SOS Past Issues on WebArchive.org

[BillB]

So how's it looking?

Utterly stunning

Just browsing and discovering stuff that I didn't know was there or had ever been covered by SOS.

Is it really only 24 hours since I said "it would be a good idea if" and "I could do it this really clunky way...."

This is an amazing addition to the SOS heritage, and adds greatly to the fabulous resource that is Muzines.

I hope SOS can link to it (or its final location) from the places where people look for back issues, reviews etc. Perhaps a link from Muzines too?

Running out of praise terminology.... Very well done, Desmond

[muzines]

Thanks - Well, it's a proof of concept, anyway, to see what we are dealing with.

We really need to see what the PTB would like done with it, but at least we've started the ball rolling...

[Hugh Robjohns]

I don't think the forum is the ideal location, and not least because the forum software is apparently on its knees with the amount of content it already has (hence the planned post culls).

I think the best place for this would be a dedicated page within the main SOS website, so it can be integrated with the site search engine more efficiently, and where casual site surfers would expect to find it.

I gather Ian will be in contact to discuss options with you.

Amazing work though, fantastic effort!

[BillB]

Just spotted something where a bit of editing would help. On the Reviews / People / Techniques listings, particularly with the Techniques where there are multiple parts (e.g. Synth Secrets)
a) the reference titles were not always written the same way, so appear out of sequence e.g.: some in CAPS, some not; some use 'and', some use '&'; where they are numbered parts they should ideally be 01~09, 10, 11 etc, rather than 1~9, 10, 11 etc.

All of these force the lists out of sequence and, I am sure, will offend your order-seeking brain as much as mine

Still fab, though

Glad to hear Hugh's suggestion that this may have a more permanent home than the Forum. It adds greatly to SOS's heritage and usefulness, so deserves it.

[muzines]

All sounds good to me!

Note - you can remove the post for now if necessary - it was a work in progress to help us decide what to do about it, and seems to have fulfilled that purpose!

[muzines]

All of these force the lists out of sequence and, I am sure, will offend your order-seeking brain as much as mine

They do, believe me.

When I was trying different sorting options, some of the lack of consistency in these meant things weren't ideal and I couldn't do somethings that would otherwise be nice, but it's not really my task to fix those things, however much I wanted to!

In any case, this exposes these things, which is useful. It maybe that the ultimate form of the index is different, anyway...

[Hugh Robjohns]

I've removed desmond's work-in-progress index from the Feedback forum pending the imminent launch of a dedicated page that he has put together with Ian G on the main SOS website....

Standby for more information!

[Forum Admin]

Thanks to some speedy work by our very own hero desmond, I've created two web pages to host desmond's wonderful Wayback Machine Index of SOS Articles from January 1994 to December 2001.

Index - By Issue | 1994 - 2001

Index - All Articles | 1994 - 2001

The articles link to their Wayback Machine version if they are available (sample libraries etc were never on the early SOS website). Searching is best done using your browser's on-page search function.

desmond and I will investigate ways of working together to get the missing articles back onto this soundonsound.com site as fast as we can.

[Hugh Robjohns]

[muzines]

Thanks to some speedy work by our very own hero desmond, I've created two web pages to host desmond's wonderful Wayback Machine Index of SOS Articles from January 1994 to December 2001.

Index - By Issue | 1994 - 2001

Index - All Articles | 1994 - 2001

Searching is best done using your browser's on-page search function.

desmond and I will investigate ways of working together to get the missing articles back onto this soundonsound.com site as fast as we can.

Thanks for sorting this out so quickly Ian, and thanks to Bill for the idea to do this in the first place.

It's nice to get some quick wins to restoring access to archive content, and this will hopefully help in the (hopefully) short term until all this stuff comes home...

[BillB]

Fabulous! Thank you, Desmond and Ian, far more and far better than we could have hoped for.

I note that the venerable Synth Secrets listing has been tweaked with links to SOS rather than webarchive. Nice touch.

Endless thanks (+ donation to Muzines overdue, to be remedied). I will be taking some time to go over these listings to see/recall this mine of information from a golden period of SOS / music tech.

[muzines]

Fabulous! Thank you, Desmond and Ian, far more and far better than we could have hoped for.

I'm tempted to say "Hold my beer..." but for now will just say thanks!

Endless thanks (+ donation to Muzines overdue, to be remedied).

That's very nice of you - thank you very much, I really appreciate it!