Manual...Where is it?

Cakewalk used to send manuals from their flagship product (Cakewalk Pro Audio, then Sonar).  They stopped on Sonar6.  I could agree with them on stopping it, because there were minimal changes, or improvements that was made to the program.  With the new 're-vamping' of X1, I think they should have sent a manual for this one as there are too many changes, or 'improvements' made to the workflow of Sonar.  Before people chime on this and says things like Power books (which are not free), help file (which takes me away from my workflow) and videos (which is not the same thing as a reference manual), understand that I am not talking about 3rd party books.....I used to know this program inside out, now I feel kinda like an outsider.  All that to say 'Darn, I wish they sent me a manual'......thanks in advance for letting me vent my disappointment.  

DayDay72


Cakewalk used to send manuals from their flagship product (Cakewalk Pro Audio, then Sonar).  They stopped on Sonar6.  I could agree with them on stopping it, because there were minimal changes, or improvements that was made to the program.  With the new 're-vamping' of X1, I think they should have sent a manual for this one as there are too many changes, or 'improvements' made to the workflow of Sonar.  Before people chime on this and says things like Power books (which are not free), help file (which takes me away from my workflow) and videos (which is not the same thing as a reference manual), understand that I am not talking about 3rd party books.....I used to know this program inside out, now I feel kinda like an outsider.  All that to say 'Darn, I wish they sent me a manual'......thanks in advance for letting me vent my disappointment.  

Are you referring to hard copy versus a pdf, because the pdf is here:

http://www.cakewalk.com/S...reader.aspx/2007013228

Mick Moreau


For what its worth... the "3rd party book" Sonar X1 Power is REALLY an awesome companion.  With it I didnt need the 1800 + page PDF X1 manual (contained in the help links above).

Mick :)

I am not a hater of the 3rd party books, but I was always content with their 1st party manual.....

DayDay72


or a cool looking book to read on the subway on my way to work...

At 1800 pages you likely wouldn't be carrying it around much
 
You should really consider the X1 Power Book. It's a great supplemental piece for X1, and I find it an easier (friendlier) read than the manual in how it is written.

DayDay72

I am not a hater of the 3rd party books, but I was always content with their 1st party manual.....

Hi Day,

Yep, the printed manual that Cakewalk used to include with the software was definitely nice. I have most of them from the older versions. But as far as I know, none of the DAW applications include a full printed manual any longer. I think the last one I got was with Sibelius 6, but that's notation software and not a DAW. It's cool that they're still including that though, but I wonder how long that will last.

Scott

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DayDay72

I am not a hater of the 3rd party books, but I was always content with their 1st party manual.....

Hi Day,

Yep, the printed manual that Cakewalk used to include with the software was definitely nice. I have most of them from the older versions. But as far as I know, none of the DAW applications include a full printed manual any longer. I think the last one I got was with Sibelius 6, but that's notation software and not a DAW. It's cool that they're still including that though, but I wonder how long that will last.

Scott

I get it....Perhaps I am wishing for 'old skool' when 'new skool' is the now....

Bristol_Jonesey

DayDay72

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DayDay72


or a cool looking book to read on the subway on my way to work...

At 1800 pages you likely wouldn't be carrying it around much

You should really consider the X1 Power Book. It's a great supplemental piece for X1, and I find it an easier (friendlier) read than the manual in how it is written.

In all honesty, the book couldnt be that much more than it is now, I think the manual was like like 300-500 pages, there isn't 1300 pages of new features in sonar...

 
 
Really?
 
The Contents alone encompass pages 5 - 49, the Index 1817 - 1849, there's 78 pages straight away.
 
A veritable short story, all by itself.

Yes but the "New in Sonar X1" section is only 7 pages long.

UnderTow

Hmmm... 7 pages ... yes, but that's only the -very sparse- "sum-up" from what's new. The actual descriptions are scattered around the Manual. You can get to them by clicking on the items. And those descriptions a tiny bit more then those 7 pages....