Recording Audio from a Digital Piano: Line Out, Headphone Out, Aux Out

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This is all over Google but really badly worded on most sites, so I'm hoping I can get better help here.

Goal: Record music from digital piano Yamaha YDP-S30. I want to mix tracks, make beautiful compositions, and eventually make amateur Youtube videos.

Notes:

- The YDP-S30 has a MIDI out and a Headphone Jack out. It has no AUX out, it has no Line out.
- I have a powerful PC with no sound card
- I plan to buy an audio interface

Recording Procedure: Connect Headphone Jack out to audio interface line-in, and connect audio interface to computer. Play around in software like Cubase and have fun.

Questions

1. Given my setup, is there a better way to record audio?

A common recording problem has something to do with different "impedance" levels (e.g. connecting a line-out to a mic-in). Does a headphone jack out connected to an audio-interface line in give superior quality? If not, how can I get superior quality? I want it to sound as professionally recorded as possible. Crackling artifacts or weird things are not acceptable.

2. Do headphone jack outputs give the same recording quality as aux outputs or line outputs?

What are the differences between the three? Please be detailed; I've looked all over Google and everybody else just posts one-sentence answers.

 

[TimOBrien]

You can record from the earphone out, or you can record the midi and use a vsti to put in the sound of any piano you want.

Your choice, you need to see what sounds best for you.

 

[mjbphotos]

Just watch your levels - don't turn up the headphone output volume too much, and watch the gain on your interface, you should be fine.