Digital Download of Sw. Paramatmananda talks

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I've made an offer to the ashram, which was forwarded to the

California ashram about doing digital conversion of Sw. P's

cassettes. I don't know if they're in the works 'there' at MAC, but

should hear back eventually.

 

To have them available for download from sites like ITunes, there's a

service (tunecore.com) that does distribution for music and spoken

word albums. It would need to be in the AAC format, etc. If the

ashram is not interested, I plan to do a basic quickie conversion for

myself to Mp3 format (to wav first).

 

I've tested tape #30 (Amma's Vedanta). My current software for

converting to AAC format makes the talk sound like a bad streaming

audio with all the swirling hiss in the background. Plus, I

re-mastered the audio by balancing any major changes in volume, added

a little bit of noise reduction (complete noise gate sounded bad) and

a touch of medium room reverb for a spatial 3-D effect, and adjusted

the EQ for clarity. It sounds a lot better, but there's only so much

that can be done with distorted sections. Either way, each tape

would need to be broken up into smaller tracks like a CD, and a new

" square " album cover designed.

 

I would need to get different software that allows changing the

settings for AAC conversion if I did this seva. Even so, for quality,

it may be best to put it in mp3 format if the swirling hiss

can't be done away with.

 

If the ashram is not interested, I may be able to provide mp3's for

devotees and have them pay through Ebay Giving Works or similar. The

main difference is that my mp3 conversion will have fewer, unlabeled

tracks (ie part 1, 2, etc.) and not divided by topic but for size

only. I'd try to do the other re-mastering stuff, too.

 

I'll post later when I get a response from them.

tom