Another way I do this is to fire up SoundForge or Soundbooth (wav editing programs), get a good level, hit Record, then start the tune. This will record it to your PC thru the soundcard- it remains entirely in the digital domain. Then just clip the beginning and end of the wav, normalize if necessary, and save as an mp3. A much more involved process, yes, but infallible.
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