Got the microphone in a previous woot. The quality is brilliant! You can listen to a podcast that my brother and I are doing at podomatic, using the microphone.
I got the microphone the last time it came up. The mic works great, but the software it came with is not very intuitive (at least not on a Mac). But I use the mic with Adobe Soundbooth CS4 and the audio is amazing. Probably gonna need to get a pop-filter for this bad boy.
The close up image of the back of the keyboard says the non-USB port is a headphone jack when it’s clearly labeled on the keyboard as the sustain pedal jack.
The recording studio would work great for Dad, it’s USB so easy to connect… Have him read the instructions in the help tab and he should be up and running in no time…
Not interested in the 49-key, unfortunately. The 25-key is more portable, which is important for a college student. Also, I believe the 25-key has more knobs and twiddly bits than the 49-key, as seen below: