SOUND ON SOUND

[Dan LB]

I can't for the life of me find the Synth Secrets articles by Gordon Reid. Am I not searching properly or are they not up yet on the new forum?

PS: congrats on the new site! I appreciate all the hard graft that has gone into getting it up and running :thumbup:

Dan

Post edited 08 March 2018 by Forum Admin:

Click for all 63 Parts from May 1999 to July 2004.

[desmond]

You can access it here (for now) from an archive of the old site:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160403115 ... ecrets.htm

Articles back to 2005 have been done for the new site, older ones are coming (Synth Secrets was 2001-2003 ish) - so they will be back, it will just take a bit of time.

So don't panic! ;)

[Hugh Robjohns]

Yep -- What Desmond said.

The archive articles have to be reformatted and the metadata updated to work in the new site, which takes a lot of time. So far the team have worked back to around 2005/6 and they will continue right back to the oldest digital articles we have from 1994... but it will take some time to finish and they are all pretty busy polishing the new site at the moment.

So no, it's not a searching problem, it's a content MIA problem! ;) It will be back.

H

[Dan LB]

Thanks Desmond and Hugh. Much appreciated!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

[Martin Walker]

Three thumbs up Smilies?

Well that's a first for the new SOS Forums! 8-)

And here's another - bye for now! :wave: :wave: :wave:

Isn't this fun?


Martin

[Dan LB]

Yeah I'm liking the thumbs up smilie :thumbup:

And this one :geek:

I miss the bouncy grin and angel ones though :evil:

[zenguitar]

:lolno: :shh: :silent: :wtf: :crazy: :clap: :angel:

Some wonderful new smilies when you try the 'view more smilies' link when you post :D

Andy :beamup:

[Forum Admin]

I miss the bouncy grin and angel ones though :evil:

They were there during beta-testing... when I get a spare life, I'll hunt them down and slay them with my... I mean, I'll try to upload them to the gremlins/smilies directory (that's a 'folder' in Mac-speak). :SOS:

[nathanscribe]

I notice a couple of these articles are back up again - but I'm confused by the search engine. Is there a way to look for all the Synth Secrets articles that only brings up that particular series?

[Hugh Robjohns]

I notice a couple of these articles are back up again - but I'm confused by the search engine. Is there a way to look for all the Synth Secrets articles that only brings up that particular series?

The archive work is progressing steadily, but so far it's only got back as far as March 2004. Synth Secrets started in May 1999 and ran through to July 2004, so there are only five articles from the series on the new website at the moment. A search for Synth Secrets, filtered by article does find all those currently on the site.

March 2004
http://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/ ... gan-part-3

April 2004
http://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/ ... al-effects

May 2004
http://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/ ... sis-delays

June 2004
http://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/ ... sis-delays

July 2004
http://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/ ... red-button

If you want the rest, you'll need to go to the web-archive for the time being:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160403115 ... ecrets.htm

H

[nathanscribe]

Thanks Hugh. So, searching under Articles using the phrase "synth secrets" (in quotes) and then filtering by Technique in the tickbox list is currently how to find these? I can't find a way to find only the articles in a specific series.

[Forum Admin]

Thanks Hugh. So, searching under Articles using the phrase "synth secrets" (in quotes) and then filtering by Technique in the tickbox list is currently how to find these? I can't find a way to find only the articles in a specific series.

There is no way to find only a specific series at present.

Search query link for "Synth Secrets" articles

This search query URL will always list Synth Secrets articles, BUT it also lists anything that references synth secrets in its title, subtitle or body text. Bookmark it.

We have to add past issues one issue at a time and simply cannot add the 63 parts of Synth Secrets alone.

There's lots of nice-to-have functions we have still to build for this new site, but other things keep taking priority unfortunately. They'll come in time.

Meanwhile, all of the parts are archived on the Wayback Machine site here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160403115 ... ecrets.htm

[nathanscribe]

There's lots of nice-to-have functions we have still to build for this new site, but other things keep taking priority unfortunately. They'll come in time.

Meanwhile, all of the parts are archived on the Wayback Machine site here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160403115 ... ecrets.htm

I understand it's a massive job – I'm just glad any of this stuff is here at all! Thanks for keeping all this material on the go. :clap:

[Forum Admin]

I notice a couple of these articles are back up again - but I'm confused by the search engine. Is there a way to look for all the Synth Secrets articles that only brings up that particular series?

You'll be glad to learn that a few days ago we finished adding all 63 Parts of Synth Secrets to this SOS site. We've also added a new search category called 'Synth Secrets' which you can see in the righthand filter sidebar on the Search page.

But this link will list all 63 Parts from May 1999 to July 2004. Enjoy!

[desmond]

It's funny, I just noticed these were up not an hour before this post, as I went back through the archive and saw that many of the early issues just had the Synth Secrets articles done.

Well done Ian - I can't imagine how much work it takes to go through these issues and format the content to get them online.

Oh wait... actually I can..! ;) :headbang:

Great to get these extremely popular articles back in an accessible form! :thumbup: :clap: