As I was searching around the other day, I came up with this article: [http://www.hermitageacoustics.com/computeraudiorecording.html] My 'take-home lesson' was, don't just jump to buy a USB turntable if you have other good options at hand. (So far I haven't jumped either way.) The software tools are Win-centric, so Linux options would be great to hear about. - Mills