SOS Technical Glossary

[Hugh Robjohns]

I am pleased to report that the SOS Technical Glossary has been found in the back of a cupboard, dusted off, and slotted back into the online archives.

https://www.soundonsound.com/sound-advi ... ical-terms
or
https://www.soundonsound.com/glossary

You can find it by typing Glossary into the search engine, and its terms should come up in search results.

There are plans to develop this resource substantially in the future, too... but in the meantime, we welcome any suggestions for other terms to be added.

[ConcertinaChap]

[The Korff]

When's the audiobook coming out?

[Dave B]

Suggestion : Given that we are trying to use it correctly these days, Polarity could do with an entry. And possibly a 'see Polarity' addition to Phase.

[Hugh Robjohns]

Good point...

[Martin Walker]

...but on the Flip side

[Hugh Robjohns]

I've added a few new entries to the technical glossary today, and I've a few more still to come...

[Dr R]

Thanks.
Have already spent 15 minutes browsing and learned a few new things
Please do add "Updated August 2017" to the posting date 'Published May 2003', so people who find it other than from this thread know it isn't stale content.

[Forum Admin]

Thanks.
Have already spent 15 minutes browsing and learned a few new things
Please do add "Updated August 2017" to the posting date 'Published May 2003', so people who find it other than from this thread know it isn't stale content.

Fair point. I just allocated it to the currently oldest past issue, whilst we develop a different way to offer the Glossary (all articles have to have a month/year issue publication date associated with them). I've changed it to the latest issue, so it now says September. (I'll update it every time we publish a new web issue.)

We've also added a GLOSSARY button on the grey secondary navigation menu on the home page, which everyone should bookmark, of course.

[Kwackman]

We've also added a GLOSSARY button on the grey secondary navigation menu on the home page,

That's going to be very useful, thanks.

[The Korff]

I wonder if there's some clever way of making it so that the first time a word that's in the glossary gets mentioned in an online article, it can be hovered over to show the glossary definition...?

[Forum Admin]

I wonder if there's some clever way of making it so that the first time a word that's in the glossary gets mentioned in an online article, it can be hovered over to show the glossary definition...?

You want the earth Chris. Unfortunately, the web team have more pressing demands in the coming months to sort before we can look into such niceties.

There will be ways to achieve it, and there are sites who use such linking practices to promote related advertising (personally, I avoid such articles like the plague) -- they usually show as dotted underlined words.

[Guest271017]

Don't know if I'm surprised, sad or chuffed there isn't a 'mashedmitten - Wanker' entry under M.

[Forum Admin]

Don't know if I'm surprised, sad or chuffed there isn't a 'mashedmitten - Wanker' entry under M.

Be careful what you wish for... dreams CAN come true.

[slewin49]

Don't know if I'm surprised, sad or chuffed there isn't a 'mashedmitten - Wanker' entry under M.

If you're claiming that as your main technical expertise then this is probably not the glossary that you'll be appearing in.

Steve

[Guest271017]

Don't know if I'm surprised, sad or chuffed there isn't a 'mashedmitten - Wanker' entry under M.

If you're claiming that as your main technical expertise then this is probably not the glossary that you'll be appearing in.

Steve

Na, just a pastime.

[Guest]

Hobnob seems to be missing.

[Drew Stephenson]

Verb or noun?

[Guest271017]

Verb or noun?

Glad someone else said it. I'd have gotten 3 PMs by now.

[Zukan]

Hugh, you missed out:

'Producer's vacant look after mix'

[Hugh Robjohns]

[wireman]

I am pleased to report that the SOS Technical Glossary has been found in the back of a cupboard, dusted off, and slotted back into the online archives.
...
There are plans to develop this resource substantially in the future, too... but in the meantime, we welcome any suggestions for other terms to be added.

Belatedly and hurried (as I just noticed this interesting post) here are some comments...

• Algorithm
  
  First definition is not correct.
  
  An algorthm is a sequence of instructions describing how to perform a task, often implemented in a computer language and compiled into a computer program. For example Quicksort is an algorithm for sorting data.
• Computer
  I think it is much more than the definition provided.
• Data Reduction
  The text describes compression (of data) rather than any other data reduction techniques. So perhaps move it to a compression (data) entry.
• File
  A container for stored digital data that usually has a meaningful name which it can be accessed by. ...
• Initialize
  I don't think so, this could just return a device to a startup state with new settings that were not a factory default.
• K
  should be lower case
• MB
  10- (SI units) or 2-based depending on context, MiB is a more recent tern to help disambiguate this in computing contexts.
• Moving Coil
  Also the moving coil phono cartridge.
• Near Field
  Also used to describe the distance from a sound source or a device to be used at that position (for example a microphone)
• Nyquist Theorem]
  Why concentrate on aliasing, isn't the point that this frequency is what is required to reproduce the original signal?
• Reverberation Time
  Add a definition for this.

[Hugh Robjohns]

Thanks -- useful feedback. I'll take a look at incorporating these ideas tomorrow.

H

[Watchmaker]

Brilliant.

Under Audio Interface perhaps an update for Thunderbolt, AVB and Dante protocols is warranted?