Eli Krantzberg and Sonar X2 Tutorials

Hi folks,
Does anyone own these video tutorials?  Are they geared to Sonar X2 newbies?  Are there plenty of detailed instructions?
 
Thanks for your input.

Yes the X2 video is excellent. If you are going to upgrade to X3 in the near future I would probably recommend that one...it still covers a lot of the basic stuff and is quite applicable to X2 as well as X3.
 
Regards,

I have X2 and X3 videos.  They cover much the same ground but are excellent.
 
Highly recommended for a new user or an experienced one.

mmorgan
Yes the X2 video is excellent. If you are going to upgrade to X3 in the near future I would probably recommend that one...it still covers a lot of the basic stuff and is quite applicable to X2 as well as X3.
 
Regards,

Will this set of tutorials take the place of Scott's book on Sonar X2 or actually dovetail with it?

I consider Scott's excellent book more of a reference. The videos are a hands on 'look and see' type deal. As mentioned the dovetail nicely. If moneys tight I think I would go with Scott but both products are worth it.
 
Regards,

MickyD
Does anyone own these video tutorials?  Are they geared to Sonar X2 newbies?  Are there plenty of detailed instructions?

 
Hi Micky, 
 
Thanks for your interest in the videos, and to everyone else for the kind support. You can view a summary of each of the videos contained in the series here: 
 
http://www.groove3.com/str/sonar-x2-explained.html?action=print
 
That should give you a good idea of if it is what you are looking for or not. 
 
Thanks. 

I also have an All-Access pass and I agree with Beepster and some of the others.  The Groove3 vids should get you up and running in X2 in just a few hours, while Scott's books are better references, and, of course, the 20-lb owners manual when all else fails.  Eli is the man when it comes to tutorials.  He's clear and concise without being verbose and he maintains a good balance of lecturing, providing visual demonstrations, and providing audio examples.  This is an area where many tutorials fail IME - they tend to do way too much talking, or have cringe-worthy examples that make it unbearable to listen to, etc. (see youtube for some of the worst of the worst).  Most of the Groove3 narrators do a great job, but Eli is exceptional IMO and he's pretty much the standard by which I judge all other tutorial narrators.

Thanks for the recommendations Mike, Beepster, Sharke, and Cryophonik! I appreciate it.
 
More book info at: http://www.garrigus.com/
 
Scott

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Thanks for the support Sharke.
 
FYI MickyD, the original nine hour "SWA Complete Sonar X2" video is just that "complete" and covers just about every aspect of it in great detail, the latest SWA X3 video is focused purely on the changes and new features.

Thanks, Ben (bent4life)! I appreciate the support.
 
Scott

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Scott R. Garrigus - http://garrigus.com - SONAR X2 Power! - http://garrigus.com/?SonarX2Power
* 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

Off topic but just a comment about Groove 3 in general. I purchased the Full Pass (whatever it's called) for IIRC $99.00 but even at twice that it is a truly great deal. Many of the videos about producing are in genres which I would not have thought to be useful to me but they have consistently proven enlightening.
 
It is also a good way to see what the competition is providing...which helps me create good Feature Requests to Cakewalk.
 
Regards

I have the one year pass for $99.00 as well, but I just noticed you can go one month at a time for $15 if you only want to see a few product videos.
 
And as Eli has stated you can preview a few sections to see if it'll be what you like, before you pay anything. You'll know by then.
 
http://www.groove3.com/str/access-it-all.html
 
Also, looks like X3 is now up & available there for those who have upgraded.
 
http://www.groove3.com/str/SONAR-X3-Explained.html