Eric B, Terry Telson, Tony Mads, and KN_Fan (Jonas): Thanks for your replies to my song. In regards to being off a semi-tone here and there, maybe I subconciously sang it that way to fit the semi-tone nature of oriental music. Seriously though, when hearing it in original WAV form, this was not apparent to my ears, and seems to be more noticeable after converting to WMA/MP3. I have to admit that some of my other takes had even worse vocal flaws.

One thing I noticed after I had recorded and posted this song, was that I had inadvertantly mis-adjusted my mic EQ setting, reducing the mids by accident, losing mid-range vocal clarity and brilliance. I'll make sure to re-adjust and check this when recording my next tune, of which I plan to be a Christmas Song.

The way I record on the Tyros2 is by first creating several Registrations for different parts (sections) of the song. I then simply hit RECORD on the Tyros2's built in audio recorder, and sing and play the song live in auto accompaniment mode, capturing flaws and all. I usually record the song 2-4 times and then simply choose the best take, one with least amount of flaws, and admit I RARELY (if ever) find a recording take I'm COMPLETELY satsified with (with NO flaws). That level of pro result would require post editing separate tracks, specific notes, or even individual portion or specific note of a vocal track, not possible on the Tyros2 itself. I own Cakewalk Sonar, but don't have the skill, patience, or interest to take on that kind of task, so I suppose, unless I pay a pro studio engineer to do it, I'm going to have to sacrifice some flaws for the convenience of doing a straight shot recording from begininng to end without post vocal editing.

On that note, interested in hearing how (method) others are using to record their arranger keyboard created songs.

Merry Christmas & happy holidays to all. Ok, off to another gig now.

Scott