Anderton
No, it's not the malcontents who are pushing me into the background. This forum remains someplace where if I was filthy rich, I'd fly all the regulars to a party. That would include you 

Do they even make hovercars that big?

Hoverbus?!

Ohhh... :-(
The e-Zine was my monthly highlight. Very helpful and interesting information in one document.
Especially the case studies are very helpful to see the business a bit more holistically.
As I wrote before somewhere in the forum i noticed that I got no more newsletter-eMails
(including the advertisement for the e-zine) since I bought my SPLAT lifetime updates. Could this
be a reason for the reduced coverage, too? However, an alternative e-mailaddress of mine gets these
newsletters - strangely enough...
Best regards to the best bakers in the world
Keep on going!

belltunes
I think dropping the e-zine is a big mistake. Always looked forward to these! Thanks for all the hard work putting this out Craig!

+1
 

bluesplayer
CW/LANCE, PLEASE, no multi-media, noisy, distracting, over hyped videos that I have to sit and watch for 15-30 minutes to get 10 seconds of FACTS. 

+1000
 
also, it seems odd to stop the ezine before deciding what will replace it? let's hope it doesn't take too long...

I'll really miss the ezine too. This was a magazine I could read every word of knowing it was all about something I have a massive interst in, and knowing I would learn from it. No other 'magazine' offers that! I do recognise it was a huge part of Craig's time, so thank you.

Bill

Count me in the group who'll miss the e-zine. I have a binder with all of them in printed form (along with your latest tips book). I know it's a lot of extra effort and I appreciate that you made the effort Craig. I've been a fan since the Keyboard Magazine (1980's) days. I guess I'll just have to frequent Sound On Sound more now.

Tom B
The eZine PDF format was convenient for printing and later reading. I hope Cakewalk will provide something similar soon.

Actually Cakewalk didn't like the PDF format because they felt something like a Word doc would be more searchable and give better SEO. Of course Google can find things in a PDF; for example you can search on "Anatomy of a SONAR Project" and all the eZines that had that feature appear, however serach won't take you to the article itself within a PDF. (OTOH I felt that was an advantage because it would make people aware of the eZine .) I also felt the PDF format was more convenient for users because you could, for example, load it in an iPad along with your other manuals and documentation or print it out (I keep all my manuals in an old iPad, it makes a great "library").
 
But another reason for discontinuing the eZine was because when I started doing it, I was providing a lot of content for the updates like FX Chains (VoxTools, Monitorizer, Sizzle Bus, etc.), amp sims and pedalboards, loops, etc. Instructions for how to use them was not included in the release notes, so the only way to describe applications was through the eZine. However Cakewalk feels that users weren't that interested in the content I did, so as you may have noticed there hasn't been any new content in over a year - but to Cakewalk's point, I don't think they've received any "Hey what happened to the content" emails. This meant that a main reason for starting the eZine was no longer relevant. (I do hope to do something like set up Dropbox to make the content Cakewalk never used available, I have a lot of stuff sitting on the shelf and I think at least some people would find it useful.)  
 
Meanwhile there are the release notes to cover the various new features each month...when you open SONAR, just go Help > What's New and you'll be up to speed on the new features.

Have to say I will the ezine as well Mr Anderton and you guys and girls all worked hard on it.

Thanks for the past ones.

Craig,
 
Count me in as one more voice to praise the Ezine.  I have them all in a binder.  Thanks for all the hard work you put into them. 
 
(And another vote for a print issue of some sort.  Word is fine for me.)
 
As others have said, you explained the goodies in an easy to understand way! 

I found the EZine to be a very useful resource because 1) it often had more information than the posted release notes and 2) it was a good learning resource beyond the details of just what was in the release. At the very least, the release notes really should be expanded considerably to make up for taking away the EZine.
 
Sonar executives should consider that providing a reliable and consistent learning resource (like the EZine) can provide a marketing advantage compared to the competition. Those moments of "I didn't know we could do that in Sonar" make Sonar appear more desirable than ever (even when there might be ways to do the same or similar in other DAWS). Also makes it mover desirable to potential customers (but only they have a chance to find out). Having a highly functioning "ecosystem" is something users value even if they haven't been loudly squawking about reduced EZine content over the past year.

 

jpetersen
It was always hidden away and we got tired of asking where it is.

 
I was always kind of surprised the e-zine, such a valuable content, was not under "Support" next to "FAQ". On top of everything else it was also a good example for the people who visited site for the first time how alive Sonar is, growing on a monthly basis.

Anderton
Yes, that may be a contributing factor as to why Cakewalk feels "not enough users are accessing it in its current form." But Cakewalk also didn't like the PDF format.
 
And to be clear, this was a mutual decision. It wasn't Cakewalk saying "stop doing the eZine." We just had different ideas as to its value, format, and future. However it is gratifying that many people found value in it, and the PDF to be convenient.
 

Do you think if we SCREAM loud enough now it would be brought back?

I have just realized how natural eZine was for me. From the first eZine, it become almost automatic to wait for the next one: "New eZine, I can read whats new this time...". It was always written in serious and convenient to read style. With deep explanation of all features. Thanks for that, Craig!
 
Kidding adverts, quite strange looking videos, bakery, possible word format for new updates... eZine definitively was better for me.
 
At least they have made some improvements in 2017.1 which I need and like. So I am not completely pessimistic at the moment

im also sad to see this go.
It did appear like it was a lot of work to maintain. you tell a lot of work went in to it every month.
that's what I liked about it.