I am very new to DAWs and recently purchased SONAR X# Producer under the suggestion of a fellow musician friend of mine. I am looking for a tutorial that will, step-by-step, help me to learn SONAR X3 and provide actual projects to learn hands-on with. Any suggestions would really be appreciated.
 
 

Welcome to the forums!
 
I would start with downloading the reference guide (http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/Knowledge-Base/2007013322/SONAR-X3-Reference-User-and-Quick-Start-Guides) It is fully searchable, and there are 9 tutorials at the beginning (with projects included with the X3 installation). Getting familiar with the UI, terms, and functionality is important to have a "good start."
 
There are numerous Cake TV as well as third party videos, but it is important to try to "work along" with them to help reinforce ideas. For videos, I find it is often better to search a very specific task, so that the time spent is effective.

HMKirk_2014
I am very new to DAWs and recently purchased SONAR X# Producer under the suggestion of a fellow musician friend of mine. I am looking for a tutorial that will, step-by-step, help me to learn SONAR X3 and provide actual projects to learn hands-on with. Any suggestions would really be appreciated.
 
 

Welcome to the forum. Your friend is a good friend for recommending Sonar X3. 
 
We are here to help and can answer any question you may have about Sonar. 
 
I think Nettelus has gotten you off to a good start. 

For an easier ride please install X3E patch if you haven't already and do a VST reset.
 
Cheers.

Welcome to the forum.  Try to check out the Cake TV site. Particularly starting with the Configure Audio and Configure MIDI videos in Sonar University.  The information isn't organized in any particularly useful form and it is easy to get lost on advanced/complex topics.  Regardless, these tutorials are a good place to start when you get stuck.
 
Glen.

Welcome to the forum!

I personally keep learning all the time. There's plenty of great material to help you, from the Scott Garrigus book which is quite detailed, to the 9 hr Karl video on X2 that uncovers every rock (available in the Cakewalk store). And lots for free on CakeTV on the Cakewalk website and on YouTube.

But that said, since I've been through miles of this stuff, I most heartily recommend visiting Groove3.com and looking for the Sonar tutorials there. Super nice way of presenting the info in an understandable way, and efficient in terms of time. Eli is an uber pro at presenting how to info.

A gem in the Groove3 materials is called Mixing in Sonar X1. Bill walks you through a song. Even though it's X1 and not X3 it is still fairly current. The sense of going through a song rather than watching or reading about features is what makes this one especially interesting and can get you up to speed.

Also, there are some excellent 3rd-party books written for X3 - Scott Garrigus is the author of one, and possibly Craig Anderton may have written one as well.
 
The books are an excellent source for well-explained walk through of the different sets of functionality with X3, and they tie it all together with real-world examples - why this setting versus some other setting, and have great approaches to using all of the features.
 
And then of course, the Cakewalk forums have a bunch of really knowledgeable folks that will bend over backwards to assist you with questions as they pop up while you are learning.
 
Go for it - we all collectively have your back, 
 
Bob Bone
 

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Also, there are some excellent 3rd-party books written for X3 - Scott Garrigus is the author of one

Thanks for the mention, Bob! I appreciate it.
 
My book is called SONAR X3 Power! ... for anyone that's interested.
 
Best,
Scott

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New Sonar X3 user. Old geezer who used to use Pro Audio 9 to create Piano CD's with my Alesis Q8.  (loved that keyboard/sequencer.) Old computer and Alesis both died as I retired. Got new laptop and Yamaha CP33 piano but could not get Pro Audio to load onto laptop.  Just "upgraded" to Sonar X3 and am exceptionally impressed with what it can do and overwhelmed by what I need to learn to do to use it. 
My problem is in converting the MIDI file from the CP33 to get an audio wav file out to burn.  I can get from 1 to 2 and 3 to 4, but can't get from 2 to 3.  I don't have an audio interface, but assume I can use the Micro GS that is built into the computer and use the headphone output.  Do I need an audio interface just to record MIDI piano? No audio.
I'm reading, but that adage about an old dog is getting in the way. 
 

Yo Alex
 
Who is the guy in the hat to your right?