# Recording off cassettes (in a boom box) onto a computer file

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-off-cassettes-in-a-boom-box-onto-a-computer-file/729685>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 2, 2015, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-off-cassettes-in-a-boom-box-onto-a-computer-file/729685 "2015-09-02T06:29:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-off-cassettes-in-a-boom-box-onto-a-computer-file/729685/21 "2015-09-04T17:08:13Z")

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Jay Hawkins ’ song with “Constipation” in the title.

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-off-cassettes-in-a-boom-box-onto-a-computer-file/729685/22 "2015-09-04T17:14:52Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Maybe he mistook PM for BM?

I’d love to know.

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-off-cassettes-in-a-boom-box-onto-a-computer-file/729685/23 "2015-09-04T19:52:08Z")

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Dougie - Are you trying to record the sound from the boom box speakers into some kind of computer mic or are you using a cable? A few comments of yours make me think you might just be trying to capture sound waves.

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-off-cassettes-in-a-boom-box-onto-a-computer-file/729685/24 "2015-09-05T02:11:02Z")

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I have a proper patch cord.

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