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New Page for Rare Hits of Ilayaraaja

Topic started by Rex (@ pppa63-gainesville6-3r510.saturn.bbn.com) on Wed Feb 10 21:38:50 EST 1999.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

I have put up a new webpage with rare hits collection of Maestro Ilayaraaja. I will try to put those songs that are either not commonly found nor available in other TFM pages. Please visit:

http://www.members.tripod.com/ilayaraaja

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Responses:

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• From: Rex (@ pppa45-resalegainesvillefl1-3r1052.saturn.bbn.com) on: Sat Apr 10 10:33:28 EDT 1999
  
  Raj:
  
  I got you...what gives you the impression as regards to "Azhage Azhagu Devadai", is that the abrupt ending of the song...that is because as I said....it is not from a cassette...it is from a movie track....so when the clip comes close to 3:59, Madhavi says something like, "Enna Ragu....ellame paddiye..." something like that....So the song is over exactly at that clip (in the cassette it would have been more, I accept..may be another 5 seconds of verses).
  
  Unless i get my own copy of this song, I am helpless on this issue. Raj--I am happy to note that the quality has come out awesome for this song. This song including all 7 BGM tracks of RP gave me a tough time in encoding as all of them had terrible amount of noise...you know....when you play the video tape...you get a "hssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh" then some dialogue and again "hsssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhh" kind of thing....That really pulled my strains...
  
  Finally it is good to note that the quality is acceptable to guys like you.
  
  
• From: Raj (@ master.hyd.deshaw.com) on: Sat Apr 10 10:48:13 EDT 1999
  
  Rex: If you got this much quality from the video of the song, then HATS-OFF. Because it was TOO GOOD! Infact, the earlier download of this song I had done from another site was surely coded from the audio tape( becasue it had the complete song) and still, it sucks in comparison! This means only one thing- Your efforts are unmatcheable! You are right, it is only about 5 sec's at the end that is missing. I would gladly swap that for the quality of your site's version:))).
  About EVK, your info has doused my enthu a lot. Too Bad! I hope, wish and pray that u succeed in getting a copy in Malaysia or India
  
  And even Meettadha oru veenai was stupendous in quality. I think I had advised you earlier not to upload it because the Dinakaran version was quite good. But after hearing your version, I am glad you ignored my suggestion. Dinakaran is nowhere near the clarity of sound in your site! Great work , Rex. My hearty compliments, though they hardly suffice:))
  
  
  
• From: Raj (@ master.hyd.deshaw.com) on: Sat Apr 10 11:06:00 EDT 1999
  
  MS; Just caught up with OR(old Responses) and found I had wronged u by crediting request oF PaDa vanthathor gaanam to MSK. hereby I correct myself and thank you for requesting that song:))
  
  And MS, did u hear the 225th Upload...Oru Raagam tharaatha veenai. There seems to be a sound classical base..some variety of Kanada would be my uneducated guess. Can u clarify?
  
  
• From: Rex (@ pppa22-resalegainesvillefl1-3r1052.saturn.bbn.com) on: Sat Apr 10 11:23:19 EDT 1999
  
  Raj:
  
  In most of the sites what people do is that they just use some standard encoder and without even analyzing the dynamics and pattern of sound-graphs they just encode it as a RealAudio song. I do not do that. What I do is record the song patiently....see how the song looks like....right from pace to noise...then what I do is analyze the song in bits and pieces and hunt for particular portions where there is excessive noise. Now I have got so much experience in this field (again I am not an Elect.Engr but an Industrial Engineer) that after listenting to a song, I can say with all confidence the bitrate under which I am going to record this song and subsequently what bitrate I am going to use for RealAudio Encoding....
  
  That is the secret behind the high-quality songs in my site. Patience...Persistence and a charm for what you do....this is the secret behind the success of this site and the audio files.
  
  
• From: Rex (@ ppp-06-ts27.nerdc.ufl.edu) on: Sat Apr 10 11:24:39 EDT 1999
  
  Raj:
  
  In most of the sites what people do is that they just use some standard encoder and without even analyzing the dynamics and pattern of sound-graphs they just encode it as a RealAudio song. I do not do that. What I do is record the song patiently....see how the song looks like....right from pace to noise...then what I do is analyze the song in bits and pieces and hunt for particular portions where there is excessive noise. Now I have got so much experience in this field (again I am not an Elect.Engr but an Industrial Engineer) that after listenting to a song, I can say with all confidence the bitrate under which I am going to record this song and subsequently what bitrate I am going to use for RealAudio Encoding....
  
  That is the secret behind the high-quality songs in my site. Patience...Persistence and a charm for what you do....this is the secret behind the success of this site and the audio files.
  
  
• From: Raj (@ master.hyd.deshaw.com) on: Sat Apr 10 11:29:24 EDT 1999
  
  Rex: You have made me change my Lifelong principle that I wont ThudhiPaadufy anyone except Raja:))
  
  That gave some idea about your efforts... Just want u to know we sincerely appreciate your service-yes, thats what it is.
  
  
• From: Prasanna (@ 203.197.129.21) on: Sat Apr 10 13:09:38 EDT 1999
  
  Hai Rex:
  Thanks for uploading the song. THANX A LOT. But I'm not able to download the entire file! Only the link is getting downloaded. How do I get the complete realAudio file down here??
  THanx again
  Prasanna
  
  
• From: Prasanna (@ 203.197.129.21) on: Sat Apr 10 13:15:47 EDT 1999
  
  Rex:
  By the way, the female voice in Meetaadha is MAHALAKSHMI.I just read your response to Raj's comment on the qualiy of your audio files - Keep it up, man. YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
  
  Prasanna
  
  
• From: Raj (@ master.hyd.deshaw.com) on: Sat Apr 10 13:34:28 EDT 1999
  
  Prasanna: The trick is:
  1. Open the Link file in notepad
  2. You'll find something like
  http://members.tripod.com/rexarul/***.rm or ***.ra
  
  Copy and paste this in your browser. If it is IE, you'll now get the actual file downloaded to
  C:\Winnt\Temporary Internet Files.
  
  If it is netscape see C:\Temp
  
  
• From: Prasanna (@ 203.197.129.21) on: Sat Apr 10 13:46:20 EDT 1999
  
  Thanks for the tip Raj. I'll do it right away.
  
  
• From: MS (@ 129.252.22.112) on: Sat Apr 10 14:39:01 EDT 1999
  
  Raj,
  
  Neenga enna solreenganney puriyalai. Are you referrign to SM ?
  
  Rex
  
  When I try to encode the songs through G2 producer, I find that the song memory is somehwere around 2 - 2.5 MB. I shtere any wasy to reduce the size of the file ?
  
  
  
• From: MS (@ 129.252.22.112) on: Sat Apr 10 14:40:19 EDT 1999
  
  Oh hell lot of errors:-( Read :IS there any easy way to reduce the size of the file ?
  
  
• From: Rex (@ lab-194-135.circa.ufl.edu) on: Sat Apr 10 15:00:50 EDT 1999
  
  MS:
  
  I think you are trying to encode for the best rendition. But the problem is your audience is not restricted to LAN connection users.....Therefore you should try to concentrate 1000s of users who still have dial-up 28 Kbps modems.
  
  The problem of targetting this class of audience is that though you get a smaller file, the audio quality is often very poor. That is why you need to do a lot of homework to give the best quality audio file within that bitrate (say 16 Kbps or 20.7 Kbps).
  
  Choose this option -- 28 Kbps Users & MONO mode in RealProducer. Rule of thumb for size of file in 16 Kbps (Mono file) is 0.1 MB for each minute duration of the song clip.
  
  I use the `stone-age' time RealAudio Encoder in most cases (for 16 Kbps files). Because though the old encoder is a pain to encode, its output of a 16 Kbps file is much much better than the 16 Kbps file of RealProducer. This is what I have realized after prolonged experimentation with these 2 encoders.
  
  Am I clear?? I hope I have answered your question very much in detail.
  
  
• From: MS (@ 129.252.22.112) on: Sat Apr 10 15:03:50 EDT 1999
  
  That was informative Rex. Thanks.
  
  
• From: Sree (@ orchid.cs.concordia.ca) on: Sat Apr 10 17:39:16 EDT 1999
  
  Shankar:
  I saw Kadhal kavithai and liked the BGm when prashant looks for Isha's name in koil. I will record the ones you mentioned.
  Reg kalapani, the video cassette quality is very poor so unless i get a nice print i cannot record the BGM. Aathmaa is next on my list.
  Will update soon on this.
  
  Thanks.
  Sree
  
  
• From: Vignesh (@ midaspse142.library.mcgill.ca) on: Sat Apr 10 19:05:32 EDT 1999
  
  Rex:
  
  I went through your page. Wonderful songs with high quality sound. Liked it very much. I would like to know if new albums of IR can also be hosted.
  
  
• From: R.Balaji (@ 129.130.140.38) on: Sat Apr 10 19:19:08 EDT 1999
  
  Rex,
  You had promised to upload the "aadi pattum song" --eppadi yemathalama?
  
  
• From: Rex (@ ppp-10-ts29.nerdc.ufl.edu) on: Sat Apr 10 21:15:17 EDT 1999
  
  Balaji:
  
  I thought Shibu would upload it...Anyway Sorry...encoding is in progress....Check back after 2 hours (song is ready...telephone line is not ready!!)
  
  
• From: Rex (@ abd4095b.ipt.aol.com) on: Sat Apr 10 22:09:03 EDT 1999
  
  Balaji:
  
  Here you go:
  
  http://members.tripod.com/ilayaraaja/mmkr2.ram
  
  As mentioned earlier, 1/2 stanza will be missing in this song as it is in the end of the cassette. About 95% of the song is present. Hope you would not mind. Sorry for the delay
  
  
• From: R.Balaji (@ 129.130.140.38) on: Sat Apr 10 22:39:47 EDT 1999
  
  REX,
  Thanks a lot.
  
  
• From: Rex (@ abd4095b.ipt.aol.com) on: Sun Apr 11 00:14:18 EDT 1999
  
  THANKS!!!! RECORD NUMBER OF HITS...
  
  Shibu...as you were too eager to know about the latest stats....here you go....Record number of hits per day was registered on SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1999 with 300 hits/day. It surpassed previous all time high of 288 hits/day.
  
  Thanks a lot for your continued enthu.....hope you all have a good time and a good weekend at http://members.tripod.com/ilayaraaja/
  
  
• From: ShibuTN (@ pppa71-springfldpa3-2r271.saturn.bbn.com) on: Sun Apr 11 00:52:28 EDT 1999
  
  Hi REX,
  Thats great news. You provide the songs, we will provide the page hits.
  I will upload the Ponnumani songs today(Sunday).
  And also the PANDIAN and MARUPADIYUM songs.
  
  

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