A while back, I started a thread asking if anyone was using the Cakewalk software for burning CDs. Apparently, no one is. After asking a million dumb questions, I finally decided to take a chance on the software and just installed it last night. This has been a very busy day... did my monthly program at the nursing home, and spent most of the day out of the house. But, tonight I bit the bullet and tried to record a song from a cassette to CD. On one level, that shouldn't have been a big deal because I've done it before on previous software. But, I was excited about the Cakewalk program because it offers quite a bit more controk, not just in editing, but in trimming tracks and making a reasonably professional final product.

Well, tonight, I took a tape of songs I've written but never recorded that I want to put onto a CD (just for my own use) and after a few false steps, I recorded a darned good sounding track onto CD. That was without any editing or fixing of an old tape. I'm very hopeful that I can learn to use Cakewalk, but that it will be an inexpensive way to burn tapes of recordings to CD.

I don't know if there is any interest in hearing more about how I'm progressing on this software, but it is a very inexpensive program to use... cost just $39.95.

Now, all I have to do is figure out how to get to sleep.

All of this is part of the learning curve in preparation for doing a CD of the Gospel Messengers from high quality tape recordings I've made over the last couple of years.

Jerry