I find TotalRecorder to work well, mainly for when I'm using a "plain" (old-fashioned single frequency) radio :-).
With my SDRs, I use HDSDR for the software and it's no more difficult than a VCR to set up for future recordings.
Finally got to listen to my recordings today. The sweep tones were unmistakable around 7 minutes and 13 minutes into the test. New western DX for me (previous best distance west was KSL Salt Lake).