Essentials X1/X2 Tutorials

Hi, I am a total noob (never used DAW before) and just joined. I just bought Essential X1 with a free upgrade to X2 before Dec 31st. The first thing I did was search for "tutorials" and there was plenty of mention but I could not find any links to these tutorials. Where are they please? Or do they mean the paid video tutorials? Also If I buy the video tutes will they still be helpful for the basic Essential version? And lastly, does anyone know of a chart where I can see at a glance what Producer, Studio and Essential inlcudes, and what the differences are? thanks a lot

There are tutorials in the user documentation.
There are also videos http://www.cakewalk.com/CakeTV/ and many more at Youtube.
The comparison chart is here http://www.cakewalk.com/p...ONAR-X2-comp-chart.pdf

CoffeeTime


Thanks a lot Scook, that's perfect! I have not got the user documentation yet as I only bought the software today. *****Anyone know how to preview posts or make separate paragraphs? - they are not working for me!!*** thanks

I own producer and mine are located here.
C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X2 Producer\Tutorial Projects

More videos here: http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/videos.asp

And the upcoming SONAR X2 Power! book can help you learn the software: http://www.garrigus.com/?SONARX2Power

Scott

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Freebie videos on my youtube page HERE

CoffeeTime

Garrigus, thanks. Your videos are very good, but I only saw a bit. Is there a way to make them full screen please?         

Hi CoffeeTime,


Those online videos are already full size. They don't get any larger. What about them are you not able to see? They are produced in such a way as to zoom in on the appropriate parts of the screen when necessary, so you should be able to see all the actions being described.


Best,
Scott

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* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
* Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq
* Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://newtechreview.com/?NewTechReview

Hi Paula,

No problem.  I hope you enjoy the videos and be sure to check out the free DigiFreq music technology newsletter as well...
http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/


Best,
Scott

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Scott R. Garrigus - http://garrigus.com
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
* Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq
* Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://newtechreview.com/?NewTechReview

Karl - for someone completely untalented they are [cue another Beeblebrox reference] amazingly amazing!!

It takes time for the free upgrade to process. Since you registered before the year end you will get the free upgrade. You do not have to do anything other than register your X1. The free upgrade will appear in your store account.

I didn't mention that my friend installed a 30 day trial of Sonar producer 8.5 a year ago. I could never get it to work at all, so I never used it.

Before installing the new X1 Essential version yesterday, I deleted all the existing Cakewalk files - or so I thought.

I have Windows 7 64 bit.
I deleted the folders from My Documents and from Program Files(86)
But now I see that there are lots of Cakewalk files and folders in C/Cakewalk Content and C/Cakewalk Projects.

I have Cakewalk open although no MIDI device connected, and have only just noticed that as well as folders originally being in "Program Files (86)" there are also folders in "Program Files" dated 2011.

I tried to delete the whole Cakewalk folder from Program Files but it won't allow me to, saying a program is using them.

I can only think that this must mean the newly installed Sonar X1 is attempting to use the old files.

Does this mean I should put all the old files and folders back where they were? 

(I backed up all the old files and folders on an external hard drive as there were lots of cool instrument wav files in them.)

And will it be bad if I delete the old Cakewalk folder from "Program Files" while Sonar is not in use? (they are all dated 2011, so I am certain they are the old files).

thanks a lot

OK thanks a lot Scook, 

I hope I've added enough info to the sig.

Hi,

Thanks. I don't know what version of software (64 or 32 bit) I thought during the install process it matched to your OS. I looked in the Help > About Sonar, but it doesn't say which version.


Regarding Support:
They just sent me to the shopping cart page!!

I have already been there - that's where the problem occurs (see pic above) they don't read emails properly!

So I'm left going round in circles.

Hi Scook, thanks I will post there too.

It just says Sonar X1 Essential (build 185)

I'm 99% certain I wasn't given the 32/64 bit options during installation. The only option I remember, was choosing the basic install over the custom one. Maybe the custom one included 32 and 64 bit options?

If so, I guess that means 32 bit version is the basic version 

OK thanks a lot Scook.

I will choose Custom install when I upgrade to X2 so I can have the 64 bit version.

Thanks for your patience - Happy New Year!