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During the long history of the development of sound recording technology, a large number of recordings have been made for academic purposes in various fields, as well as for amusement purposes. In utilizing those sound materials, however, there is a serious problem that early recording media such as wax cylinders and analog disks are less robust and have been, or can be, damaged easily by poor preservation conditions, careless handling and repeated reproductions. As a solution to such a problem, we have developed optical reproduction methods for old recording media: a laser-beam reflection method for wax cylinders, a laser diffraction method for old disc records, and an extension of the laser-beam reflection method for negative cylinders. Principles and properties of these methods are described.
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Uozumi, J., Asakura, T. (1999). Optical Methods for Reproducing Sounds from Old Phonograph Records. In: Asakura, T. (eds) International Trends in Optics and Photonics. Springer Series in OPTICAL SCIENCES, vol 74. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48886-6_25
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