TheMaartian
What do we need to make this easier? Why, a beginner's how-to video on making videos of SONAR.
I've been looking at the free OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) alternative to the paid Mirillis' Action! and Voicemeeter Banana. Guess I should make a video about making a video.

Never used OBS, but I have used a Free Screen capture program called HyperCam at http://hyperionics.com/.
It works pretty good, creates AVI files that you can import into Sonar and do Voice over.  If you are very good, it can also capture Audio with the live recording. 
 
I typically come up with a script and while I am just talking it through (without recording), I record the video.  Then I will create voice over using Sonar. Comping rules for Voice over!
 
 
 

Well I have always been a RTFM guy, but it seems that videos are the latest trend in educational materials.  I have copies of Scott's books, Sonar Power 8, X1, and X3.  Great resources!  But it seems that the younger generation today relies more on YouTube videos , than printed text for information.
 
I have also enrolled in a few online courses, which rely totally on videos for the course lectures. But I think that I can skim a textbook much faster than the time required to watch all of these videos.
 
Personally I would rather search an ebook for a term, or use an index or table of contents, to find what I am looking for.  Can't do that with a video, except by burning time, which annoys me.  If I find a video that is focused on what I need great, but that can be hit or miss.
 
That said, I think that Cakewalk's competition has already figured out the video angle.  It's fine if Cakewalk and community want to rely on the RTFM mantra, but doing so only lets the competition get ahead! 
 
Onboarding new users should be a priority for Cakewalk if it wants to grow it's market share.  Please pay attention to what the competition is offering!

I think many hobbyists buy Platinum when all they really need is Music Creator. I include myself in that group and I don't regret it. We do it for the same reason we buy more computer, more camera, more whatever than we really need because on some level we enjoy the complexity and potential of professional quality products and, importantly, the price difference is just not bank breaking for many hobbyists (you want an expensive hobby? Buy a boat!).  I dont know whether the OP fits into the hobbyist  category or not, but I do think it would serve Cake well to recognize that, even though they produce a lower level, simpler product, the price barrier to entry to the professional product is low enough that it no doubt attracts a lot of non-professionals . A few well produced truly beginner level Sonar videos might just prevent some users from migrating away with buyer's remorse as well as entice buyers.

What puzzles me is how youngsters today are so "YouTube orientated" that even for a very basic question (like Export or inserting a soft synth) they start to look for videos in the net. We see every week posts with " I've spent hours looking for a video...", when typing a search word in Help-files would give the answer in ten seconds. Is reading written text really so "out" today?
 
Videos are superior in explaining a bit more advanced techniques or the use of different FX, as they have sound.

Ha! (Really double-Ha) well said!!

abacab
Well I have always been a RTFM guy, but it seems that videos are the latest trend in educational materials.  I have copies of Scott's books, Sonar Power 8, X1, and X3.  Great resources!

Thanks very much, John! Glad you enjoyed the books.
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Kalle Rantaaho
What puzzles me is how youngsters today are so "YouTube orientated" that even for a very basic question (like Export or inserting a soft synth) they start to look for videos in the net. We see every week posts with " I've spent hours looking for a video...", when typing a search word in Help-files would give the answer in ten seconds. Is reading written text really so "out" today?
 
Videos are superior in explaining a bit more advanced techniques or the use of different FX, as they have sound.

I agree, but it seems that the world has changed. 
 
Educational materials are being delivered mostly by video now.  If you have taken any online classes in the past few years, even university course lectures and TA tutorials are done by video, so you do not actually need to attend in person on campus.  You can pause, rewind, play until you understand each topic.
 
Of course, there are usually required reading lists in the course syllabus as well, so written text may not be dead yet, but I think young people are being imprinted with this new technology for initial encounters with a subject.