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So, using the software, I would record the cassette onto the computer as a single track. Then I would take that single, now-digitized recording and then split it back out into multiple tracks.

Let me try to reword it. What I mean is, I record a single side of the album (cassette, whatever) as one long audio file. Basically, I hit "play", start recording, and come back a half-hour later, or whenever it's done recording the whole "A" side of the album. Then, I use the editing software to split that one long audio file into individual songs. Then I burn those individual songs onto the CD, so that you can treat it like a real audio CD and jump from track to track. So when I record, the recording is actually one big file that has several songs in it. Then I split that one big file into several smaller files, one for each song. Hopefully that's clearer ;)

(Lead voice in center of stereo on track 1, drums on track 2, backup vocals on track 3, lead guitar on track 4, bass guitar on track 5, etc., etc.). This would be awesome, but I'm probably misunderstanding you.

That would be awesome, but unless you have access to the original multitrack master recordings, a multitrack deck to play them back with, and multitrack editing software to edit them, that's not going to happen. IOW, you'll need something close to a real, live edit suite for that ;)

Out in freewareville --- in that seemingly infinite somewhere on the web, there's a decent little sound editor called Audacity. I haven't explored all its capabilities but it converts wav files to MP3 and you can manipulate files and music tracks to a degree. I guess it all depends on how much time one wants to devote to playing mouse maestro in order to preserve as much of the original quality as possible.

That would be awesome, but unless you have access to the original multitrack master recordings, a multitrack deck to play them back with, and multitrack editing software to edit them, that's not going to happen. IOW, you'll need something close to a real, live edit suite for that ;)

I gotcha now. I do have the original multi-track master tapes, but not the equipment.

Anyway, thanks very much for clearing that up. On the original recordings, most of the tracks were panned either left or right to varying degrees after going through the mixer, especially the harmonized back-up vocals and rhythm guitars. Even though I'll be able to clean the sound up & take out the fuzz noise, my end product won't be stereo like the original. Oh well, it's still worth saving.

Thanks again. (And Merry Christmas!)