[Dixielandjazz] From Analog to Digital

[billsharp]

  Just by coincidence, at the last 2 gigs I've had, other members have 
been saying that they are extremely frustrated at being able to find 
the best, easiest way to convert their records and  tapes to Cds, and 
thus far have not been able to make their systems work.  So I've been 
checking with other musician friends and have found they many of then 
have also dabbled in the topic, but get frustrated with the morass of 
hardware to computer connections, the instructions, the types of discs 
to record on, the settings, etc.  I myself would like to go in that 
direction to transfer my vast library of tapes and albums to CDs.  
Surely among the hundreds of DJML readers there must be someone who 
daily converts their stuff from analog to digital formal, then onto a 
Cd.  Would you please be able to help us novices get a toehold on the 
situation and tell us what hardware/software combinations you are 
using?