After 4-5 years of use most drives will start to be at risk for failure.
An 8TB drive is running about $200 from my favorite online retailer. Hard drive costs are continually going down a 4TB is a bit over $100 USD and is as much storage as most normal people will need. It is always a good idea to back up your data. I have been spending most of my spare time over the past few weeks slowly transferring the data to another drive, with the help of an excellent app called "Disk Warrior." Very little data will wind up being lost, but it has been a very very slow process and there has been little or no extra time for working on the blog. Unfortunately one of my hard disks developed a malfunction. The files were provided by Dimeadozen member “UncleMeat.” This was recorded in 1973 by “The French Gentleman” and audio restoration was undertaken by Richard. Maybe somewhere in Paris, in the archives of the national broadcaster, there is the complete concert - but that would have required an engineer at the concert with a recorder as well as the desire to document this wonderful music. Unfortunately, the broadcast seemed to be live in real time and was concluded before Alla Rakha’s tabla solo (as well as the rest of the concert) could be broadcast. There is mid-range warmth and very little distortion.
I was extremely concerned about possible severe distortion, but after removing clicks and ticks with the excellent app “ClickRepair,” and then (de-)amplifying the file by -6dB and applying much more aggressive EQ than usual, I was able to get a very nice sounding result. The original audio files, recorded by the reclusive, somewhat mysterious man known only as “The French Gentleman,” were in mono and were brickwalled. Here is the original info file I shared a few weeks ago on the "Dimeadozen" website, which is devoted to sharing previously unissued live recordings:Ġ2 Raga Kaushi Kanada (with radio announcer at the end) (34:34)Ġ3 Tabla solo in rupak taal (interrupted by announcer) (08:52)įm > reel-to-reel (mono, 1st gen) > wav > flacįlac -> wav -> click repair (click and buzz removal) -> audacity (EQ, minimal compression, DC offset, normalization) -> flac and mp3(xAct) There is a spontaneity of such live performances which cannot be replicated in the studio. We have many documents of Ravi ji in the studio in the 1970s, but relatively few of him live in concert in the 1960s and 1970s. I find it a shame that such broadcasts are not more freely available. Had the French Gentleman not been home that night to record the radio broadcast with his reel-to-reel recorder, we probably wouldn't be hearing the performance, as truncated as it is. This offer is an example of the last category. This will include three kinds of recordings: mixing board recordings by sound engineers, open air recordings by members of an audience, and also FM broadcasts captured by enthusiasts at home. These will be starting to appear within a day or so.Įventually I will be starting a new blog devoted to live, unofficial recordings of Hindustani and Carnatic music. This is also the last of my posts before I start up again with vinyl and cassette transfers. Here is another (the last) recording made by "The French Gentleman" of Indian Classical music broadcast on French radio in the 1970s.
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