https://www.danhockstein.com/home daily 0.75 2020-11-04 https://www.danhockstein.com/hello daily 1.0 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cacba4451f4d44e3bd44114/e4c64ee9-8b36-4377-9b20-270ae3a1438d/me_2025 Home - Hi! I’m Dan. I have a personal and professional interest in the digitization and preservation of cultural heritage, with an emphasis on legacy audiovisual materials. I am passionate about preserving resources that allow us to document our past for the future. My work is rooted in a lifetime of making, sharing, and talking about music and media. https://www.danhockstein.com/whathaveidone daily 0.75 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cacba4451f4d44e3bd44114/1606334825666-H07A7UPJ6OYQBPBB2O74/beanie_azimuth.jpg Work Adjusting cassette head azimuth before digitization. Standard audiocassettes are often transferred in parallel (>1 at once) due to the format’s generally predictable nature. Photo by Andrew Crook, 2019 - when I let my hair grow out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cacba4451f4d44e3bd44114/3a268b7e-71df-4eeb-995b-ee1d2d302deb/avmpi_3120.jpeg Work - Make it stand out This lab came together over the course of a year, supporting in-house transfer of multiple open-reel tape formats, DAT, and compact audiocassette. Open-reel tape and DAT were digitized in a single-stream, while cassette transfers were performed up to 8 at once. Tasks included acqusition and specification of equipment, treatment and layout of the room, and digitization workflow development that maximized throughput and ergonomics within a given budget. A former storage closet, this was one of three labs I was tasked with during my time at Smithsonian. https://www.danhockstein.com/callmebeepmeifuwannareachme daily 0.75 2021-02-22