craigb
Oh great!  NOW whose books am I going to read to understand SONAR??? 
 
Good luck with the future "other" Craig! 
 
Cakewalk user since v1.0!

Iz #OK craigzorbz...
 
I'mz writting the Beepstsnorg Guids to SONARmifacation so I totez gotz yer bak.
 
nowijustneedaneditor...
 
youinterdasted???
 
;-)

Thanks Craig for all you've done for musicians around the globe.
I hope you'll still find excuses to come to gearfest.
Good luck, and God bless Ya.
DG

olive2sing
Thanks Craig for all you've done for musicians around the globe.
I hope you'll still find excuses to come to gearfest.
Good luck, and God bless Ya.
DG

I have a perfect attendance record for GearFest, I'm not about to change that. Wouldn't be surprised if Gibson sends me, actually.

Hope this isn't too late, but I've been reading your stuff forever in Guitar Player...since the early 70's I think.  Times have changed so much...

Craig,

So sorry to see you go, but I'm sure better things are on the road ahead for you.
You're very generous with your time and communication and I've learned a lot from reading your posts.
Good luck and hopefully we'll see you around here occasionally.

Sincerely,

Steve Karl

Hi, Craig,
 
I just wanted to wish you the best of luck in your new ventures, and extend a long overdue personal thank you for sharing all of your amazing knowledge with musicians all over the world for so many years.
 
Way back in 1978 on the way home from buying my first Dokorder 7140 open reel recorder, I made a special trip to a bookstore at the local mall to pick up "Home Recording for Musicians" (the original with the reel to reel on the cover and the vinyl demo record inside), and then "Electronic Projects for Musicians", and those two books opened the floodgates of learning the recording and mixing process for me, and I'm still learning and trying to improve every day!   I've also enjoyed reading hundreds of your articles in various music magazines over the years and hope to see many more to come.
 
Sincere thanks and best wishes! 
Bob Oister
 

In my opinion, Craig's weekly tips and his involvement in the eZine were an important part of Cakewalk's offer. It was not like a bonus that I could read or not, it was my regular training and education to the art of creating music with SONAR. I consider that Gibson's decision is like a downgrade, especially for us, the non-pro users, who have a lot of things to learn. Will the next step be the removal of SONAR's help?
 
Craig's articles were the most effective and clear I've ever read. He gave us practical advices and tips that allowed us to obtain functions that the developers hadn't even imagined. And most of all, workarounds to help us create despite the technicals problems that sometimes occur.
 
I'm not worried for Craig's career, he's such a talented guy. I hope that Gibson still wants to give SONAR the rank it deserves in the DAW industry.
 
Thank you, Mr Anderton!
 

You're very welcome, and thanks for the kind words. With the arbitrary removal of my moderator, status I get the hint that I should just move on. So while I can't abandon this community completely - there are just too many cool people - I will be devoting the vast majority of my time to the harmonycentral.com forums. Dendy Jarrett (HC's Director) said I was welcome to do a "Friday's Tip of the Week" over there, and I'll probably take him up on it. He already persuaded me to do my satirical "Craig's List" column as part of the newsletter, so there's a precedent. He also assured me that if the Bakery becomes popular enough that Cakewalk ditches its forums (like many other DAW manufacturers already have), he'd be happy to migrate them to HC. 
 
Thanks again everyone. I'm switching to Reaper. (KIDDING!!! )

Anderton
With the arbitrary removal of my moderator status I get the hint that I should just move on.

I can see how you might view this as an offense. But maybe it was merely thoughtless. You should contact whomever at Cakewalk controls such actions, and ask them. I know, you shouldn't have to do this, but do it anyway, for all of us.