Re: Decent (free) video tour/tutorial of Rapture Pro
June 08, 15 12:18 AM
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Good choice. Essentially it's like a compact video version of the manual covering almost anything in the main program you need to know. It makes it easier to understand the terms and methods used in Sonar and although it should get you through almost any task within Sonar if you need ultra finite detail about something you will know what search for in the 2000 page manual and/or how to ask about/describe stuff here on the forum more accurately.
Thing is though within its 9 hours + of vids it doesn't dig into how to work all the specific effects and synths that come bundled. Just how to use the DAW. However all those individual units can be very complex on their own and require individual study. That's why I mentioned the other Intruments and FX vids which are just as thorough but goes through each of those things one by one.
I have pretty much watched all those vids from start to finish just to get a general idea of what is and does what but now what I do is if I need to perform a specific task I will go and rewatch the specific entry on the Sonar feature, effect and/or synth I intend to use. Then if need be I will scour the PDF Reference Guide which I keep stored on my laptop for extra info or do a Google search of the topic which generally brings up the online versions of the reference guide (which is updated regularly), threads here on the forum discussing the issue and sometimes youtube videos or articles on other sites about the task.
Took me a few years to really get into the swing of hunting down info in this way but I can almost ALWAYS find out waht I need to rather easily. If that fails (or I'm just feeling chatty) I'll come harass my forum brothers and sisters.
Cheers.