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Can you explain me how to record sound from keyboard with Audacity, plz. I want to record midi sound. I dont know how to do it;p i cant speak english really good:) thx for help

MIDI is not sound.
MIDI is digital control data http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_In ... _Interface

To record MIDI you need to use a MIDI sequencer program.
Audacity is for audio.

To record audio from your keyboard with Audacity you need to connect an audio output from the keyboard to a line input on your computer. Many laptop computers do not have "line input" connectors (only microphone inputs), in which case an external sound card is required.
If the only audio output on your keyboard is the headphone socket then you will need to use a "splitter cable" so that you can connect the output to the computer and plug your headphones into the keyboard at the same time.

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If the only audio output on your keyboard is the headphone socket then you will need to use a "splitter cable" so that you can connect the output to the computer and plug your headphones into the keyboard at the same time.
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is that really necessary ? surey the keyboard music will be playing in the computor speakers ?

stardust2003 wrote:is that really necessary ? surey the keyboard music will be playing in the computor speakers ?

That depends on the computer, the sound card, the sound card drivers and how it is set up.
Most Windows XP machines could do that, but most modern Windows machines can't unless you use ASIO drivers or "Software Playthrough", but software playthrough introduces a delay to the sound which is impractical for live playing, and Audacity does not support ASIO unless you build Audacity from the source code and add ASIO support yourself. The simple option is to use a splitter cable - this simple method always works and provides zero latency monitoring.