Sound On Sound article: Why & How To Partition Your Music PC Hard Drive

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fan

2005-05-13 21:59:36 UTC

I just stopped by a newstand, only to find that the price of the May
issue of "Sound on Sound" magazine costs $10! Needless to say, I
passed.

Would someone please post the May Sound On Sound article, "Why & How
To Partition Your Music PC Hard Drive PC Musician"?

Thanks in advance...

Gentle Agreement

2005-05-14 13:52:17 UTC

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Post by fan
I just stopped by a newstand, only to find that the price of the May
issue of "Sound on Sound" magazine costs $10! Needless to say, I
passed.
Would someone please post the May Sound On Sound article, "Why & How
To Partition Your Music PC Hard Drive PC Musician"?
Thanks in advance...

Hey - wait a few months and it'll be on their site free of charge. The
price to see it sooner is......a mere 10 dollars!

PF Riley

2005-05-14 15:57:21 UTC

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Hi, I saw something I wanted but it cost $10! Needless to say, I
passed.

Would someone please steal it for me instead?

Thanks in advance...

Rodger Raino

2005-05-14 19:25:37 UTC

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Granted SOS is pretty pricey. But their stroies are very informative and
detailed. What I like about them is that they go beyond articles on what you
"can" do, and get into "why" you might want to do something in a specific
way. They always have columns of tips for Cubase, Reason, PCs, Macs etc.
I'd give it a VERY high bang for the buck rating. I picked up a discounted
subscription through audiomidi.com (not currently offered), which lessened
the pain - so keep an eye open for deals.

Someone else posted that you could see it later on their web site, but I
don't think that is true. While the current and past issues are posted, you
need to have an account to read them. And you get the acount with a
subscription.

Gentle Agreement

2005-05-14 23:58:21 UTC

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Post by Rodger Raino
Someone else posted that you could see it later on their web site, but I
don't think that is true. While the current and past issues are posted, you
need to have an account to read them. And you get the acount with a
subscription.

I posted that. No offence mate but....check your facts, maybe. You need
the account to read articles which appeared in the magazine in the last six
months or so. (I think as far back as October's edition). Anything before
that is free. It's a good deal and anyone who rips them off is a bit low,
in my opinion.

fan

2005-05-15 01:13:09 UTC

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On Sun, 15 May 2005 00:58:21 +0100, "Gentle Agreement"

Post by Gentle Agreement
You need
the account to read articles which appeared in the magazine in the last six
months or so. (I think as far back as October's edition). Anything before
that is free. It's a good deal and anyone who rips them off is a bit low,
in my opinion.

After educating myself more about "Sound on Sound", I agree that it's
worth the money. Having never heard of *any* magazine more expensive
than about $6, and having never heard of SoS until Rodger Raino's very
helpful reply three days ago, I was indeed skeptical. However, it
seems far more informative than Electronic Musician or Keyboard (both
of which I receive free) for those of us setting up a PC-based home
recording studio.

I appreciate the helpful replies, and shall be subscribing to Sound on
Sound. Any suggestions as to how to stay informed about possible
discount subscription offers, such as audioMIDI.com's now-expired
offer?

Again, thanks to all for the education...

Rodger Raino

2005-05-15 19:08:33 UTC

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As much as I hate to admit it, it was some spam from audiomidi that cought
my eye (well it really isn't spam if you want to reade it, but...). I'd
gotten a free copy somewhere and was impressed. Then I looked at the full
price subscription rate and though "not now". Shortly after that the
audiomidi off came to my inbox, and it was only cheap by comparison (still
way more than EM etc.). So for me it was pretty much dumb luck in the
timing. Audiomidi ran the offfer for a couple of months - maybe they can
still get that rate for you if you ask. I just checke and it was $39.

Post by fan
I appreciate the helpful replies, and shall be subscribing to Sound on
Sound. Any suggestions as to how to stay informed about possible
discount subscription offers, such as audioMIDI.com's now-expired
offer?
Again, thanks to all for the education...

Rodger Raino

2005-05-15 18:53:48 UTC

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I stand corrected. Guess I never tried to access articles older than 6
months, I think I've only seen the "esub" button next to articles.
I think it is great they only restrict the access while the stories are
recent, but then let everyone look at their archive.

Post by Gentle Agreement

Post by Rodger Raino
Someone else posted that you could see it later on their web site, but I
don't think that is true. While the current and past issues are posted,

you

Post by Rodger Raino
need to have an account to read them. And you get the acount with a
subscription.

Gentle Agreement

2005-05-15 19:33:58 UTC

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Post by Rodger Raino
I stand corrected. Guess I never tried to access articles older than 6
months, I think I've only seen the "esub" button next to articles.
I think it is great they only restrict the access while the stories are
recent, but then let everyone look at their archive.

I think it's also the case that the six month cut-off point allows free
access to articles which are still very much relevant. There's so much good
stuff in that archive that I really do think it would be mean to cast SOS as
anything other than very helpful.

Their forum is excellent as well - I think you might have to be a subscriber
to ask questions but you can learn a LOT from browsing through other
people's questions and the well informed answers.

I suppose it is quite an expensive buy - although only about the same as a
pack of cigarettes in high tax U.K. - but their articles do have a lot of
meat to them and I constantly find myself referring back to editions years
after they first appeared. Well worth the subscription if you can run to
it, I'd say.

Captain Black

2005-05-15 16:55:13 UTC

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I haven't read it, but I would guess that you partition the disk with music
files on one side and system files on another. It's pretty easy to do on a
clean system.