Repeating the others... You simply can not properly grasp a software as huge as SONAR with "jump in and learn as you do"-approach, especially if you have a certain task under work.  You have to study, really study.
My recommendation always is: Read the whole Reference guide, all that 1850 pages (of course you can skip parts that are obviously unnecessary to you). After that you have some kind of dim picture of what can/can not be done, and where to look. And you know the names of the different parts.

Another approach is to click every single window and dropdown option and check in the Help files what it's there for.

That means work, yes, but it also means results.

Hi,
sure it will take some time,to get a routine in using Sonar X1.
f you want to learn to work with Sonar X1 as fast as possible, I would recommend you the " Sonar X 1 Power Book" by Scott R. Gargius, which has helped many ,many of us .
Good Luck
 

Thanks, Pragi! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the book.

Dinosquirrel... if you're interested, my SONAR X1 Power! book is available in Cakewalk's online store... 
http://www.store.cakewalk...ductid=30-CTSP1.00-20C

Best,
Scott

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Yes ,
I had a 3 day intensiv " Sonar X1 power book reading session" it was joyful to read, and as a "byproduct" I learned more than the basics of X1.
Thanks for this book, Scott!

Hi Pragi,

My pleasure. I'm happy to be a part of the Cakewalk community.

Wow! You read the entire book in 3 days?? I think that's a world record. 


Scott

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A little patience will go a long way to learning it. 

In regards to the now time marker - everything you read here is accurate (Spacebar, Cntrl Spacebar, Menu Options)

The "W" key will also toggle Now Time behavior between stopping at a certain location or rewinding back to the start of the project.

As much as it seems you don't want to, we all had to read and study to learn Sonar. That is true with any daw from my perspective. Learning Sonar out of the box and in production would be a challange for anyone to successfully accomplish what you're trying to do. It's not the software's fault. It can't learn us, shame really. :)

Hi Scott,
it´s not a world record,I ´m not that experienced in speed reading, but with some
basic speed reading techniques it is posssible to get a good overview  of ypur book.
  In the "going deeper work" ( with the book beside the monitor aso) I´m the slowest snail 
ever!

So, is Scott deeply into writing his next tome?

I just had to buy the Nook e-book when I did the preview on Amazon (I realize Nook is a B/N Product), and saw the phrase, "x-ray windows."

lol..

For Sonar X2, I will probably go paperback..  or maybe not..  e-books never get lost, never wear out, and are going to be in your library forever, and they are less expensive!  Which is great...   As we know..  There are Linear Phase's starving on Mars..