Thought I  would tell you all about two free programs I use

Audacity use to record and edit music. If you want to transfer records or cassettes to cd take the output of the turntable or cassette player to you computers input jack. Goto preferences in audacity  and make sure the input is set to mixer. Press the record button and then start the record. When the track finishes press stop  in Audacity. Go to the file menu and export the track to mp3 format. Really a great program. Lots of features. I also use to edit bad language from songs. Use your mouse to select offensive section then apply one of several effects. And it is free on Download.com

Media  Monkey

I use it to organize and search for music. Create playlists. Burn and rip, Edit information. Export to several database formats. Really fast search and free.

Check them out. Let me know what you use but must be free.