Anna, I wouldn't give up on the use of cassette for what you want. After all, it's your wants and needs, not other's that pertain in this instance.
I still record to cassette too, my live gigs in particular. I will also do some recording on the patio or front room and it's one hell of alot handier to grab a mic, cord, stand & cassette recorder, plug in, hit record and go. I will then, if anything good came of it, get it to the computer.
I use a Sony TC D5M ProII recorder for that, strictly one or two channels, no more and no editing.

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