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2014/04/14 04:09:04 (permalink)

Quick Start Guide for X3?

Does anybody know where to find a downloadable copy of the X3 Quick Start Guide (presuming such exists)? I got the download version of X3, so no box, and I'm still keeping the X2 version to hand.
 
I've tried searching the forum, but the search facility is just too restrictive. Unless you instantly come up with a good search term, you get "Please wait a bit ...". Imagine if Google implemented a search rationing program ... 
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Re: Quick Start Guide for X3? 2014/04/14 04:38:56 (permalink)

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Re: Quick Start Guide for X3? 2014/04/14 04:40:15 (permalink)
Hi ChristopherM
 
There really isn't a quick start guide, but the User Guide should be helpful. For the quickest start you're probably gonna get, read the "Getting Started" section. For a more detailed explanation of the features and functionality of SONAR, see the extensive Help available in the Reference guide/manual. For a better start go through the "Getting started" section in the Reference Guide and read the "New Features In SONAR X3" section. Then, eventually, read the entire Reference Guide. :) Here's the link to download the User Guide and the Reference Guide:
 
http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/kb/reader.aspx/2007013322
 
SONAR X3 is complex software with comprehensive features an impressive functionality for sound authoring and music production, so reading the "Getting Started" section of the User Guide is about as quick start as you're probably gonna get. There is so much put into this software package, which means there's a lot to learn. However, seeing how powerful SONAR is, that's a good thing, as there is so much you can get out of using SONAR. There's a learning curve, but it's really an exciting adventure.
 
Happy learning and cya around. 
post edited by thomasabarnes - 2014/04/14 05:04:19


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Re: Quick Start Guide for X3? 2014/04/14 09:09:21 (permalink)
A better place to search for Cakewalk documents is the search engine on the Cakewalk home page. Alternately, product specific downloads are found on the product support page. http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/product.aspx/SONAR-X3 As pointed out above this version has a Reference and User Guide. There is no Quick Start Guide for X3 the keyboard shortcuts are in the Reference and have a dedicated link in the help menu.
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Re: Quick Start Guide for X3? 2014/04/14 10:06:46 (permalink)
Thanks guys. I already have the Reference and User Guides. I have been using Sonar since 1 XL and through all of its incarnations. I'm really only looking for a quick reference to key assignments to keep to hand for easy reference. The one that came in the boxed edition of X2 was really quite useful in that respect, and most of it remains valid, but it doesn't cover everything in X3, of course. 
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Re: Quick Start Guide for X3? 2014/04/14 11:28:46 (permalink)
There's a Groove3 video that only covers the new additions to X3. It's by Eli K,rantzberg, so is very good.

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Re: Quick Start Guide for X3? 2014/04/14 14:48:36 (permalink)
Looks like a "no"? FWIW you can search the forum at Google by adding "site:forum.cakewalk.com" to your search words

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Re: Quick Start Guide for X3? 2014/04/17 13:27:15 (permalink) ☼ Best Answerby ChristopherM 2014/04/17 13:32:26
Hi Guys,
 
I was able to dig these up. I've updated our article to include links: http://www.cakewalk.com/S...reader.aspx/2007013322

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Re: Quick Start Guide for X3? 2014/04/17 13:39:14 (permalink)
Ryan - Thanks, that is exactly the format that I was looking for.
 
But, without wishing to appear ungrateful, I see that the content is identical with the X2 QS. Hasn't the Smart tool functionality expanded in X3? Just saying ... 
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Re: Quick Start Guide for X3? 2014/04/17 15:04:13 (permalink)
I don't think the goal was to make the guides different since the fundamental tools should hopefully not drastically change between X1/2/3/etc (from what I hear we threw people for a loop with 8.5 to X1 :)
 
I think it's still relevant as a quick start guide for people getting started who are new to X2 and/or X3. 
 
Probably the best place for the most updated in-depth info on X3's tools in the online documentation page here: http://www.cakewalk.com/D...&Req=Tools.01.html
 
This should reflect any changes made since production since we update the online documentation with every update.

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Re: Quick Start Guide for X3? 2014/04/17 15:07:11 (permalink)
Ryan:
 
That's a really nice reference doc. This will come in handy. Thanks!


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Re: Quick Start Guide for X3? 2014/04/18 04:56:42 (permalink)
Hey, Ryan - I wasn't criticising the document ... just seeing if the envelope could be pushed a shade further. And, to your comment,  I am one of those who started out in the Cakewalk 3.0 days, blithely passed through the various incarnations of Pro Audio and then Sonar all the way to 8.5.3, and then struggled immensely with the switch of UI after 8.5.3 (not because I am dim, but because there seemed to be so many arbitrary and willful changes - I still do not understand why the File Save icon was removed, f'rinstance!) In fact, I found it so tedious having to re-learn which buttons to push to do things that essentially had not changed, that my use of Sonar dropped to about 10% of what it earlier had been. It is only since X3e that the excellence of the product has been fully restored (and I wholeheartedly that X3e is the best Sonar ever) and the effort of using it seems worthwhile again. The QS guide is (for me) essential to have to hand for those moments when I can only remember how to do the thing in the "pre X1" manner.
 
And, in case it sounds like I am complaining, let me repeat - X3e is the best Sonar ever. 
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