Guidelines for what vidoes to watch

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2013/12/27 17:32:27 (permalink)

Guidelines for what vidoes to watch

It sure would be nice if someone could offer a basic outline of which videos in cakewalk university one should watch and in what order.  For a newbie it is kind of overwhelming.  Would also be nice to have a video that takes one through a first time creation of a song from beginning to end.  I know the X3 package is for professionals but I bet I'm not the only hobbyist that has bought more than he knows how to handle and use. 
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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2013/12/27 17:58:33 (permalink)
    Start with the tutorials in the help files. As you have questions look for a video about the subject.
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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2013/12/27 18:01:13 (permalink)
    If you want to be babyspooned, i.e. have a process to follow from start to finish I suggest you should check out something like:
    http://www.groove3.com/str/SONAR-X3-Explained.html
     
     

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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2013/12/27 18:05:24 (permalink)
    Scott Garigus's Sonar Power books are sequential with a beginning and an end.
     
    For me, I always learned what was immediately practical.
     

    StudioCat > I use Windows 10 and Sonar Platinum. I have a touch screen.
    I make some videos. This one shows how to do a physical loopback on the RME UCX to get many more equalizer nodes.
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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2013/12/27 18:50:01 (permalink)
    Thanks for the mention, Geoff!
     
    Earl... my SONAR X3 Power! book is in the works. In the meantime, the tutorials in the SONAR Help should get you going on your first project.
     
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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2013/12/27 20:35:19 (permalink)

     
    He's back :) And indeed Scott does great books.

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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2013/12/27 21:06:57 (permalink)
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    He's back :) And indeed Scott does great books.



    Ha! Thanks, Alex! I wish I was SuperMan. I could type out the book in about 30 seconds.
     
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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2013/12/27 21:11:53 (permalink)
    ekurburski,

    Two recommendations I'll make. Groove 3 tutorials on SonarX3 - there are two of them. With the Holiday20 offer from Cakewalk in the Cakewalk store you could probably obtain them for next to nothing if you hurry and take advantage of the Cakewalk promo. Eli is fantastic as a teacher. You'll run across his material on many subjects. This set of tutorials ( hours long) walk you through visually and with narrative about the features and menus. Great for getting your bearings.

    Then there's a really interesting Groove 3 video (also avail in the Cakewalk store) called Mixing With Sonar X1. The tutorial walks through a song end to end. It's excellent! It also is really close to X3 in the feature set covered. There have been new things introduced in X2 and X3 of course, but 90 percent of the current program is covered in this tutorial. It's very cool.

    On an additional note, I consume literally every bit of training I come across. Every presentation helps, from Scott's book, Bill's new book on Sonar Power, and including the material on Cakewalk University. For two staring points, I think the ones I mentioned from Groove 3 will really help you get out of the gate in an organized way.

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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2013/12/27 21:40:08 (permalink)
    ekurburskiIt sure would be nice if someone could offer a basic outline of which videos in cakewalk university one should watch and in what order.  For a newbie it is kind of overwhelming.  Would also be nice to have a video that takes one through a first time creation of a song from beginning to end.
     
    Groove3's X3 Explained is a great deal and a lot of information. It's on sale ATM, too.
    ekurburskiI know the X3 package is for professionals but I bet I'm not the only hobbyist that has bought more than he knows how to handle and use.

    You're  not the only hobbyist on here, not by a long shot.

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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2013/12/27 21:49:26 (permalink)
    ekurburski,
     
    If you're new to Sonar X series, I'd start with the Get Started series of videos as these cover the basics.. Most specifically look at videos like Audio Configuration, MIDI Device Setup, Plugin Manager, etc. These types of videos will get you a fundamental understanding of how Sonar X series works. I'd start at the bottom of the page and work up into videos on more specific tasks like X2 Quick Grouping, X2 Metronome, etc.
     
    This should get you started.
     
    Best of luck and most of all, have fun!!
     
    P.S. I have and still use the Mixing With Sonar X1 video that Lawajava mentioned. Excellent video! Highly recommend when you reach that stage. Just don't get ahead of yourself and become over whelmed! lol

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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2013/12/27 23:08:51 (permalink)
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    ekurburski,

    Two recommendations I'll make. Groove 3 tutorials on SonarX3 - there are two of them. With the Holiday20 offer from Cakewalk in the Cakewalk store you could probably obtain them for next to nothing if you hurry and take advantage of the Cakewalk promo. Eli is fantastic as a teacher. You'll run across his material on many subjects. This set of tutorials ( hours long) walk you through visually and with narrative about the features and menus. Great for getting your bearings.

    Then there's a really interesting Groove 3 video (also avail in the Cakewalk store) called Mixing With Sonar X1. The tutorial walks through a song end to end. It's excellent! It also is really close to X3 in the feature set covered. There have been new things introduced in X2 and X3 of course, but 90 percent of the current program is covered in this tutorial. It's very cool.

    On an additional note, I consume literally every bit of training I come across. Every presentation helps, from Scott's book, Bill's new book on Sonar Power, and including the material on Cakewalk University. For two staring points, I think the ones I mentioned from Groove 3 will really help you get out of the gate in an organized way.


    I could be wrong, but I don't think the holiday offer works on material not owned by cakewalk.
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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2013/12/27 23:16:02 (permalink)
    I agree with the suggestion to first start with the tutorials found in the help menu. If you need structure and exact order, the groove3 is probably best bet. If you are going to go with the videos on the cakewalk site, I suggest looking at the order presented in the grove3 x3 explained and watching the cake tv closest equivalent in that order.
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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2013/12/28 00:27:25 (permalink)
    I just looked at the layout of the "Getting Started" area and can see how crazy that must look to the beginner.  The first four default videos are from left to right : " Addictive Drums", "X3 Blue Tubes Dynamics", "Blue Tubes EQ" and '"Blue Tubes FX".  It also assumes that one would know that a lot of the basic videos listed for X1 and X2 mostly apply to X3.  In fact, if one filters to show X3 videos, none of what appears would help a beginner. So, here is my attempt at a Cake TV guideline for a person who has never used any X series:
     
     
    Setup and appearance
     
    Unified Preferences video- Basic overview of the area where you set up most basic preferences like sound and midi interfaces.  It's not that detailed but it will show you where to look for such things.  There are more detailed videos but this is a fairly easy overview
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rawGwZtyH00
     
    Get Started-Skylight- Basic Overview of the skylight interface. Again, not a full fledged tutorial but will familiarize you with how Sonar is laid out
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSHCIRbMEV0
     
     
     
     
    Navigation
     
    Get Started-Smart Tool-  You will be using (or opting not to use it) a lot so basic knowledge of it is a must.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv_fFgKHIfk
     
    Get Started- Zoom-  the ins and outs of zooming, autozoom, fast zoom, etc
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vnnGu735V4#t=17
    Get Started- Clips- shows basics of working with audio clips in timeline.  
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZA0S7eRSWw
     
    Get Started- Browser- Whether using audio files , midi, synths, track templates, or fx chains, having a working knowledge of the built in browser will come in handy.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKWDQGFVLOE
     
     
     
     
    There are other videos you will probably want to watch like the skylight enhancements for X3  and screensets but these will get you in the ballpark of how the program is setup, laid out and get you started navigating.  i think once you get a handle on these things, it will be more intuitive which videos would be of use to you.  If you are working strictly with audio, the midi videos may be useless to you so I did not bother to list. I also did not bother with listing fx videos because I suspect you will know what you want to look for once you are more comfortable with program.
     
     
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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2013/12/28 08:25:36 (permalink)
    I highly recommend the book "The Power IN Cakewalk SONAR" by William Edstrom Jnr. 
     
    It takes you step by step from installing and setting up Sonar, through recording, editing, etc., right up to burning a CD or publishing your music on the net.
     
    It also comes with a DVD of tutorial videos.  For the money, it is a "No-brainer."
     

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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2014/01/06 21:15:29 (permalink)
    Thanks to all for your answers.  FYI I have a years pass to groove3 and I am going through the X3 essentials.  I also have both of Scott's power books for x1 and x2.  I think the real answer is to continue going through what I've got and eventully I'll be able to make some sense of the other stuff presented by cakewalk.  I would mention that one of the best books I have come across so far was "Recording for Beginners" which uses Reaper.  The idea is a real raw begginer tutorial that doesn't cover 10,000 aspects of how to set things up but tells you how to record a track of happy Birthday.  Also took a college course in MIDI composition that got me started but it used Pro Tools.   
     
    I'm slow so expect me back with a ton of questions.  Again, thanks.
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    Re: Guidelines for what vidoes to watch 2014/01/07 16:08:54 (permalink)
    this here is pretty good
     
    Brandon Ryan and Seth Perlstein give an in depth look at SONAR X2 and its new features. Check out the new Smart Grid, ProChannel FX Chains, automation and take lanes, R-MIX SONAR, Breverb SONAR, the Console Emulator, and much, much more.
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