BobF
I don't remember the exact dates, but sometime in the '00 - '03 I maintained a user contributed FAQ that I updated and sent to *somebody* at Cakewalk that they in turn posted.
 
Around the time of the shift from nntp to forums that all changed ... PA9 to early Sonar time-frame, IIRC.
 
It was something I created on my own and posted in the newsgroup.  I don't think it would be terribly difficult to create/maintain/periodically post updates here.  The biggest challenge to the maintainer is dealing with people not liking the decisions on inclusion of items, dealing with attributions, etc.  IOW, dealing with people
 

Can't please everyone all of the time but for those of us willing to do the reading and effort it would be a massive boon. Despite some of the... erm... angstier folks I think us Sonarites are a pretty hearty, DIY, "stick to it until it obeys" bunch of weirdos. ;-)

Beepster

BobF
I don't remember the exact dates, but sometime in the '00 - '03 I maintained a user contributed FAQ that I updated and sent to *somebody* at Cakewalk that they in turn posted.
 
Around the time of the shift from nntp to forums that all changed ... PA9 to early Sonar time-frame, IIRC.
 
It was something I created on my own and posted in the newsgroup.  I don't think it would be terribly difficult to create/maintain/periodically post updates here.  The biggest challenge to the maintainer is dealing with people not liking the decisions on inclusion of items, dealing with attributions, etc.  IOW, dealing with people
 

Can't please everyone all of the time but for those of us willing to do the reading and effort it would be a massive boon. Despite some of the... erm... angstier folks I think us Sonarites are a pretty hearty, DIY, "stick to it until it obeys" bunch of weirdos. ;-)

hehe ... I hear ya' ... Let's move the FAQ discussion to ---> http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3217055

And really, based on my constant scouring of this place, a good place to start would be with...
 
ASUS and Gigabyte MOBOs (so whatever BIOS/Utility/connectivity/chipset stuff that goes with that)
 
Focusrite, RME, PreSonus and Roland QuadCap interfaces (and their drivers)
 
Win7, 8 and soon 10 optimization tweaks (obviously)
 
Third party plugs (Waves, Izotope, Steinberg, IK, XLN, FXpansion)
 
AVs (Microsoft Security Essentials, AVAST, Kapersky... and really if you are using anything else you probably should switch IMO) and extras like CCleaner, Malwarebytes, Spybot S&D... all of which have settings that cause automatic thingies to happen that may interrupt data flow.
 
Common apps like Office, web browsers, flash players, etc that may call home or do weird stuff on startup.
 
Just some thoughts based on observations of our user base.

I actually need to get back to "work" on my current project but I'll pop over to see what's the what.
 
Eventually we should make it a group feature request but after it's had time to simmer here in the Sonar forum.
 
Cheers.
 

I all for a FAQ for trouble shooting. If I can help let me know. 

Hey beep, what time is it where you are. It's 1am here Eastern Standard time Australia.

Hiya Mike. 11:30am as of this post. I like to get more dry/complex tasks that require lucidity done in the morning (I'm currently exporting some session work... woot!) and then I can go all Mr. Flaky artsy/pontification guy as the day presses on and my mind "wanders".
 
lol
 
Hope you are well. Cheers.

And yeah... we are almost on exact opposite sides of the globe talking in real time for essentially "free". Freaky, eh? Gotta love the intertubes.
 
;-)
 

John
I all for a FAQ for trouble shooting. If I can help let me know. 

This gives me an idea. Since we, the userbase, have a wide spectrum of configs perhaps Cake could put out a survey designed specifically to a) figure out the most commonly used setups, b) ask about what issues everyone experiences (and what they don't), c) cross reference it all to see if any patterns appear and finally d) use that info to create the tech manual.
 
Also leave a "notes" section so people can describe problems they've had and how they resolved them so they can test them in house and figure out if there a holes that could be plugged in the program and/or test these solutions in house to see if they are good and solid tweaks to advise to other users.
 
Just brainstorming... this should probably go in a dedicated thread. If I am too lazy or distracted to do it people can cut/paste any of my suggestions in any "official" or grassroots threads on the subject.
 
Sorry but I really do have a lot of insane crap going on right now otherwise I'd be more vigilant. THis is a VERY good idea and I'm glad it is being discussed.
 
Cheers.

Even better... maybe have an alert system based on user input on their configs so if system specific issues are found they can receive preemptive advice via email.
 
Like let's say somehow they find something screwy going on with Focusrite drivers they could email me with a link to an entry in the "living" tech doc detailing the issue and possible solutions or a request to test on my own system.
 
Lofty goal but damn would that just kick every other DAW company's ARSE.
 
Yeah baby!