Wow, lots of great suggestions and ideas here. Some thoughts...
Second book: I know it would have a much smaller audience. I'm really quite devastated that SONAR has reached the "official" end of the line, it was the perfect program for me...a second book would be more like a labor of love, and give me closure.
Combining first and second books: That was my initial thought, but it's not as simple as it sounds. Doing the second book by itself would be fastest/easiest. Integrating the two books, in particular redoing the layout (
very time-consuming), would be a major time sink. I also wouldn't want people to have to pay for the same material twice if they already bought the first book.
Removing the posts for the first book: There was so much out-of-date material and it was so disorganized I saw no way to turn the thread itself into something coherent, and I also didn't want my name associated with something sub-standard. It was like when Windows gets so messed up your only option is a re-install.
Studio One: Since so many of you mentioned Studio One, here's an update on what's happening on that front.
- I will definitely be doing a "Friday's Tip of the Week" for Studio One, PreSonus wants it. Not sure when the first one will hit.
- They're having an internal discussion around the feasibility of adding a "switchers" section for the people who are switching to Studio One (it's not just Sonarians). If it happens, they'll probably want me involved on some level. Note that they already have an official thread for Sonar users who are moving to Studio One.
- PreSonus really liked the "Mixing and Mastering with SONAR" book I did many years ago, and wants me to do one on SOP.
- There's a good chance the Anderton Synthetic Impulse Responses will be made available in the PreSonus shop for Studio One's Open Air convolution reverb.
- I'm porting the Bass Expansion Pack to the Presence XT sampler. PreSonus agreed that it would be cool to offer the pack free to anyone who bought the original one for Rapture Pro so they don't have to buy the same thing twice.
Unused or hard to find content: I'll likely be putting some of the content that never appeared, like the Chord Library, loop libraries that were never used, and the Test Tone Suite on reverb.com. I also have some Rapture Pro Expansion packs that were never released. The only issue is that the installation process for Rapture Pro expansion packs is so squirrely that I don't think I could charge for them...if it doesn't work and it's free, no one can get too upset. What I'll probably do is offer at least one of them as a free download at
craiganderton.com and if people like it, they can pay me what they think it's worth...or not. I just don't want to see all that work go to waste.