>>I have a fair old pile of old cassette tapes that need going through at some >>point. Ug. Fortunately I had a moment of clarity in 2000, when I found myself >>in possession of the original 4-track cassette machine, mixing desk and >>MiniDisc recorder and dumped all my 4-track demos on to MD. This came in very >>handy when I decided to digitize them last year. Boy, do I wish that I'd done something like that earlier :) I did not have access to any type of digital recorder at that time, though, and did not even begin to dream of using a computer for music until around 2000, at which point I'd already lost the 4 track recorder. I know a few MD users who swear by them, although I've never used one myself. Jon