An easy and cheap way is to get Microsoft Plus for XP (digital media
edition). It lists for 20.00, but can be bought for 10.00 on sale. A more
powerful way is to download Goldwave (look at Tucows, etc.). This is an
audio capture and editing program that is very powerful. It can remove tape
hiss, clicks, etc.. It splits your captured WAV file into tracks (can do
this automatically). It is worth the 40.00 to get the full, licensed
version. I think there is a free trial version, too.
Plug your tape player into the "line in" or "microphone" of your sound card.
Adjust the level of this input so the sound is good without distortion. Do
this in Windows by adjusting the level (speaker icon in icon tray). You can
buy an adapter with a mini plug on one end for your sound card and either
RCA plugs or another mini plug to go from your tape player's output (can use
a headphone jack on the tape player, but preferably an "output" jack. The
worst part about this process, in my experience, is that there is no way to
record faster than the tape will play---normal playing time. It takes one
hour to record a one hour album. After that, coverting, burning, splitting,
cleaning-up----these are somewhat faster and depend on your hardware speed.
