Cassette Tapes to CDS


I have a huge cassette tape collection of live recordings that I want to get on to cds before they fall apart. I googled the free downloads that are avalaible on the internet. Are they safe downloads? Can anyone tell me how the process works? Is it easy etc...??? Thanks in advance.
tlg
I ended up downloading some free software off the internet. I have my tape deck feeding into an equalizer to modify the sound for best sound. I went to my local Radio Shack and got an analog cable that connects to the audio out of the equalizer to an audio input jack on the back of my computer hard drive. PRESTO! pretty easy stuff with good results.
I'm happy you're getting good results. My cheap soundcard, when I conected my Onkyo TA-2600 cassette deck to it, was so noisy that I gave up. I bought a stand alone CD-recorder (now using a Marantz CDR-632) and have never looked back. Everything is done in real time, and track numbers must be manually inserted, but it's a labor of love. IIRC, the Alessis CDR uses a hard drive to allow some post-recording editing (e.g., track divisions) prior to burning a CDR.