Hi Jody. As Julie has suggested, Audacity is a great, and FREE, little program. I think I mentioned in another thread that I use Cubase LE - only for recording - then save the file as a .wav file and import it into Audacity, where I do my editing. THEN I save it as an MP3 file - and I don't have to pay extra or wait for Cubase to catch up with itself.
All the best,
--Jodi