I watch Pensado's Place. Lots of tips and the interviews are enjoyable, too!
 
Michael

I just purchased most of the ones that they have on the cake site that I didn't already have. What a steal. As mentioned earlier, some of them were only $5! I'm going to take the long weekend and just soak it all in (We have Monday off as Patriot's day here in Boston). Watching these videos over and over is really starting to replace my regular television viewing...Except for Game Of Thrones anyway...
I just saw the new Cake CA-2A video last night...I had no idea that you could change it to a faster compressor with that tiny little hidden photo cell button.  More pure gold!
    About 6 months ago I checked out the youtube video titled. "How To Master A Song In 7 steps". Pretty good free info (not that I have any real mastering training), enough so that I bit on the full course. It's good food for thought anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0FpX200S1s

bandso
This is sort of a post to some of the new users that have come to our little community as of late.
 
For the past decade or so I've had a bad case of gear lust. I've bought entire effects suites from Nomad, Slate, Izotope, IK, (some) Waves, and from anywhere else that I could find; chasing that elusive perfect mix. I just knew that the next plugin would be the magic pill that would put my mixes into the next level. Well I've finally come to realize..I have 15 compressors, 5 tape sims, too many EQ's, and my mixes have stayed more or less the same, minor improvements, but alas the same. Major head scratching was going on for quite some time considering the amount of $ I'd spent.
   Then I stumbled into the world of instructional videos. It seemes that I had fantastic tools right in front of me all of the time but I really didn't know how to use them properly. I had an idea, but not real training. Even stock plugins can be made to shine once you really get a handle on how, why, and where they are supposed to be set. Plain and simple, I was ignorant and didn't even know what was out there to be learned let alone how to learn it. I'm still and will always be a student of audio engineering, but once you have a teacher show you what can be learned then your eyes and ears are opened and a whole new way of mixing is opened up to you.
 
So..why did I post this bit of soul searching. Well... I just finished watching Sonar tips and tricks from groove3.com and I'm just totally blown away. All of the Sonar related groove3 videos, the ones in the cake store, youtube, and others have helped me grow way more than any $500 effect bundle ever did. Plus for the most part they are dirt cheap compared to a new mic, plugin, or interface.
If you are looking to spend a little cash to invest in your studio, invest in yourself. Get these videos so you can at least see all that your powerful DAW has to offer. Feed your head, FEED IT!

I am a new user (75 days or so) .  A few weeks ago I started watching the Groove 3 Tutorials.  Meanwhile I was overtaken by events.  Your post reminds me how very useful the tips and tutorials are. I shall once again pursure  my quest to learn the stuff "reelgud"!!  Thanks

I've gotten Scott Garrigus' Sonar Power books since I got Sonar 3 (when was that?! LOL). I read it through and keep it handy to refer to it, but I still find seeing someone use this that or whatever, triggers other parts of my learning. A healthy dose of both covers it for me, and I think I have purchased a dozen of the videos from the Cakewalk store (X1, X2 and X3 plus Craig's, plus various softsynths). Whenever I get a little lost, I go watch one. The best part is learning stuff I wasn't "looking for".
Michael

Thanks Geoff (gswitz) and Michael (pentimentosound)! I appreciate the support very much.
 
By the way, I'll be launching my own video channel (and various series titles) later this year.
Keep an eye on my main web site: http://www.garrigus.com/
And sign up free to the DigiFreq music recording newsletter to stay informed: http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/subscribe.asp
 
Thanks!
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
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garrigus
Thanks Geoff (gswitz) and Michael (pentimentosound)! I appreciate the support very much.
 
By the way, I'll be launching my own video channel (and various series titles) later this year.
Keep an eye on my main web site: http://www.garrigus.com/
And sign up free to the DigiFreq music recording newsletter to stay informed: http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/subscribe.asp
 
Thanks!
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

 Hey Scott
 
I've been signed up for your digifreg newsletter since I got Sonar 7 Power but I only very rarely see an issue come through my email. How often do you release them?
 
Cheers
 
Mark

garrigus

Soft Enerji
Hey Scott
I've been signed up for your digifreg newsletter since I got Sonar 7 Power but I only very rarely see an issue come through my email. How often do you release them?
Cheers
Mark

Hey Mark... it's supposed to be monthly, but unfortunately, I usually don't have enough time to do it that often. I'll be sending out a new issue soon, but in the meantime, you can access back issues at:
http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/issues.asp
 
And I do update the main site often: http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/
And there's usually new messages on the forums daily: http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/discuss/
 
Thanks!
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

Cool, thanks Scott......and apologies for hijacking the thread :-)
 

I got Sonar Power too and it is great for quick references. What a great detailed guide. After watching all the mixing videos and the workshop videos I wanted to try some of the things in the videos. Most of my music is instrumental. I wanted some sample projects by good artist to mix so I could learn and experiment.
 
That is when I found the Cambridge Library. Just preview a song clip and download something to work with. The beauty of this is that it got me away from my style of writing and I got to experiment with all kinds of situations I would not normally encounter doing my own music. here is a link.
 
http://www.cambridge-mt.com/ms-mtk.htm 
 
This is a great resource for mixing information too. I found this to be just as valuable as the videos. it gave me experience and allowed me to experiment. It cost nothing at all to download a song to practice your mixing abilities. There is music in just about every style to mix. Just expand the compressed file and import inside of Sonar. I was able to try a lot of the tricks I learned in those videos on this music.
 
 

I really enjoyed and recommend the Groove 3 class on orchestration.  They use Logic but you can use the same idea to build a really solid orchestration template with SONAR.  Dim Pro has the included samples and midi controls to do basic switching  between long and short bow strings and smooth and percussive woodwinds.  I've had so much fun with it I bought a sample engine/library (Doh!). 
 

I'm sitting here watching one of the Advanced Workshop videos right now ….
The chapter Imaging for Mastering has been super helpful ….I keep going back to that one ….
I honestly didn't know how to do that sort of thing …like many things that are in the video
thank you ...
anyway , I noticed the Quick Time player shows a chapters menu to the right of the timeline 
 
Kenny 

Great news, Eli.
 
I will be keeping an eye out for new SONAR related videos by you!
 
Please, let us know when they are available?

Sounds interesting. What are the topics of the 2 new videos/tutorials?

Those are two good topics. Can you say who will be narrating the Melodyne tutorial/s?
 
Karl Rose is good and we're lucky to have him doing things for the SONAR community.
 
Still, with me being American, it's good to hear long session tutorials narrated by someone with a North American accent. Can't Cakewalk get Eli Kranzberg to do more tutorials/videos? He's extremely good and has a pleasant North American sounding voice.
 
Thanks for the info you've already given, though.

SWA used o be done by a Scot, I remember the fuss that caused.
 
Having spent hours and hours listening to Eli's Groove3 work, I'd rather a different voice, and with it a slightly different approach.
 
I listened to Pensado's place with Mike Dean yesterday, and needed subs, so not him