Audacity is a nice audio editor. It's free at 
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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>> >2.  How do you convert music from records/tapes to the computer.
>> Also, what software would you >use to edit these.  Say to cut off
>> dead air at the beginning and end.  And get or increase the
>> quality.
>>
>> dadiOH's dandies
>>
>> http://mysite.verizon.net/xico/dadiOH-light.htm
>>
>> Just a "help" file...with information about how to record vinyl
>> and cassettes to your computer...how to turn them into MP3s...how
>> to make them into audio CDs to play on any CD player or into
>> "MP3" CDs that will play on any computer or hardware device
>> capable of decoding
>>
>> This is a ZIP file that helps explains how to do it.
>
>
> Once I have the songs in mp3 format (usually 192 kbs) I use "MP3 Gain" 
> (mp3gain.sourceforge.net) to equalize the volume settings, "Intelligent 
> Audio Splitter" 
> (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Audio/Audio-Editors-Recorders/WBIAS.shtml) 
> to trim the files and remove dead air, and "Winamp" 
> (http://www.winamp.com/) to fill in the "ID3" info.
>
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