, certainly by far the best one I've seen so far. Your explanation mentioned a couple of points, about which I have some questions. But first, my setup: a Casio PXS1000 digital piano (with line out) and a Windows 10 desktop and/or a Macbook Air. I don't play any other instruments and am not headed in that direction, so there's no room for expansion that I have to worry about. My sole aim is to send to the computer as exactly as possible what I'm hearing in my headphones as I'm playing on the piano. The desktop's sound card is just what Dell put in, so it's functioning but nothing special spec-wise. Questions: 1. Will the quality of the PC's sound card affect the quality of what's being captured from the piano? If yes, which reasonably priced external sound card might solve the problem? 2. Once the audio is captured, which is better to use, GarageBand or Reaper? I'm not keen on Audacity, and I don't want to mess about with the sound more than I absolutely have to. But I do want to achieve the best and clearest sound that I can get with the equipment I've got, if you know what I mean. Any and all advice is very much appreciated. Thanks again for the great video.
Hi there! Easiest questions first: 1. Whatever software you use won't really make a big difference sound quality-wise. Audacity, Garageband, Reaper, Cakewalk (a free DAW from BandLab) can all capture the audio in 48000 or 44100 HZ and can be saved as a .wav or an .mp3. Even Audacity has some extensible plugins that allows you to add Reverb or other effects and if you want to tweak the volume. So, honestly, it comes down to whatever you're comfortable using. You're not going to hear anything and think, "ahh, that was def recorded in GarageBand". 2. As far as whether you should get an external sound card or not, there are going to be small sonic differences, but in my opinion, as long as it doesn't produce any artifacts (clicks or pops) than you probably wouldn't hear a difference between a super nice audio interface and plugging directly into your sound card. That being said, your MacBook Air doesn't have a line-in (blue port), so if you want to record on it as well as your Windows machine than an external Audio Interface isn't a bad option. So, I'd get an audio interface for convenience more than anything. You can get a Behringer pretty inexpensively here: www.amazon.com/BEHRINGER-Audio-Interface-1-Channel-UM2/dp/B00EK1OTZC or you can spend a lot more--although you probably won't hear a difference as long as there is no artifacting with the cheaper one: www.amazon.com/Focusrite-Scarlett-Audio-Interface-Tools/dp/B07QR6Z1JB You will need this cable--this will plug directly into your mono line out of your piano and will go into your audio interface: www.amazon.com/Electric-Instruments-Amplifier-Synthesizers-CableWholesale/dp/B003H3FNX6 You can spend a lot more on a cable--nicer cables can reduce any electrical interference... but I'm a fan of starting at the bottom and buying gear only when you need/want it rather than before you even know what your ears need. If your piano doesn't have an 1/8th inch line out, then you'll need to use a cable that is 1/4 inch (the piano side) to 1/8th inch (the blue port on your computer side). Hope that helps! Good luck!
@@SoundAdventurer I've got to say, when you said you're aiming to be "amaaaazzzingly" helpful, you weren't exaggerating. I appreciate your generosity very much. Am too the type who buys gear as it's needed, so message received loud and clear. I intend to start with the Windows machine, just get the 1/4" patch cable and the 1/4 to 1/8 adaptor for the PC's line in port, record into some DAW and listen to it. If pops and clicks, get the Behringer (budget not robust enough for a Scarlett). If no pops/clicks, leave well alone and move on to learning about post-production, mostly how not to overdo it, as cleverness isn't where it's at, imo. Curiously, some RUclips videos show running 2 patch cables from the 2 line-outs on the piano, not just from the mono (L). Obviously the 2 cable route would need the 2 channel Behringer, though I don't know what the advantages of the 2 cable hookup would be, and whether there even are any advantages to that. One step at a time, I guess. A big, big thank you!!!
@@gnostie the two cables are for two channels, Right and Left speaker. If you notice on your piano, as you go to the bottom of the keyboard to the top, the sound actually pans in your headphones and is louder in your right ear for the high keys, and louder in your left ear for the low keys. If you just use one cable it will record in Mono, meaning all of the sound is balanced in the center of your headphones (or more specifically, the volume is equal for both R and L channels) Unless you have a specific need for stereo sound, your life will be simpler with just one cable.
thank you this video helps a lot! however I have one stereo aux (line) output, you suggest still using the dual mono behringer and recording with only the L and sticking with mono audio, but are there not just stereo line in to usb cables? as in, the keyboard's stereo output plugged with a male stereo line in to usb into the computer
At the time when I researched all this there wasn't a stereo to USB cable. What you can do is get an adapter from dual mono to stereo adapter... but I haven't tested this: Something like this: www.showmecables.com/1-4-in-stereo-male-to-dual-1-4-in-mono-female-adapter-cable-6-in
@@SoundAdventurer i see... i'll try something out when i've got the money, maybe only one option so i'll have to learn what a vst is and then work out what to do from there. Thank you
so i'm trying all this but is there a way to hear what you're playing while its being recorded. i cant get it to record on my phone and hear what im playing at the same time
Do I need an audio interface, like a focusrite, to plug the line in to? I found a cable that is 6.35mm stereo to 3.5mm so I can plug my piano into my laptop but I don't know if it will work like your example with the line out to line in cable.
Plugging into a a microphone port won't work. however, if your computer has a blue line-in port, then yes it will work. You can use a 1/4 inch to USB cable that you can buy from Behringer if you don't want an audio interface, also. otherwise, an audio interface will do the trick.
@@SoundAdventurer thanks for the advice, I picked up a stereo 6.35mm to USB cable, and I plugged it into my line out and the USB into my laptop. I only get errors and silence when I try to record in audacity. Do you have any suggestions? The USB shows up in audio devices, I just can't record.
Hmm, interesting... Does your piano have a line out volume? If not that, you could try testing with other devices to try and isolate whether it's the piano, your computer, or the cable. You might also try determining whether there are some volume settings on the USB device somewhere on your computer that could be messing up things.
@@SoundAdventurerthere are two line out ports, so left and right I'm assuming. it turns out the cable I bought was for audio stream only, not for recording. Strange, because it looks identical to the behringer one from your video.
Thanks so much for the video. I have a USB cable connected from my piano but nothing seems to be recognised in Audacity. I have no idea how to move forward :-( Any ideas? Thanks!
In the video I talk about how sometimes the USB only sends MIDI information (just information about the notes like their lengths and volumes, not the actual sound). Audacity is meant for recording sound. If you want to record MIDI you need a DAW like I show in the video. If you want to record the sound, then the USB might not work (it depends on the piano... I'm sure some let you record the sound, but most of them I know of the USB just sends MIDI.
@@SoundAdventurer i have the same problem, i have a USB A to B cable and when I plug it in computer knows something is in but not sure what it is like nothing happens no mic or headphone or anything else is plugged in also audacity doesn't recognize it, so what do I need to do to make my computer take the information and convert it into sounds, like daw you mentioned
Great Video! My digital piano only has one hole where I am able to put my earphones in. That would mean that I don't have the line in and out "holes". If I get the Behringer cable and only put in one cable and the other will just stick out, will it still record the sound or will it just not work? Thank you in advance
If you don't have a blue line-in port on your computer, I think you need * Behringer dual 1/4 inch to USB (the one I mention in the video * (If the port on your piano is the smaller 1/8 inch jack) then you need a www.sweetwater.com/c780--Insert_Y_Cables?highlight=YMP233 The behringer cable is 1/4 inch jacks, and I'm assuming your piano is 1/8 inch. If on the other hand your computer DOES have a blue line-in port (not a microphone jack), then a straight 1/8 inch male to 1/8 inch male headphone cable will work
@@SoundAdventurer My piano has a 1/4 inch port for "phones" and I have a blue line-in port on my PC. You put your cable into your line-out port on your piano. I was just wondering if that makes any difference since I only have a port for "phones".
Ah! that does change things. Okay, for your specific scenario, you can do a straight stereo 1/4 inch port from your piano to an 1/8th inch stereo port to your blue line-in port. Here's on on Amazon amzn.to/3hfssQa (affiliate link) Headphones vs. line-out (your piano has both sometimes) may have some different gain settings, but it will still work. What will not work is plugging your piano into the pink microphone jack on your computer.
I think some support that but most of the time the USB cord will only send MIDI (not the sound, but the pitch, velocity, timing, etc). So the original sound of your piano won't go through. You'll need a DAW like Cakewalk or Garageband to interpret those signals and use them for a digital piano instrument.
Can anyone recommend a cable to use to connect my digital piano to USB using the headphone jack from the digital piano out and into a laptop? ( The laptop doesn't have a line in Port) Will headphone to USB be stereo which is what I need. Thanks in advance.
www.amazon.com/BEHRINGER-Stereo-Interface-Cable-LINE2USB/dp/B01DT827FA You might need to convert the two mono cables to a stereo 1/8th inch if your piano doesn't have 1/4 inch outs.
Hi, it is a very helpful guide! Is it possible that I record the sound using the 3rd method (MIDI) and the thing I play there will be my real piano's sound, not just the information of it?
hello, thank you for the video,can i ask you about, which should i buy? Midi keyboard or should i buy digital piano instead (because they have midi too)? I don't need the feature on midi controller, i just want to play piano, and maybe record some midis.. i do have sample library, like keyscape piano and lot more stuff, anwy thank you.
I would recommend getting a digital piano if you want to play it. Playing through MIDI is an extra step that only helps you if you are composing or otherwise wanting to capture your playing.
@@SoundAdventurer already bought digital piano, thank you for the answer! glad the midi was not hard to record, i just need usb to midi ones and just record it on your daw. totally worth it than midi keyboard! if you're focusing on playing than using the "Live" feature!
I don't even play piano, and this man has just educated me more thoroughly on how to record one of these things than I ever knew I wanted to be.
I'm very thankful for this amazing clear and detailed explanation. This video is what I was looking for since a long time ❤thxxxxx
THANK YOU! This was so helpful!
Thank you, great information
Very helpful
What if I want to videos tape it ? Do I sync or there is another solution
Nice tutorial, thank you!
Best youtube video I've found about this topic. Kudos mate!
I've got one question tho:
If all I care about is the best sound and the highest quality possible for the eventual recording, is it better to:
1. Connect line out of piano to line in of PC with an audio cable
2. Connect the piano to the PC via a midi-usb cable then use a synth app like garage band
3. There's an other better way for this purpose?
PS: My digital piano is the Kawai ES 120
And another seperate question: Is there a convenient way to record video and sound at the same time instead of recording them seperately then sync'ing them in a video editing software?
2. Since MIDI will not capture the audio of your piano, it depends on your sample set. You can buy sample sets that are hundreds of dollars of very expensive nice sounding pianos... so.. if you do that, then this is the most high quality sound.
Otherwise, if you like the way your keyboard sounds, you should use the line out.
As far as syncing video and sound... I don't think there is a convenient way to do this... but syncing them up really isn't that hard. Just make sure to record the sound on your camera... it makes lining up the waveforms much easier.
its like this video is made for me.. thank you :)
You are lovely. This is so helpful.
Thanks. I once could record my piano play to my computer via audacity, but now my line in nor microphone don't work anymore for some reason. However, I do have MIDI, so I'm going to follow your instructions to see if I could use it.
Thank you!❤
Thanks for the info. Is it possible to send stereo (from your piano L & R out) in to a single instrument/line input on an audio interface, or is it necessary to send both the L & R from the DP to two separate line inputs on the Audio interface?
Often you have the option of sending the signal in Mono with one channel only (sound is distributed equally on both speakers). IIRC it's most often the L channel. So if you just plug in the L channel it should behave as mono. Probably depends on the device.
Thanks, but how you plug in in L channel and end up in R channel? tried that multiple times and it does not work (3:56)
really helpful, amazing video :)
The Behringer cable works with the audio jacks (stereo no problem) of my old Clavinova, I had to turn the volume right down on my piano to get sensible input. The result though is very "tinny" sound. I am a beginner in Audacity, but I got some relief using the Graphic Equaliser tool, but it's very haphazard.
1) Is there a best way to remove tinniness?
2) Are the "aux in and "aux out" ports useful?
3) Would midi output enable me to get a better piano sound?
thank you for this.
Please if I connect my piano to my laptop using line out. What else do I do to record sound?
Is it just to download audacity? And Begin recording or what else do I need?
Videos will be for RUclips
Thanks dude
You're totally welcome! Good luck on your journey
I have a Korg M3 with 2 audio inputs, Lineout output and 4 outputs.. should I just put 2 cables in the input for stereo instead?
I feel like an idiot. I've been searching for like a month on how to record my Yamaha digital piano and turns out my computer has a Line-In port and I was able to record pretty nicely with Audacity.
Thanks it helped a lot 🙂
Glad it helped
Question, is it possible to utilize the usb midi port in the same way you'd utilize the line out port? I want to capture my pianos sound but it doesn't have a line port, only a midi one.
Is there some way to get the samples my yamaha p45 uses in a plugin so I can use midi? Or something like that
I've not seen piano manufacturers give their samples away so people can use them--I think they keep them on device on purpose. 😢
I talk about this in the video a little bit but to sum up, the USB is not going to record the sound, only the MIDI. The only way to record sound from a piano that doesn't have line-out port is through the headphone jack, which you can then plug into a computer's Line-in, or if your computer doesn't have one, then an audio interface or the Behringer 1/4 to USB adapter.
This is an excellent video on the topic, certainly by far the best one I've seen so far. Your explanation mentioned a couple of points, about which I have some questions. But first, my setup: a Casio PXS1000 digital piano (with line out) and a Windows 10 desktop and/or a Macbook Air. I don't play any other instruments and am not headed in that direction, so there's no room for expansion that I have to worry about. My sole aim is to send to the computer as exactly as possible what I'm hearing in my headphones as I'm playing on the piano. The desktop's sound card is just what Dell put in, so it's functioning but nothing special spec-wise.
Questions:
1. Will the quality of the PC's sound card affect the quality of what's being captured from the piano? If yes, which reasonably priced external sound card might solve the problem?
2. Once the audio is captured, which is better to use, GarageBand or Reaper? I'm not keen on Audacity, and I don't want to mess about with the sound more than I absolutely have to. But I do want to achieve the best and clearest sound that I can get with the equipment I've got, if you know what I mean.
Any and all advice is very much appreciated. Thanks again for the great video.
Hi there!
Easiest questions first:
1. Whatever software you use won't really make a big difference sound quality-wise. Audacity, Garageband, Reaper, Cakewalk (a free DAW from BandLab) can all capture the audio in 48000 or 44100 HZ and can be saved as a .wav or an .mp3.
Even Audacity has some extensible plugins that allows you to add Reverb or other effects and if you want to tweak the volume.
So, honestly, it comes down to whatever you're comfortable using. You're not going to hear anything and think, "ahh, that was def recorded in GarageBand".
2. As far as whether you should get an external sound card or not, there are going to be small sonic differences, but in my opinion, as long as it doesn't produce any artifacts (clicks or pops) than you probably wouldn't hear a difference between a super nice audio interface and plugging directly into your sound card. That being said, your MacBook Air doesn't have a line-in (blue port), so if you want to record on it as well as your Windows machine than an external Audio Interface isn't a bad option.
So, I'd get an audio interface for convenience more than anything.
You can get a Behringer pretty inexpensively here:
www.amazon.com/BEHRINGER-Audio-Interface-1-Channel-UM2/dp/B00EK1OTZC
or you can spend a lot more--although you probably won't hear a difference as long as there is no artifacting with the cheaper one:
www.amazon.com/Focusrite-Scarlett-Audio-Interface-Tools/dp/B07QR6Z1JB
You will need this cable--this will plug directly into your mono line out of your piano and will go into your audio interface:
www.amazon.com/Electric-Instruments-Amplifier-Synthesizers-CableWholesale/dp/B003H3FNX6
You can spend a lot more on a cable--nicer cables can reduce any electrical interference... but I'm a fan of starting at the bottom and buying gear only when you need/want it rather than before you even know what your ears need.
If your piano doesn't have an 1/8th inch line out, then you'll need to use a cable that is 1/4 inch (the piano side) to 1/8th inch (the blue port on your computer side).
Hope that helps! Good luck!
@@SoundAdventurer I've got to say, when you said you're aiming to be "amaaaazzzingly" helpful, you weren't exaggerating. I appreciate your generosity very much. Am too the type who buys gear as it's needed, so message received loud and clear. I intend to start with the Windows machine, just get the 1/4" patch cable and the 1/4 to 1/8 adaptor for the PC's line in port, record into some DAW and listen to it. If pops and clicks, get the Behringer (budget not robust enough for a Scarlett). If no pops/clicks, leave well alone and move on to learning about post-production, mostly how not to overdo it, as cleverness isn't where it's at, imo. Curiously, some RUclips videos show running 2 patch cables from the 2 line-outs on the piano, not just from the mono (L). Obviously the 2 cable route would need the 2 channel Behringer, though I don't know what the advantages of the 2 cable hookup would be, and whether there even are any advantages to that. One step at a time, I guess.
A big, big thank you!!!
@@gnostie the two cables are for two channels, Right and Left speaker.
If you notice on your piano, as you go to the bottom of the keyboard to the top, the sound actually pans in your headphones and is louder in your right ear for the high keys, and louder in your left ear for the low keys.
If you just use one cable it will record in Mono, meaning all of the sound is balanced in the center of your headphones (or more specifically, the volume is equal for both R and L channels)
Unless you have a specific need for stereo sound, your life will be simpler with just one cable.
@@SoundAdventurer if stereo is required what cable should be used and will using a USB adapter keep the recorded audio in stereo?
Thanks!
thank you this video helps a lot! however I have one stereo aux (line) output, you suggest still using the dual mono behringer and recording with only the L and sticking with mono audio, but are there not just stereo line in to usb cables? as in, the keyboard's stereo output plugged with a male stereo line in to usb into the computer
At the time when I researched all this there wasn't a stereo to USB cable. What you can do is get an adapter from dual mono to stereo adapter... but I haven't tested this: Something like this: www.showmecables.com/1-4-in-stereo-male-to-dual-1-4-in-mono-female-adapter-cable-6-in
@@SoundAdventurer i see... i'll try something out when i've got the money, maybe only one option so i'll have to learn what a vst is and then work out what to do from there. Thank you
so i'm trying all this but is there a way to hear what you're playing while its being recorded. i cant get it to record on my phone and hear what im playing at the same time
i have used the line out method because my digital doenst have a midi port and there is a huge delay using line out method
This is probably a driver issue--you can use ASIO4LALL or similar drivers to make sure the latency is as small as possible.
Do I need an audio interface, like a focusrite, to plug the line in to? I found a cable that is 6.35mm stereo to 3.5mm so I can plug my piano into my laptop but I don't know if it will work like your example with the line out to line in cable.
Plugging into a a microphone port won't work. however, if your computer has a blue line-in port, then yes it will work.
You can use a 1/4 inch to USB cable that you can buy from Behringer if you don't want an audio interface, also.
otherwise, an audio interface will do the trick.
@@SoundAdventurer thanks for the advice, I picked up a stereo 6.35mm to USB cable, and I plugged it into my line out and the USB into my laptop. I only get errors and silence when I try to record in audacity. Do you have any suggestions? The USB shows up in audio devices, I just can't record.
Hmm, interesting... Does your piano have a line out volume? If not that, you could try testing with other devices to try and isolate whether it's the piano, your computer, or the cable.
You might also try determining whether there are some volume settings on the USB device somewhere on your computer that could be messing up things.
@@SoundAdventurerthere are two line out ports, so left and right I'm assuming. it turns out the cable I bought was for audio stream only, not for recording. Strange, because it looks identical to the behringer one from your video.
Thanks so much for the video. I have a USB cable connected from my piano but nothing seems to be recognised in Audacity. I have no idea how to move forward :-( Any ideas? Thanks!
In the video I talk about how sometimes the USB only sends MIDI information (just information about the notes like their lengths and volumes, not the actual sound). Audacity is meant for recording sound. If you want to record MIDI you need a DAW like I show in the video.
If you want to record the sound, then the USB might not work (it depends on the piano... I'm sure some let you record the sound, but most of them I know of the USB just sends MIDI.
@@SoundAdventurer i have the same problem, i have a USB A to B cable and when I plug it in computer knows something is in but not sure what it is like nothing happens no mic or headphone or anything else is plugged in also audacity doesn't recognize it, so what do I need to do to make my computer take the information and convert it into sounds, like daw you mentioned
Great Video! My digital piano only has one hole where I am able to put my earphones in. That would mean that I don't have the line in and out "holes". If I get the Behringer cable and only put in one cable and the other will just stick out, will it still record the sound or will it just not work?
Thank you in advance
If you don't have a blue line-in port on your computer, I think you need
* Behringer dual 1/4 inch to USB (the one I mention in the video
* (If the port on your piano is the smaller 1/8 inch jack) then you need a www.sweetwater.com/c780--Insert_Y_Cables?highlight=YMP233
The behringer cable is 1/4 inch jacks, and I'm assuming your piano is 1/8 inch.
If on the other hand your computer DOES have a blue line-in port (not a microphone jack), then a straight 1/8 inch male to 1/8 inch male headphone cable will work
@@SoundAdventurer My piano has a 1/4 inch port for "phones" and I have a blue line-in port on my PC. You put your cable into your line-out port on your piano. I was just wondering if that makes any difference since I only have a port for "phones".
Ah! that does change things.
Okay, for your specific scenario, you can do a straight stereo 1/4 inch port from your piano to an 1/8th inch stereo port to your blue line-in port.
Here's on on Amazon amzn.to/3hfssQa (affiliate link)
Headphones vs. line-out (your piano has both sometimes) may have some different gain settings, but it will still work. What will not work is plugging your piano into the pink microphone jack on your computer.
@@SoundAdventurer Thank you so much! I'll try that =)
@@SoundAdventurer I was able to record my sound and I am really thankful for that. Still, I can not hear my sound live when I am playing it. Any help?
I just got a USB cord for my casio. Is there any way to directly have the music from the keyboard go into the Windows computer using that?
I think some support that but most of the time the USB cord will only send MIDI (not the sound, but the pitch, velocity, timing, etc). So the original sound of your piano won't go through. You'll need a DAW like Cakewalk or Garageband to interpret those signals and use them for a digital piano instrument.
@@SoundAdventurer Okay, thanks! Happy holidays to you!
Can anyone recommend a cable to use to connect my digital piano to USB using the headphone jack from the digital piano out and into a laptop? ( The laptop doesn't have a line in Port) Will headphone to USB be stereo which is what I need. Thanks in advance.
www.amazon.com/BEHRINGER-Stereo-Interface-Cable-LINE2USB/dp/B01DT827FA
You might need to convert the two mono cables to a stereo 1/8th inch if your piano doesn't have 1/4 inch outs.
8 inch hedgehog HAHAAHAHAH , anyways thanks for the great explanation man !
Hi, it is a very helpful guide!
Is it possible that I record the sound using the 3rd method (MIDI) and the thing I play there will be my real piano's sound, not just the information of it?
nope, midi just controls note information, not the samples. you have to use a DAW and use your own piano samples to get that to work.
thankyouu :)
I'm just gonna keep using my phone
hello, thank you for the video,can i ask you about, which should i buy? Midi keyboard or should i buy digital piano instead (because they have midi too)? I don't need the feature on midi controller, i just want to play piano, and maybe record some midis.. i do have sample library, like keyscape piano and lot more stuff, anwy thank you.
I would recommend getting a digital piano if you want to play it. Playing through MIDI is an extra step that only helps you if you are composing or otherwise wanting to capture your playing.
@@SoundAdventurer already bought digital piano, thank you for the answer! glad the midi was not hard to record, i just need usb to midi ones and just record it on your daw. totally worth it than midi keyboard! if you're focusing on playing than using the "Live" feature!
Thank you so much!