everything in the Oct 02 article is still valid, just at that time there weren't so many 7000 etc owners so the soundcard route was more applicable to the majority of readers. Maybe it's time I wrote another for 7000/2400/2600/804/604/54 with usb?

To use the usb install the drivers from the cd before connecting the piano to the pc. It is most important to follow the steps in the instructions exactly, particularly the supplemental instructions if using XP.

Then install the Audio Recorder and the audio output will appear at full cd quality down the usb ready to record. If you have Nero you might have the Nero Wave Editor which you can also use, just choose the panasonic usb input in the device settings. The advantage of this is you can normalise or otherwise tweak the recording before burning to cd. Nero should also have the required mp3 codecs so that helps too.