David (I know everyone calls you Coleslaw and beyond but I call you by your Christian name :-)
The IoniTT USB10 is very easy to set up and use. The thing that I thought would be most daunting was the tone arm and the weight (it comes relatively unassembled). Anthony took care of that and I installed the software. It was all very quick and easy and we were up and running in minutes. I admit part of the learning curve was eased because we have and use Audacity, the software that comes with the turntable so we knew what we were doing. After making a couple of configuration choices (it states what those choices should be in the manual and you have to have your turntable plugged into the USB port before those choices show up as choices) we were able to record and edit and save as waves and mp3s. One of the songs we recorded was a 45 (the turntable only records in 33 1/3 and 45 rpm, if you have 78 rpm records, you record them on 45 and then use Audacity to change the speed) of a record by Linda Lee. Our dear Tom in Australia may know the song. It's called You Treat Me Like a Boy. It was in Anthony's collection. It's a cute comedy song from the 60s. I don't have the record here in front of me to give the label and composer, etc.
If we lived closer we could come over and help you set it up (no, TCB, that's not a euphemism) just like we did with Alfred.