Had a great MP3 player/recorder that promised to "listen" to tapes and make 'em MP3s, but when I tried it, the recorder froze up and I had a hell of a time getting it to play songs again. Yet other same-model recorders and the one that froze could record hour-long live sound. So I bit the bullet yesterday, having bought several of these units for my aquatics clients, and did up a much-beloved (and until recently long-lost) tape. Of course it came out fine and the recorder behaved itself.

So now I am taking aim at that boxful of caseless audiocassettes moldering away in storage, now that I can Copy with Confidence. I may actually load them up and take them along on vacation to do them at leisure. I also have learned how to transfer sound files off one unit and onto another. One of the units I'd bought is a 1-GB model, and I also have an oddball 4 GB model that may sync also..... this year's vacay will entail less aquatics and more sitting in my camping recliner while Hardi goes road cycling, so this will make a nice brainless and vacationless harvesting project.

~Susan