MickyD
Does anyone own these video tutorials?  Are they geared to Sonar X2 newbies?  Are there plenty of detailed instructions?

 
Hi Micky, 
 
Thanks for your interest in the videos, and to everyone else for the kind support. You can view a summary of each of the videos contained in the series here: 
 
http://www.groove3.com/str/sonar-x2-explained.html?action=print
 
That should give you a good idea of if it is what you are looking for or not. 
 
Thanks. 

I think the best thing about the Groove3 Sonar course is that it gets you up to speed on the basics of using the program, and puts you in a position to be able to tackle the manual should you need to get right into the nitty gritty of the small technical details. Diving into the manual without any prior knowledge is just going to confuse and frustrate a beginner. I think the best way to learn Sonar is through a combination of Eli and FBB's videos, and working your way through Scott's book as well (just when is X3 Power! out anyway?)

I also have an All-Access pass and I agree with Beepster and some of the others.  The Groove3 vids should get you up and running in X2 in just a few hours, while Scott's books are better references, and, of course, the 20-lb owners manual when all else fails.  Eli is the man when it comes to tutorials.  He's clear and concise without being verbose and he maintains a good balance of lecturing, providing visual demonstrations, and providing audio examples.  This is an area where many tutorials fail IME - they tend to do way too much talking, or have cringe-worthy examples that make it unbearable to listen to, etc. (see youtube for some of the worst of the worst).  Most of the Groove3 narrators do a great job, but Eli is exceptional IMO and he's pretty much the standard by which I judge all other tutorial narrators.

Also, the last couple of years around Black Friday they have a sale on the all-access pass for $99/yr which ends up a little over $8/mo.
Worth it if there's a lot of vids your interested in.
 

Thanks for the recommendations Mike, Beepster, Sharke, and Cryophonik! I appreciate it.
 
More book info at: http://www.garrigus.com/
 
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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I love Eli's Sonar related videos!! Most excellent.

Thanks for the support Sharke.
 
FYI MickyD, the original nine hour "SWA Complete Sonar X2" video is just that "complete" and covers just about every aspect of it in great detail, the latest SWA X3 video is focused purely on the changes and new features.

MickyD
Hi folks,
Does anyone own these video tutorials?  Are they geared to Sonar X2 newbies?  Are there plenty of detailed instructions?
 
Thanks for your input.

I have this one, and much more (the ones related to X1, Scott's Sonar Power books, and Karl's [Fast Biker Boy] videos - Complete Sonar X2 and the new X3 features and changes). All good to excellent in different ways.    

Thanks, Ben (bent4life)! I appreciate the support.
 
Scott

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Scott R. Garrigus - http://garrigus.com - SONAR X2 Power! - http://garrigus.com/?SonarX2Power
* 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

Eli's vid's and Scotts book are must haves for newbies. They both helped me immensely. Both are very easy to understand.