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Barned & Noble's listing says "8.40 (w) x 10.80 (h) x 1.20 (d)". That seems to match up moreso with what's been said here. Does anyone find the size of the book OBTRUSIVELY big?... Or pleasantly so?

Got mine yesterday, and yes, it is a big one.  I like that, seeing that it appears to be stuffed with good info.  But I am going to have to figure out exactly where to put it in the already crammed space around my computer and keyboard.  A general rearrangement of all that stuff is probably overdue.

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Barned & Noble's listing says "8.40 (w) x 10.80 (h) x 1.20 (d)". That seems to match up moreso with what's been said here. Does anyone find the size of the book OBTRUSIVELY big?... Or pleasantly so? 

Hey Kyle... Yeah, those measurements on Barnes & Noble are correct. I'll see if I can get the ones up on Amazon fixed. The larger size makes it easier to read when lying the book down. I think you'll like it.


Thanks!
Scott

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Bristol_Jonesey
Oh, and about 17 years worth of SOS magazines 

Hey Colin... yeah, I'm kind of a pack rat too. I still have my collection of EM, Keyboard, MIX magazines, etc. They make for good reading, but are taking up too much space.


Scott

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Ordered mine Wednesday, hoping to have it when I get home from work!

Few weeks reading sorted, Sonar X2 Power, Mixing secrets for a small studio (Mike Senior), latest Sound on Sound & a Music Techniques Mixing magazine!

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Barned & Noble's listing says "8.40 (w) x 10.80 (h) x 1.20 (d)". That seems to match up moreso with what's been said here. Does anyone find the size of the book OBTRUSIVELY big?... Or pleasantly so?

The nice thing about the size is that I am not squinting to see small pictures. The pictures of the software is a reasonable size and the print is not to tiny. I think the size is just right. The illustrations are a great size and very practical. It is kind of hard to achieve that with a small book.


I am pretty happy with it and I recommend it to anyone who wants to be a sonar power user.

Marcus Curtis
The nice thing about the size is that I am not squinting to see small pictures. The pictures of the software is a reasonable size and the print is not to tiny. I think the size is just right. The illustrations are a great size and very practical. It is kind of hard to achieve that with a small book. I am pretty happy with it and I recommend it to anyone who wants to be a sonar power user.

Hey Marcus... thanks very much for the great comments. Only if you have time... could you post a review up on Amazon and in the Cakewalk store?


By the way, very cool guitar performance videos on your site!


Scott

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* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
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Marcus Curtis
The nice thing about the size is that I am not squinting to see small pictures. The pictures of the software is a reasonable size and the print is not to tiny. I think the size is just right. The illustrations are a great size and very practical. It is kind of hard to achieve that with a small book. I am pretty happy with it and I recommend it to anyone who wants to be a sonar power user.

Hey Marcus... thanks very much for the great comments. Only if you have time... could you post a review up on Amazon and in the Cakewalk store?


By the way, very cool guitar performance videos on your site!


Scott

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* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
* Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq
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It would be my pleasure to write a review for Amazon and the cakewalk store. As soon as I get some time I will post something. I am glad you like the videos. Thanks for checking them out. 

I still have my collection of EM, Keyboard, MIX magazines, etc. They make for good reading, but are taking up too much space

 
Me too.  Over the last year or so I've been systematically reading and ditching (where appropriate) my older issues of those same mags, including Guitar Player, Remix, etc... going back to the late 1990's.   If nothing else, it's entertaining to read about the "current technology" from 10+ years ago. 
So far I've gone through two milk crates and 1-1/2 filing cabinet drawers worth.  Only half more to go! 
 
But I do have some keepers from the 70's and 80s that I could never get rid of...  Emerson, Wakeman, Howe, Vai, Hendrix, etc, etc.   Ah, nostalgia...
 

Hey Steve... Yeah, same here. I'm scanning the articles that I want to keep and converting them to PDF. They take up much less space now. Still have a ton to go through though. And I know what you mean about the keepers... I have that April '88 issue of Keyboard with Emerson in it. Is that the one you're talking about?

 
That's a good idea, Scott.   I have a pile that I've set aside for specific articles, so scanning them would work well for me too.   Thanks!
 
I think the '88 issue might the one, I think it was around the time he had carpal tunnel in his right hand...  though I nay have an older one too, I think.   Geez, I can't even remember what I have.   I just blame it on old age. 
 

Thanks to Lubo Perunko for posting this photo of his copy of SONAR X2 Power! over on Twitter... https://twitter.com/LuboP...32205360099329/photo/1





Scott

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* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
* Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq
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Scott,

I inserted a link on my website to the Amazon site. Hope that helps and directs some traffic your way. You did an awesome job with this book my friend!

Not sure what's going on but my review I posted on the Cakewalk store still isn't showing. In fact there are no reviews to read at all!

Hi Scott,

You just got another order.  I always enjoy and get a lot out of your books.

Cheers!
Bud

Dick Martini
Nothing like "new-book smell"  
I love the size of this book - and will be careful not to drop it on my 7-pound Schnoodle (um... that's a dog, sickos).  

Hey Dick... LOL! You're a riot, man. Thanks for getting the book! Yeah, it's a big one with lots of info in there. I hope you enjoy it. Also, and only if you have time, after you've gone through it would it be possible for you to post a review up on Amazon and in the Cakewalk Store?


Scott

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* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
* Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq
* Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://newtechreview.com/?NewTechReview

Scott, recieved your book here in the Netherlands via bol.com. Got Sonar 8 power previously, so I am familiar with your writing style. From my experience and the first look, this book will not only help me teach how to work with X2 but also will introduce some unthought possibilities of what I could do with this immense software package.

I will write a review in time on this Dutch webshop's site. Respect! 

Reading this thread I saw you ask about user experiences with Sonar X2. I just upgraded from Sonar 8.5. While I was happy with that, I can see the enormous potential of X2. It feels it will take my music making to another level.

The most sensible way I can think of how to use X2 for the moment, is just experimenting. The results in mixing are different and feel better. And there are a lot of options to explore. 

I mostly want to use it for midi loop based multi thematic long electronic compositions (like where Tubular Bells meets Kraftwerk). Probably some randomly generated ambient noise and also re-works of downloaded midi tracks from well known tunes just for the fun of it.

While I had it, I never have used the matrix view before. I wasn't attracted to it, but I think the time has come to make use of it.

Cheers!