Omar, Charles brings up a very good point. I see a couple problems here... 1. Recording MIDI does quantize, but if it's not absolutely perfect, then you might as well just record it as audio, as you'll get a much more natural sound with all the nuances. Easy enough to lay down a drum track with it. In fact, you should really consider laying down the drum track first, to the metronome click so you don't have to mess with that later. Other point about picking up the keyboard sounds. Have the pianist play and sing along with a vocal track, but consider it just to be a scrap track. Then later have them sing again on a new track while listening to the piano and not actually playing. Takes out all the mechanical noise. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Marston To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 19:26 Subject: [ddots-l] Re: 3 questions Omar: One thing that you must watch out for is the noice coming from the keyboard itself as it is played. There are some keyboards that can be very noicy and you may not want that being picked up by the mic. From: Omar Binno Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:19 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: 3 questions Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Tyo To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:14 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: 3 questions I would think so, given what you said about his playing, etc. Hope it's a great session for you. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Omar Binno To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 21:08 Subject: [ddots-l] Re: 3 questions Well, i figured i'd want quantization because i'll be laying the drum tracks and other instruments for him, and i usually like to quantize my drums especially. Like you said, though, he is a decent player, so he shouldn't have a problem following the click fairly accurately. Omar Binno Website: www.omarbinno.com AIM: LOD1116 Skype: obinno1