Sonar 5 to Sonar X2 is like moving to a diffenert DAW all together. It's quite the learning curve but i.mo. well worth the effort. We all know how frustrating the switch can be. Glad it's working out for ya!

Rocky

Demoking

Ah! After I posted I finally found it!  :)
Now, my marker has disappeared while its playing. Any idea what caused that? Ugh again!  lol

Hi Paul,


Welcome to the forum! Yeah, there will be plenty of "ah ha!" moments while you work your way through X2, but it shouldn't take long.


If you need help along the way, my SONAR X2 Power! book will be out in a couple weeks, but it's available for pre-order now... http://www.garrigus.com/powerbooks.asp


The book walks you through from beginning to end towards learning how to use SONAR X2.


And thanks to Joel (OldSkoolGuy), Clinton (FCCfirstclass), and jb101 for the recommendations! Thanks guys!


Scott

--
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

+1

Glyn Barnes


I recommend the "SWA Complete Sonar X2" video, its a big help finding your way around the new interface and features.

I've been looking at hires monitors on Amazon.  It seems they've designed the UI for billboard-size displays.  What's recommended these days to get a decent view of things?

CAF

Well, if you want real estate, it's hard to beat Dell's 30" monitor

It goes on sale several times a year for 400$ less.

All I can say is that at 2560x1600 Sonar is beautiful.

I came from Sonar 5.2 to X1 and now X2 so I feel your pain. As already been suggested start slow and give yourself time to learn. I also suggest Sonar X2 Power. I consider Scott’s as part of the upgrading costs.
 
Good luck.

MarioD

I came from Sonar 5.2 to X1 and now X2 so I feel your pain. As already been suggested start slow and give yourself time to learn. I also suggest Sonar X2 Power. I consider Scott’s as part of the upgrading costs.

Hey Mario... thanks very much! I appreciate it. SONAR X2 Power is almost here.


Scott

--
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

Thanks for the recommendations  jb101 and djoni, much appreciated. Cheques are in the post......

One of the things I'm liking, and not liking at the same time (and it took me a but to figure this out too) is how you don't have to open two tracks to run say, Session Drummer. You used to have to open it in an audio track as an effect, and then point your midi track at it. Now you apparently just open them in that synth rack thing. The thing I do and don't like is, while its cool that it shows the name of what that midi note is (kick drum, snare etc) its 1) hard to see the print and 2) I can't look at it to see where it is on an actual keyboard unless I can switch it to typical piano view somewhere. It's very likely I can but I haven't managed it just yet. I'm starting to like it, but it is a little strange. Messing with midi notes is different too. Need to figure out the draw tool and the select tool etc. right clicking to delete, is that new? Seems like it is. Double clicking to print a note, not sure I like that yet. I'd rather single click. 
Windows 8 is still ****ed though. Lets turn it ALL upside down why don't we?

Considering how fast I could just blast through the early versions (people working behind me often commented on how smooth I was and I often even impressed myself with it lol) now I'm like a newbie almost, trying to find things. Glad I don't have sessions with other musicians for a bit. 
I need to set my quick keys back up too. I usually have a key that saves, deletes, adds a pre made audio track and one for a midi track, all along my F keys. Those make life nice. 
I'd also like a backlit wireless keyboard. I can't see this one for anything after looking down from a bright monitor in the dark.