Don, I'm very encouraged by your last post.

Our band has recorded 3 CDs, 2 in a recording studio and 1 live in concert. The recording studio expense may never be fully recovered (it's folk music after all), and I'd like to try to avoid that huge expense this time around. I've been recording at home, just as you described the Roger McGuinn process above. It gives me the luxury of re-recording every track until I'm finally satisfied with it, rather than until we feel the studio expense is killing us or our time slot is over.

Of course, this has it's own set of issues, especially with a perfectionist and detail-oriented person like myself. Some songs may never be "done" in my mind.

Your information about McGuinn's experience encourages me to believe my final product can be technically good. We have very good sound equipment and all the right gear except for -now- a reliable computer. And many original songs that I'm eager to finally record. So I will continue the very long process.

Good luck with your new HP. As soon as I catch up on all the Christmas activities, I intend to check out the HP website.