You may have done all the research you need on the process and you may well have some real skills in the recording and cleaning procedures, but I am pretty much an audio idiot and have been using "Spin It Again" to record directly to the computer from a turntable that has USB capability and from my cassette player. The software can do quite a bit of cleanup through various settings as well as identify and label tracks. Not all is automatic but when all goes well the software can save a lot of time and provide a digital recording that is good enough for my purposes and it did not break the bank. Plus Acoustica has been good in providing support.