[donnadiva]

I use Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 for cassette to "wavesound" on my computer. I have a very simple cassette player and hook up the "line out" on the cassette player to the "line in" on my computer. Use the capture function on Roxio to copy the tape to the computer, then use the editor function to clean up any pops, hisses, to enhance the sound, fade in, fade out, etc. Once you've saved it on your computer, you can copy it onto CD. I also have a turntable that I can hook up the same way to copy those old albums that are not out in CD. I'm sure there are other great programs out there that do the same thing, but I've been using this one for years and have gotten used to it. I also use Realtime to create new CDs on my computer. Haven't tried to use Realtime to copy the cassettes or vinyl, but I'm going to investigate and see if it's easier than Easy Media Creator.