Jukebox: Improving the usability of vinyl records

Jukebox: Improving the usability of vinyl records

Verburg, J.J.P.

Van Ninaber Eyben, B. (mentor)
Verwaal, M. (mentor)

Industrial Design Engineering

Industrial Design

Master of Science Integrated Product Design

2010-12-03

This jukebox is designed for disc jockeys and music collectors. The system uses the completely manual Technics sl 1200 turntable to automatically play up to twenty 12inch records from a storage rack. The Technics is used because it is the tool of the trade (for DJ’s) since 1979 and it is indestructible. It also has excellent sound quality which cannot be said about many modern record players. DJ’s and music collectors still buy and listen to vinyl record for; the sound quality, the big sleeves, the exclusivity, the tactility, the collectability and the fact that 80% of all music made before 1970 is not available on digital formats. Vinyl is the only physical music format for which the sales figures go up every year (for the past ten years). Many people in the music industry think vinyl is the only physical music format that will survive the digital revolution. Although many people enjoy vinyl records one of the biggest problems with this format is the fact that you have to flip the record at least every 15 minutes. This is especially cumbersome when digitalizing your records collection of ten thousand records, or when you are a DJ and you end up digitalizing 20 new records every week. The vinyl is digitalized for use on the iPod or DJing in a club. The Jukebox plays side A & B of twenty records in a programmable order. When connected to a computer it is possible to record up to 7 hours of music with the touch of one button. For this project a working prototype was build.

mechatronics
prototype

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Campus only

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2010 Verburg, J.J.P.