Thanks! We spent the afternoon searching through this forum, and laboriously reached the same sad conclusion. On the other hand, my husband's desktop system already has a (cheapish) "Trust" soundcard with both optical input and output. So, it looks as if I'll be able to record my interviews, then transfer the data across and can edit it on his system. We're only a small Hospital Radio station (in Weston super Mare) but we have good links with the local theatre, and (it being a seaside resort with a plentiful supply of new customers "in season") we get some surprisingly well-known "acts". Probably my biggest interviews to date have been with Frank "It's the way I tell 'em!" Carson and local-boy "Acker" Bilk. Having my own means of recording, rather than using the society's own kit, means that I'm ready to go at a moment's notice. Probably just as well that my husband didn't know about the ridiculous DRM restrictions that prevent uploading via USB... he'd either have spent more than we can really aford... or wouldn't have bought it at all! Whatever, many thanks for your advice!