Hooking up a keyboard to a Tascam DP-02 FX/CD

[homerecordingnewbie]

Hi,

I am really keen on getting a Tascam DP-02 with cd burner (the whole recording package bundle on Musicians Friend) but can't find information anywhere about whether a regular keyboard that has MIDI in/outputs will work with it. I have a Yamaha PSR-E313. Or do you need a special keyboard? How do you connect it?

Does anyone think this may be a good option for someone who just wants to record piano and vocals? Or would the Boss BR900 be better?

Thanks

[tacman7]

That looks like an audio recorder. So it can record the sound of your keyboard but wouldn't need any midi connections. You might use it in a midi setup with a computer but it doesn't look like it was designed for that so it would probably be a stretch.

[jagcmos]

I looked at both the tascam and boss web pages and neither one have a midi input connection, so it looks like it would would not be capable of using midi input signals from your keyboard.

They both have a midi out capability.

I don't own a hardisk recorder, so maybe someone who does can chime in and correct me.

[tacman7]

Some workstations might have a midi in and out, same with a lot of FX boxes but that is used to send configuration data to/from the unit.

If you did find a workstation that recorded midi, it would have to be sent back to the keyboard to make sound unless it also has some sort of sound module in it.

I don't think I've ever seen any sort of stand alone workstation that records midi...
But I haven't seen everything.