OT: Wow, I've been recognized. I'm always 'gadlaw' online. Thanks very much for the kind words. :) Good people make good forums and as long as you treat people the way you want to be treated life is good. Looks like good people here. There was just a meetup of forum folks at TrueFire headquarters in St Pete Florida this last weekend, all the long time forum guys were there except for me. But I had a good excuse, health issues and I can provide a doctors note.
Back on topic. I did also get 'The Power of Cakewalk Sonar' by William Edstrom, Jr. on Amazon last week. Comes with a disk and nice on topic video overviews of the program. It's not expensive but not as broad as the Sonar X3 Power! book. Like the official Cakewalk videos on YouTube - frequent viewings will help get the terminology and functioning in your head if you are starting at zero with these kind of programs. The best place to start is the beginning.