Could I just remind folks......
....that discussion of any equipment, which predates 1990, should be posted and carried out in the vintage section, 'Past Masters': http://theartofsound.net/forum/forum...5-Past-Masters
I've just had to move three threads this morning, all of which should've been posted there, instead of here in Blank Canvas.
It's important that ALL members, old and new, use the various areas of the forum properly, by *reading* the description, under each 'room', of the specific topics that should be discussed there, instead of just posting new threads, willy-nilly, in any location where it suits, for laziness or quickness, thinking that if it's wrong, one of the mods or I will move it... :nono:
And incidentally, that applies throughout the forum, so please *think* and *look*, before you post a new thread, that it's being put where it should be put. It's up to YOU to get it right, as believe it or not, the mods and I have many other things to do, apart from moving threads around... ;)
Thanks in advance! :thumbsup:
Marco.
How to decide where threads should go
The other thing I'd ask members consider, is how they decide what a topic of discussion is essentially about... For example (and this one crops up all the time), does a discussion about the process involved in making vinyl recordings go into Analogue Art or Musical Compositions?
Well, that's a tricky one, and of course open to individual interpretation. In realty, both are probably acceptable. However, the thing to always try and remember is this:
Is the topic essentially or fundamentally about software, i.e. the music itself and/or the process of producing it, or hardware, the equipment involved in reproducing the music. *That* is the judgement criteria you should use when ascertaining where threads should be posted.
Now, as 'Analogue Art' is supposed to contain discussions SOLELY relating to hardware, the 'correct' answer to the above question is that such a thread should be posted in the music room, because it's more likely that the subsequent discussion will centre around MUSIC (and the processes involved in making it), than HI-FI equipment. There are also many other examples I could provide of this type of thing.
And if thread drift occurs (as often happens here), and said discussion evolves into one more about hi-fi (the equipment/hardware), than music, then we, as admin and moderators can either step in and ask that the thread returns back on topic, or if we decide that doing so would stifle, or even end the discussion, then we simply move it to a more appropriate area of the forum. The key thing, in order to make any forum work, is always to try and PROMOTE discussion, letting things flow and getting people talking, not stifling or killing it.
That's OUR job though, not yours, and part of what running a successful forum is about. It's up to YOU GUYS, however, to use yer noggins and try to put stuff in the right place to begin with...! Hey, whoever said that you shouldn't have to sing for your supper? :eyebrows: ;)
Marco.