Wonder if anybody is interested in excerpts from an Asha Bhosle interview that Ameen Sayani had recorded in 1996...
I managed to record it a few days ago, but had to sacrifice a favourite cassette, which was the only one at hand.

Stop wondering Romji!!!!!!!!!! Say the word Asha and U need not wonderif I will be interested!!!!!!!!!!! Please ul them. I think AS played a few snippets in the later interview uled here right?
Looking forward to it.
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I knew that you, for one, might be interested!

In the interview, Ashaji talks about how RD Burman first came to her to get her autographs, talks about Mukesh, Rafi and Kishore Kumar... about SDB, RDB, Lata... several other people. Also, six MDs give their tributes to Ashaji. (Naushad saab, just a few years after insulting her voice, is practically reciting verses praising her voice's purity!)
I'm sure you'd like it very much.

But there are wheels within wheels. You see, I found that I possessed no cassettes at all, and thus had to erase one. It had some splendid Kishore Kumar songs. This has left me extremely unhappy, and I find that I'd be happy (and in a proper frame of mind to upload the interview) if I can get the movie 'Do Dooni Char'. I'd be willing to receive either a CD or even a tape of the movie. Thanks!

And before even that, I'd need to learn how to convert stuff from cassettes into mp3 files.

rom:

Look up post #27 at:
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=8999&st=15

I think the tributes of the mDs and the Naushad bit are there in the later interview right? Apart from Naushad's 'bazaaru' remark, ASha mentions that when she sang for Umrao Jaan a senior MD told her I did not know U sang this well which hurt her terribly as he had known her from the beginning--I wonder if that was Naushad too? Well every MD talks that way as if she was the greatest thing that happened to them but they all gave their best to Lata. Maybe they were rather shy to approach so perfect a singer!!!!



Let me get this right--U want me to give U a movie in exchange for the interview? Who acts in Do Dooni Char? Is it available? More importantly where do U live????



I do not know which link unni has given--too lazy to check it out--but that is easy--plug in the line out/mic of Ur tape rec to the line in of the comp--in sound rec of the comp check stereo mix in recording and hen open Ur recording sw and set it as line in/mic in and mp3 bitrate U want. That's it!!!!

No Priya-ji, the tributes of the MDs were recorded in 1972, when Ashaji completed 25 years as a playback singer (though she had sung earlier when a child, when she was 11-12).


No, I don't want to exchange anything... It was just a joke.
I'd be only too happy to share the interview, if and when I manage to convert it into an mp3 file.
Yes, I want someone to give me this movie. No, it's not available.

Thanks for your help, Unniji... Actually, what I was looking for was some practical tips. I've tried this stuff before, and the result was pathetic. I'd used the conversion feature in a CD writing software.

But tell us who acts in the film. Will keep an eye out for it.




What practical tips? The first time I converted from cass I got stuff at cdq--then I tried after a yr and forgot how to and got horrendous results!!!!
BTW I always find mic in a better option for cass and line in for vcds.
Unni tell us more abt removing noise. I have so many songs to clean and haven't a clue.

I'll tell you what I do with the software I have.

1) Record from the audio-cassette in MONO

2) Convert it to STEREO (splits the track into two channels with resultant two 'thinner' tracks)

3) "NORMALIZE" the tracks (restores to original "thickness" the 'breadth" of each channel).

4) Listen to it in SONIC FOUNDRY and usually "SOFTEN" the track marginally to reduce the tape hiss (with mid-setting). Delete any tape hiss before/after the song. Also occasionally use "FADE IN" at the beginning of the song and "FADE OUT" at the end.

5) Listen to the track in MusicMatch JukeBox and remove any pop/crackle, then adjust volume to DEFAULT.

In my experience, MusicMatch is not very effective in removing pop/crackle. I use another program called "DePopper", but that came with the unit I bought as the intermediary external hardware unit for copying from cassette to computer.

Sometimes, the program to remove the pop/crackle gets over-enthusiastic and distorts the sound. In which case I reject that track and revert to the earlier one.

If a recording is particularly bad, with a lot of disturbance, the FILTER function helps. But, for me at least, this is a 'trial and error' method with the various settings.

So now you have an idea of the time and effort it takes to provide you a song.

BE GRATEFUL!

But at least, you don't ask for CDQ of uncommon songs!

Which is?



What is the catch in recording directly as stereo?



Ah I love fat tracks!!!! Unni U are talking to a layman/woman/ (or myth if U still think I am Shurpi!!!!)



I do not have SF It expired and will not revive despite all my devious tricks.
How much does the thing cost--lagta hai use khareedna padega.



MMJB has edit features????? Lord why haven't I seen any till now? In which world am I?



Unni aapke pair kahan hai (I mean feet not one of the dumb trio) Is that grateful enough?



Ah I am teaching U how to be grateful for small mercies!!!!

Ok aise. BTW why did U say it is better to record from a walkman?




U mean it is ut of my reach? I have loads of songs to edit. No use blinking here as most of them are by another singer. Not U???? U have washed Ur hands off me????? Hey Bhagwan tumne yeh din dikhane ke liye is abhagan ko zinda rakha!!!!
Oh do not mind me--I just love those melodramatic dialogues of our Ma.s in Hindi films!!!!!



Mono-chrome AB world!!!!!!!!!! There are more colours in AB's world than all the worlds put together
Pradeep had promised me a tutorial on goldwave which he uses and I have and is free Must remind him.

PS I see Sajjadbhai reading the topic--jahan mujhe chedne ka mauka mile aa jaate hain.

Where is Anurag these days? But a walkman? I should try that out though fail to see the logic.



What is it with U and asses today????? Ass as in the animal. And why are U calling me a bear? Reech!!!
BTW wrong place to share it but just thot of it. I was correcting a set of papers (Univ stuff --degree students). Now most of them learn answers by heart from stupid guides. There was this sentence--the author in the essay compares and asseses the eating habits of man and animals (Pablo Neruda does so in a poem!!!). One kid actually wrote this as an opening to his essay.
"The author in this essay compares the asses of man and animals"!!!!!!!!
Univ papers are fun--so many dunces appear for them. I learnt a lot abt animals through them. i learnt that elephants pray before eating (a mix up somehow with prey--not that elephants have any). I also learnt that some leopards clean their teeth after eating while others clean their surroundings!!!! All from that ill-fated poem of poor Neruda!!! Guess what one kid called the poetess Sylvia Plath? Saliva Plath!!!!!
But enough digressing.



Virgos along with librans are the most intelligent signs in the zodiac. Now why did I mention Librans



OOOPPPPS again. It was not me who was the focus of attention!!!! Main bhi kitni tubelight hoon!!!!
P_signing off gaily!!!!!!!!

Touche'!