I'm Fairly new to music generation so please bear with me.
I purchased a Yamaha PSS-A50 based on good reviews and the desire to record my musical journey onto my computer. I love the keyboard, the "voices" are better than I hoped. Through this I learned that MIDI doesn't actually record the audio "as heard", which I must admit I was disappointed to discover but I guess that's all part of learning!
The keyboard only has two ports, MIDI-USB and 3.5mm headphone. Perusing the headphone route I followed some online advice and purchased an audio interface, specifically an M-Audio M-Track Duo. I then purchased a 3.5mm to 1/4" adaptor so that the keyboard can connect to the audio Interface.
I was so hoping this would work, but I have a problem. Despite having the volume up to max on the keyboard, and all the way up on the audio interface, the recorded music is quiet and very hissy. It is as if it struggles to come out of the keyboard. I have tried toggling Phantom Power on the AI but no joy. I'm desperate to get this music onto the PC, what am I missing?
Thank you very much!