Glen:

If you are recording for demos there are at least two schools of thought. First, there are those who will tell you that you need masters. Next, there are those that will tell you that the music will speak for itself and that the record company or artist you are pitching your songs to will recut the darn thing anyway, the way they want to do it.

I tend to believe the latter. Lots of shark studios want you to pay through the nose so they can "master" a song for you.

Personally, I record straight from the PSR-2000 to a tape player. I make as many cuts as I need to make to satisfy myself that the work is ready to move forward. When I like what I hear, I record from the tape to a digital recorder. Next, I send the digital copy to the PC and edit and/or enhance the song (amplification/high pass/lowcut filtering/clip ends to keep song length within the magic 3.5 minute target, etc.) Finally, I send the finished product to the PC's CD burner or, as of yesterday, I send it to my Dell Digital Jukebox so I can listen to the result over and over again before I send the song to the CD.

Having said all this, I don't have a song on the charts yet. Hope this helps a little.

Rice (The Lone Arranger)