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Download the free basic MusicMatch Jukebox (www.musicmatch.com)..then, once you've installed it, click OPTIONS; then, click SETTINGS, then, click RECORDER, change the setting of the RECORDING SOURCE to "LINE IN". (leave the RECORDING FORMAT to "MP3" and also leave the QUALITY to "NEAR CD QUALITY".

Next, click TRACKS DIRECTORY.. follow the instructions.. this will enable you to choose the FOLDER that will contain all of your Rush Mp3 files. (remember WHICH folder you put your files in, in order to play them back!) Click "OK", it will then back up to the previous box, then click "OK" again.

Now, go to the nearest Radio Shack, buy a STEREO patch cord with a Mini Jack on both ends.

Look closely at the back of your computer, at your sound card..do you see where it says "LINE IN" ? Plug one end of your patch cord into the LINE IN jack on your sound card in the back of your computer.

Next, plug the OTHER end of your patch cord into the HEADPHONE JACK of your cassette player.

Since you really don't want to "Blow Out" your sound card, I would suggest testing the sound levels; by performing a test recording at near the LOWEST VOLUME. That is, start at near the lowest volume on your cassette player, when making the test recording. Then - play back a short bit of what you've recorded, just to make sure that there is no sound impedence distortion. Increase the sound incrementally on your cassette player until you are satisfied with the VOLUME and the sound quality of the PLAYBACK of the Mp3 file.

Put the cassette tape into the player.. make sure that it's cued correctly..Once you are ready to start to record your cassette tape, hit the RED RECORD button on the MusicMatch Jukebox. The RECORDING GUI will come up. You can then type in the NAME of the content (for instance; "RUSH-4-28-03"). Once you are ready, click the red RECORD button in the RECORD gui in MusicMatch; (it takes less than TWO seconds for the computer to begin recording). Immediately after clicking the RECORD button in MusicMatch, Push the PLAYback button on your cassette player.

This is how I record my cassette tapes into Mp3 format. the sound quality is excellent, depending on the sound quality of the original cassette tape. You can then Burn the mp3 files onto cd, in Mp3 format..(you can probably get 10-15 hours of Rush's Radio program onto ONE cd in Mp3 format. and YES, MusicMatch Jukebox PLUS COMES with Mp3 burning software. (the basic FREE MusicMatch will allow you to burn these Mp3 files in DATA format, with the same result.) One catch.. you can play back these files ONLY on your computer with an Mp3 player OR on a stand alone Mp3 player...Many DVD players can play back Mp3 files as well, through your home stereo system.

Note; ANY cassette tape will have HISS, it's just the nature of the beast..recording the cassette tape into digital Mp3 format does NOT eliminate the hiss..in fact, many times, the hiss will seem to be amplified..if this bothers you.. you could always run the mp3 file through COOL EDIT, which is a sound editing software, one of the features of COOL EDIT allows HISS to be virtually eliminated.

Oops.. forgot to mention that anyone can RECORD directly FROM the Radio INTO Mp3 format. just plug the patch cord directly into the radio headphone jack.. (be sure to test the recording levels again,.. ya don't want to blow the sound card!)

MusicMatch Jukebox has a TIMER in the software as well..(click OPTIONS, then click SETTINGS, then click RECORDER, then click "DELAYED RECORD".)

You leave the RADIO on all day.. the TIMER will AUTOMATICALLY start to RECORD the program at the time that you've set.. and stop recording at the proper time as well..

Keep in mind that each minute of any sound file recording that's recorded in the MP3 format at 128 K (near CD quality) will be close to ONE megabyte...you have to be sure that you have enough room on your hard drive to record a 3 HOUR program. (lessee.. that's 1 meg per minute, 60 Megs per hour, 3 hours equals 180 megs. So.. if ya don't have at LEAST that much space on yer hard drive.. you COULD CRASH your hard drive once it gets TOO full.. so be careful.)

I've made Mp3 recordings directly from the radio.. using this procedure.. they sound fine.. just like the original broadcast.. but TEST everything out first before you begin to record something from the radio that you want to keep.