Transferring from audio cassettes to G5 to burn onto CDs

I am a senior cit/trying to learn the wonders of my G5 since I'm now retired. The electronic world is moving so rapidly from one medium to the next. One thing I really want to save is the music and instructional info that I have on audio cassettes to CDs using my G5 superdrive. I was told that I should be able to use my Sony portable boom box that plays audio cassettes and has an earphone plug to connect to my G5 (thru audio in plug?); import the sound (into iTune?) and then use the superdrive to burn a CD to save. Can anyone help me with this project? Apple Care suggested I would probably need Soundtrack or Soundtrack Pro to accomplish this and post my question here. Help Please?

Esther,
Welcome to the wonderful world of Mac audio. The below replies are correct about Toast. I did many cassette conversions with Toast 5. They worked fairly well. It's a tedious process though. I now have Toast 7 but I haven't used it for audio cassettes yet.
Remember that in addition to software, you will need a hardware interface to go from your cassette player (RCA jacks) to the Mac (USB). I have an Edirol interface that I purchased online through the Apple Store. It works great. The lines from your cassette player plug into one side of the Edirol. The Edirol has a USB output that plugs directly into one of your Mac's USB ports.
Good luck with your projects.
Maurice

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Bei Fragen einfach per mail nachhaken.
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OF:
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http://home.earthlink.net/~doniteli/index80.htm
http://www.pcabusers.net/vinyllp/vinyllp.htm
http://www.ganymede.hemscott.net/tutorial.htm
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