OK Here I go!

First I assume that Track = Channel which are really different things. In midi drums can be on any track or number of tracks as long as they use midi channel 10.

Second on the PR54 when converting APC the melody for Right1, Right2 and the Left hand are preset to Tracks 1,2,3 and are labeled as such. If I do not change them the melody comes out fine minus the patch changes if I used Panel Memory to make the changes.

Tracks 5,6,7 can not be changed.

Track 8 is labeled Drums but can be set to any of the choices below.

Tracks 4,9-16 I can set to Drums1,Drums2,Bass, Accp1 - 5.

In the past I did the conversion then loaded the song into PowerTracks and set the drum tracks to channel to 10 and set my own channels for the other tracks. Then went to tracks 1 and 2 and inserted patch changes at the proper time marks.


Now to record a wave file so it can be converted to MP3 if you don't have the USB port and the Technics Recorder, you can buy a stereo patch cord that goes from one 1/4 inch stereo male plug to one stereo 1/8 inch male plug. Plug the 1/4 inch into your headphone jack and the 1/8 inch into your sound card line in.

Record your song using your favorite computer wave recorder. Don't bother with the midi because then the sound you record will be based on the sound card's instruments sounds.

Recording this way you record the actual sounds from the keyboard which are better than 95% of the sound cards you can buy.

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