Hello,
 
I have finally purchased a 64bit machine and I have X2 up and running.  I upgraded to X1 from Sonar 3 last August.  I was doing my mixes on a stand alone DAW (Roland VS2480).  I slowly moved to X1.  Last week I upgraded to X2.
 
I'm not very good about reading manuals, I prefer video tutorials.  I bought one for the X1 (X1 Explained).  It helped me a lot but I was not too impressed with it. 
 
This time I'm thinking of trying the "SWA Complete Sonar X2" that is offered through the Cakewalk Store.  If I do get it and like it I'll get the "SWA Mix Clinic" as well.
 
Anyone here tried this Tutorial Title ?
If you have tried it, please post your opinion/review on this tutorial.
 
Is there a video about "Whats New in X2" ?
 
Thanks
Ed 

transitioning from x1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw5z9BKWD-I

also a lot of users here on the site create good videos including myself.

but swa has a great 5 hour tut by karl rose a sonar user from here on the forums.
it covers everything.

in the mean time sonar also has cake tv:
http://www.cakewalk.com/CakeTV/SONARU.aspx

heres a few of mine dedicated soley to creating drum tracks in sonar x2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjZS61Wg-XY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruAnAPR6-hQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k83UVo1OiKA

Hi Ed,

You may also want to check out the SONAR X2 Power! book...
http://www.garrigus.com/powerbooks.asp

Scott

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Edion2 - all of these Sonar resources are helpful to get you up to speed. Each one may provide further insight. Most of the free stuff on the Cakewalk site and videos from forum members is also helpful.

I think Groove3's X2 Explained is excellent and Karl's SWA Sonar X2 9 hour tutorial is long enough to cover some of the less frequently mentioned areas.

I would say that I have enjoyed and repeated views several times of the Groove3 Mixing with Sonar X1 tutorial. The material in there is still very close to X2, and the how to info in there is very practical. It's a solid walk through of working on a song end to end.

lawajava


Edion2 - all of these Sonar resources are helpful to get you up to speed. Each one may provide further insight. Most of the free stuff on the Cakewalk site and videos from forum members is also helpful.

I think Groove3's X2 Explained is excellent and Karl's SWA Sonar X2 9 hour tutorial is long enough to cover some of the less frequently mentioned areas.

I would say that I have enjoyed and repeated views several times of the Groove3 Mixing with Sonar X1 tutorial. The material in there is still very close to X2, and the how to info in there is very practical. It's a solid walk through of working on a song end to end.

Agree with all of this.  Groove3 Mixing with Sonar X1 is a great resource - I keep going back to it. 

bent4life

lawajava


Edion2 - all of these Sonar resources are helpful to get you up to speed. Each one may provide further insight. Most of the free stuff on the Cakewalk site and videos from forum members is also helpful.

I think Groove3's X2 Explained is excellent and Karl's SWA Sonar X2 9 hour tutorial is long enough to cover some of the less frequently mentioned areas.

I would say that I have enjoyed and repeated views several times of the Groove3 Mixing with Sonar X1 tutorial. The material in there is still very close to X2, and the how to info in there is very practical. It's a solid walk through of working on a song end to end.

Agree with all of this.  Groove3 Mixing with Sonar X1 is a great resource - I keep going back to it. 

so don't I, the guy who does that video (William Edstrom Jr) is really good and does other groove 3 videos, everyone he does is great.

Charlie, thanks for the video links!  I found them to be very helpful.  If you got any more, let us know as your techniques really inform!

Karl's SWA video is a really comprehensive resource. Maybe, if you have been recording for years and are proficient with a DAW, it will contain much that you do not need or already know but if you need to know a lot... it is REALLY great and WELL worth the money. X-1 or X-2 POWER! books are great too as are all the Groove3 videos I have seen, but Karl (aka FBB) made a masterpiece with his SWA video.

Thanks for your replies.
 
 
Charlie, very nice videos.
 
 
There are a lot of videos on U-Tube on "how to do" specific tasks. For now, I want a main video tutorial set. I think I'm going to go with "SWA Complete Sonar X2".
 
 
I've been recording and mixing since the days of editing tape with razor blades :) I'm very old shooled. Computer DAW is a new trick for this old dog. A new trick that has to be punded into my head, so having a good set of video tutorial that I can watch over and over is a must for me.
 
 
Thank you for all your help.
Ed

Thanks everyone for all the video recommendations. Julien I'm blushing.

Thanks for all the support.

Hope you enjoy the video edion2, there's also videos on my youtube page (link in sig) and always lots of help available here too.