Ah Ha! By jove I think you got it Watson!! errr, Gary! Well if that's the case, then yes, to play the Midi's on a CD Player you would need to convert them to Wav then MP3. And only 'some' CD Players would be able to play them, ie., "the newer ones" that read CDR/RW disks.

I'm sorry to say your between a rock and a hard place rolandfan. There is nothing out there that I know of to convert Midi to Wav 'accurately'. There is a program called Midi2Wav but don't even think about downloading it because it is basically worthless software. It is only Monophonic and it does not convert Midi to Wav with any where near accurate results.

So I am sorry to inform you that you will have to buy a Keyboard (Arranger Keyboard is preferred ). Something with a Floppy Disk Drive and Main Outputs L/R-Mono/R so you can run the signal to your computer then record it to Multi-Track Software. Then download a free MP3 Converter software and convert the files to MP3, "THEN burn it to CDR".

I am not sure if Yamaha's DGX 500 has Main Outputs, "I don't think it does now that I think about it." A PSR 1100 has Main Outputs and a Floppy Disk Drive. Of course there's always the PSR 2100 too.

Best regards,
Mike

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