MessageCool. thanks. I'll take a look at it when I have the time. I'm trying to get about 20 christmas carols written in time for the holidays, and if each one takes me about 4 hours ... <smiles> ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Kent To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 5:08 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: O.T. question about keyboards Sarah: If you get Sonar, you can use the included GM software synth which has a respectable pallet of instrument sounds including drums. We didn't really talk about entering drum notation in sibelius while was there, but basically, each note on your midi keyboard corresponds to a specific drum and you play them in just like regular notes. Many of us record very complex drum parts this way, either one at a time or all at once. Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: Sarah To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 2:46 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: O.T. question about keyboards and will it aso work with a sound recording program and a midi siquencer? Also will I ba able to record let's say a drum track using that keyboard through a sound recording program? I am really new at midi and I look forward to learning. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Sanfilippo To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 8:50 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: O.T. question about keyboards Hi, You may be able to find keyboards which have USB connections. The Yamaha DGX series is an example of one such keyboard. js -----Original Message----- Hello. I am looking \ to buying a midi keyboard that I can also use for recording in to a sound recorder like audacity or something. I don't have a midi port on my laptop. Any suggestions? I want this to work with sebilius as well and also a midi sequencer like qws. Thanks. Sarah