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[earlgrey]

I'll be happy if I can get side A and half of side B of a cassette on 1 disc. Then the last half of B and all of cassette 2, side A on the next one, etc. This will make storybook listening much better as I can keep up with the tracks visually (I hope). My son-in-law touted RIMM to me last night. Not bad action at all today. I may have to send him a Christmas card this year.

[steve]

I have found out that any CD Player that will play MP3 (Standard now) will play the WMA.

It's OK to disagree
I disagree that MP3 support is "standard" in CD players.
I have a cheap portable CD player, a CD player in the car, a high quality CD "separate" hi-fi player and an inexpensive DVD player. None of the CD players support MP3 or WMA disks. The DVD player can play almost anything that I put into it.

[steve]

I disagree that MP3 support is "standard" in CD players.

I've just done a quick, non-scientific survey on this site: http://www.richersounds.com
27 models of CD player
14 support MP3 disks.
13 don't support MP3 disks.

[thor21344]

Steve, You probley are right except it is 14 to 13 MP3 favor but proble just that that is all i looked for. and proble won't be long when all we will have is flash drives and memory cards or even smaller. But you are right about the fact that not all will support MP3. and to that i do bow to the more knowledgable. Like i said i just looked for MP3 players when i went shopping so did not really see the others. But hay it is a great conversation starter Right??

Marty

[earlgrey]

so once I get the cassettes into the computer then I will need to chop it down to the right length to burn a CD of say 60 minutes or what ever is the ideal length should be. Then I would like to 'mic in' some verbage like "End of Disc 1 - the story gets much better on disc 2", Disc 2 say "Begining of Disc 2, Enjoy It", etc. Q) What is a good fairly cheap mic to get that plugs into the computer? thanks Will have to send my son-in-law 2 or 3 Christmas Cards as RIMM is rolling on after earning.

[steve]

If you've not done so thus far, it will be well worth having a read through tutorials 3, 4 and 5 on this page: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... to_cd.html particularly tutorials 4 and 5.

What is a good fairly cheap mic to get that plugs into the computer?

It depends on what you mean by "fairly cheap". The Logitech USB Desktop Microphone has had some good reviews for a rock bottom price (typically around $15 - $20 US on the Internet) http://www.logitech.com/en-us/webcam-co ... microphone It's not going to win any production awards, but sound samples that I've heard are very good for the price. With any microphone, positioning of the microphone can make a huge difference - you need to be close, but avoid blowing on it (from mouth or nose).