stratobiker – thanks I will try audacity. Do I use the microphone input on the PC, assuming I can find the cassette deck?
tumnurkoz – have PC not Mac so won't be able to try that
edhornby – OK, I'll set the task but not sure if I really want to own up to this :?. I am involved in one of our local Scottish country dancing clubs: some of the music we have was bought a long time ago hence being on tape. I am trying to bring it into the 21st century by getting all the tapes and CD's onto an iPod and then getting a docking station. Will have a look myself, but try Dreamcatcher, Irish Rover and Bratach Bana. Trouble is with so much stuff on tape would cost a lot to replace with CD's or MP3's