The Project
The digitization project was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and was conducted at the Department of Japanese and Korean Studies at the University of Bonn from 2018 to 2022.
Staff
Project Management
- Dr. Shirō Yukawa
Lead Researchers
- Dr. Tomohide Itō
- Ammar Saeed
Financial Control, Procurements and Secretariat
- Ulrike Schlack
Student Assistants
- Holger Mayer
- Ruri Kawanami
- Kōhei Kanō
- Jonas Kreß
- Yoana Le Forestier
- Corinna Rix
- Sylvia Sochacki
- Linda Steppan
- Menghan Sun
- Shiyu Tang
- Antonia Wachendorff
Partners
Research Advisors
- Masato Mōri
Consulted Archives and Museums
- Kanazawa Phonograph Museum, Kanazawa
- Kyūshū University Museum, Fukuoka
- Matsumoto City Timepiece Museum, Matsumoto
- National Museum of Ethnology, Ōsaka
- RKK Radio Kumamoto, Kumamoto
Digitalization Work Flow and Equipment
1. The record is washed.
(Record washing machine: Nessie Vinylmaster)
2. The record is played and the sound quality is logged.
(Record player: Technics SL-1200GR)
3. When replaying, the analog audio signal is converted to digital.
(Preamplifier: Pro-Ject Phono Box DS2 USB; pickup: Ortofon ST-M 25; headphone amplifier: Pro-Ject Head Box S USB; head phones: Audioquest Nightowl)
4. The digital copy is then post-processed.
(Software: Audacity)
5. The record and all attachments are digitally photographed.
(Camera: Sony Alpha 5100; lens: Sony SELP1650; color separation and color correction: Tiffen color control patches and grayscale)
Setting of the photographic equipment
(Stand: Kaiser RS 2 CP; lighting: Kaiser RB 218N HF)
6. The digitized records and attachments are stored in an aging-resistent manner.
All photos: Linda Steppan
