Good that they do a CD now. The manual that I got with my Tascam Porta-Studio (v. 2.04, I think) was incomprehensible. I had to find a manual to tell me how to read the manual--and that was incomprehensible, too. And TEAC (the manufacturer) weren't any help--they had discontinued production (and support), and wanted everybody to buy the new model (of course). I finally found a users' group, and they have been a lot of help. But I mostly figgered out how to use the thing on my own. Lots of luck.

What's yours record to? A CD? (I hear some of them do that now.) Mine records to a digital-camera chip that will hold one song. Easy to upload to the 'puter, though; "Alice" the 'puter simply treats the Tascam as a portable hard drive (which, considering the digital-camera chip, I guess it is).

Joe