Synchronizing Multiple Tracks

I thought  synchronizing would be a "snap" using AudioSnap.  Maybe it is but I can't seem to get anywhere  using it.  I've resorted to creating a baseline rhythm against which I adjust on the audio timeline every beat on every  track in order to synchronize  multiple tracks.  It's laborious to say the least.  Somehow I can't help but feel that automaton of that process using pattern recognition  ought of be a walk in the park.  Maybe AudioSnap is the thing that does it, but the lexicon used to describe the processes is at best foreign to me.  "Transients ... Markers ... Quantization ... Pool"  ... these are all well known terms but they are not useful for simply describing to me how to  properly align audio transients automatically. From researching the topic, I may not be alone as I wallow in my perplexity.
Is there a good tutorial describing how to Synchronize multiple tracks? 

I have a lot of trouble trying to find out how to use Markers, Transients, The Pool, Quantization,  Gooves, Thresholds, and the rest of the features that are in AudioSnap.  Is there a AudioSnap Tutorial for Dummies out there someplace?  It's not for me of course!! I have a friend who is interested!

I will add that I hope your not obsessing over a song where the timing is just a tiny little out for some tracks.. That's what makes it real. Perfectly quantized music might not be a good thing! 
And if your tracks are sounding out of sync.. you might have driver issues. There is a thread going yacking about that and all the weird latency issues that we deal with. 
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Is-My-Delay-Compensation-Totally-Borked-m3105432.aspx
 
 
 

My needs are simple. My tracks are exclusively audio for now.   I download a backing track with just instrumentals.  Then, so I may learn how the words and music go together, I download a vocal track of the song. It may have different instrumental accompaniment and even a different rhythm.  I want to synchronize the two so that I can work on my own rendition. Getting the in the same key is easy.  
 
The other need for synchronization is for multi-track pieces. For any number of reasons (carelessness among them)  the tracks, manage to become un-sync'd.  Rather than to go through and re-do the parts or go through the pain of adjusting all of the audio transients to a baseline track, I'd like to automatically synchronize them.  Surely there must be some algorithm  (or a set of them) that would iteratively  match a given track's audio transients  with those appearing on other (perhaps mulitiple)  tracks until the best match is reached.  That is basically what I do as I attempt to synchronize tracks. Maybe that is what Audio Snap tries to do, but there is nothing I've found (at least nothing that I understand) that would suggest that's the case.  
    

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I thought  synchronizing would be a "snap" using AudioSnap.  Maybe it is but I can't seem to get anywhere  using it.  I've resorted to creating a baseline rhythm against which I adjust on the audio timeline every beat on every  track in order to synchronize  multiple tracks.  It's laborious to say the least.  Somehow I can't help but feel that automaton of that process using pattern recognition  ought of be a walk in the park.  Maybe AudioSnap is the thing that does it, but the lexicon used to describe the processes is at best foreign to me.  "Transients ... Markers ... Quantization ... Pool"  ... these are all well known terms but they are not useful for simply describing to me how to  properly align audio transients automatically. From researching the topic, I may not be alone as I wallow in my perplexity.
Is there a good tutorial describing how to Synchronize multiple tracks? 

 
I'll leave the "is it any good?" question to others to answer but I covered Audiosnap and how to use it in my SWA Complete Sonar X2 video which I believe is currently available for free viewing on the SWA site.
 
It's a relatively complex part of the program compared to most parts which isn't easy to fully explain in a short forum post. If you take a look at that and have any questions I'll help where I can.

Bitflipper makes a nice (and very accurate) comment in the thread posted in #6 above - "A lot of users get frustrated with AS (and V-Vocal, for similar reasons) because they've been suckered by the marketing hype into assuming it's a one-click automated process. Truth is, these tools are editing aids, not magic processes. They require attention to detail - and a lot of practice - to get good results. [...]"
 
Please realize that AudioSnap is a wonderful toolbox, but understanding what each function does, and "feeding it properly" does require some time investment. Quantumeffect's point about "meticulous" is true, as it gives you back what you tell it to do, so there is little leniency with being complacent using it.
 
Out of curiosity, since you are using backing tracks and recording vocals, would it not be easier for you to first listen to the original recording (such as on YouTube) to get familiar with the track?
 
Karl's (FastBikerBoy) video linked is very good (9 hours of material) and most of it is still applicable to X3. He also has some other tutorials posted which are extremely helpful.
 
@Karl - Has the SWA Complete SONAR X2 been chopped up into chapters for folks buying it? I actually did that on my own when I was learning Adobe Premiere Pro, because the resolution of the playback using the slider with Windows Media Player for 9 hours was troublesome (plus I would forget where I left off without writing it down ). I remember asking you this before but completely forget what you said now

Thanks for that feedback... I never even heard of VLC before (yikes). Unfortunately, I tend to rely on the crap garbage programs that Microsoft just gives us (my error).

I just went back into my store account, and originally purchased the SWA Complete SONAR X2 on 10/19/12. I just downloaded that a second time and the new download it is already separated into the 50 chapters (doh!).
 
Since I hijacked this thread, I should get it back on track a bit... 4 chapters of that video set Karl mentioned (~33 minutes) are devoted to using AudioSnap.

I don't *know* but I believe any existing transients in the front part of the clip confuse "Audiosnap". I discovered that trick through some (very) frustrating sessions of trial and error with Audiosnap. Remember that when a clip is split or slip edited the underlying clip isn't really affected at all, hence the ability to drag it back out.
 
I believe that the still existing beats cause Audiosnap problems. That's the reason I recommend bouncing to clip first. It has certainly made Audiosnap a lot more reliable for me.
 
The above is of course all personal opinion that seems to make a big difference to success with Audiosnap.