Bill, I use the KN7000 main outs (L & R) into the multi-track recorder. It has both standard jacks as well as XLR--four ins on all. It also has a digital jack and of course, with outs on all jacks. As you can guess, digital recorders today have many choices. It has a noise gate. It not only has numerous mixer settings for each track and a general mixer across the board but has another final mixer for doing a master. Having a built in CD burner is a joy. Using outs of the recorder into a pair of $1600. powered studio Mackies is a music sound at its best. On a gig, I need nothing but the keyboard and the powered Mackies. The volume that can be created is unbelievable. When not recording and just playing, I go straight from the keyboard into the speakers, I have to keep the keyboard at a very, very low volume, it is that powerful. For vocals, I use a Beyer M-500 mic connected to a very small compressor/limiter, the size of a pack of cigarettes connected to the mic IN on the keyboard. I've learned the perfect vocal settings in the keyboard for a perfect music/vocal sound.

Mark