Audio recording from keyboard

[cattz]

Bit difficult to explain what I would like to do. I would like to record a few notes at a time onto my PC. I know I can't record midi stuff, so what do I need. A cable out from my phones socket on the KB to the mic input on the PC? and then what 'very simple' preferably free! app would I need installed? I've downloaded Audicity would that work?
Sorry for all the questions from a newbie, but many thanks for any help.

 

[Skipp]

Mic in on your PC/Laptop will let you record only mono. There's the Line in connection you can use to do stereo recordings.

I made a post about that on this forum so just take a look around

 

[cattz]

Thanks for the info and I found the thread - just what I needed. Any thoughts on using 'Audacity' for recording?

 

[Skipp]

Haven't used that one, sorry. But if you need to record just a few notes like you said,
you need to switch your recording input to "LINE IN" and hit the record button inAudacity.

That should do it

 

[cattz]

Many thanks for all that info. Bought the lead, did the windows thing, loaded 'Audacity' and bingo - all systems go. Now the hard bit - composing!
I may be some time

 

[Mourndark]

I used Audacity before I got Cubase. It's got just about everything you need to start recording your work, and has got some good production tools as well. An excellent package, considering it's free!

 

[Skipp]

Many thanks for all that info. Bought the lead, did the windows thing, loaded 'Audacity' and bingo - all systems go. Now the hard bit - composing!
I may be some time

There you go! Glad you got it to work. Now do some recordings and post them here