M_Glenn_M
+1 for sure. well said.
Thanks to:
This forum,
Scott's Sonar X1,
Mixing Secrets (Mike Senior)
Mixing Audio (Roey Izhaki)

Those are the 3 that I always have to hand, along with Bob Kats's "Mastering Audio"

Bristol_Jonesey

M_Glenn_M
+1 for sure. well said.
Thanks to:
This forum,
Scott's Sonar X1,
Mixing Secrets (Mike Senior)
Mixing Audio (Roey Izhaki)

Those are the 3 that I always have to hand, along with Bob Kats's "Mastering Audio"

Those three are my go to books as well, and live in my studio right next to my DAW.  Bob Katz is one that I keep meaning to get.  I guess, so far, that I've struggled so much with using Sonar and mixing that I've not felt ready to move on to the mastering phase.

Using Sonar X1 Producer X1d and the Power Sonar X1 book.  I bought the upgrade to X2 Producer just haven't installed cause I'm too scared after reading the forums for a while and take lanes etc.

Yes to the above...so true..it is defo better here!!!

Bristol_Jonesey
Those are the 3 that I always have to hand, along with Bob Kats's "Mastering Audio"

Thanks, Colin! I really appreciate it.
 
Scott

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jb101
Those three are my go to books as well, and live in my studio right next to my DAW.

Thanks, Jon! I'm glad to hear my book has a place in your studio.
 
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

Quick comment on the power book. You can go to the library page and check it out. You can't download it, but you can use it on line and read and learn. it's in the resource pages. Nice reading.
MJ

I find these days there are a whole swag of sources for information about any DAW. Here are a few tips I give my sound engineering students to help them learn a new DAW.
 
Go to the website and download and print off all the information about that DAW. It will amount to quite a few pages. And yes there are things in there you will not have known your software can do. It is a good starter.
 
Read all the Sound on Sound reviews of that DAW. Reviews are great because they have to cover lots in a short time. I have picked up a lot from these reviews. I had to teach a guy FL Studio once. In SOS there is a review for every version from 4 right up to 10. The first one will often give the main stuff and the subsequent reviews will only cover the additions in the new version. I learned heaps from the reviews alone.
 
Watch all the videos on the DAW website that relate to that DAW. There are often many many videos to watch. They are great and you learn a lot quickly too. Also there are a lot more on Youtube too. Extra ones from the companies themselves and some amateur ones but all very helpful.
 
Read any books that have been specifically published on your DAW like Scott's books.
 
Buy every video that Groove 3 (and the DAW company itself if they have them) has made on your DAW. These are great and very well made. A must!
 
The Manual Well this is the scary one. Manuals are sometimes well written and sometimes not but the reality is that a lot of information is in the manual. If you get stuck open up the manual. 9 times out of 10 you will solve the issue. Sonar X2 has got a beauty. Studio One is good too but not as big but that is a good thing because I can read it completely and I try to do that once a year. (When I was doing demos for the V Studio 700 system for Roland at one point I read that manual three or four times before I even switched it on! But when I did I was using it as well and as fast as Seth and Brandon. It saved a lot of time. That information does sink in believe it or not)
 
Practice what you have learned. It is the best way. But if you do the stuff above you will be very well prepared to get straight into it!
 
Have fun.

garrigus
 

sharke
Hey Scott I was heartened to see X2 Power in Barnes and Noble yesterday - that's the first time I've seen a Sonar book in there...

Hey J... very cool. I didn't know it had made it into the stores yet. Yeah, the publisher is pretty good in that regard. They do get the book placed in as many locations as possible. Some of my past books have been in the stores as well. Was there more than one copy? Or just the one?
 

There were two copies!

Reading beep's first post made me think of the process of learning a musical instrument. Well done beep.