Cass,

I'm going to offer you a very simple solution. Download a copy of Audacity and install it in your PC.

Next, connect the output of your arranger keyboard's output to the PC's line-in on the sound card.

Connect your mic to your keyboard's mic input.

At this point you have two options:

1. You can play your midi file(s) directly from your keyboard in real time and record them using Audacity. This will automatically convert your midi file to an audio file during the recording process.

Then, for the vocals, merely record a second track while sing and the first track is being played back on the PC - it's that easy.

2. You can shorten the process by singing through the keyboard while the keyboard is playing the midi file, and record the song in one take by using either Audacity, or using the keyboard's recording system and saving the song as a .wav file on the USB drive.

In my case, I use a Zoom H2, record the song as a midi file in the keyboard and save it on the USB drive, or the keyboard's internal memory. Then, while the midi is playing, I do the vocals and record the entire song, one shot deal, on the H2, which saves it as a MP3 file. If I want to convert is to a .wav file, I use Windows Media Player and burn it to a CD for distribution to my clients and friends.

Nothing to it,

Gary