Customer Reviews

Sonar Insider

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I have been buying Craig Anderton's books for many years now. Any book of his has been valuable to my growth as a home studio enthusiast and Cakewalk user. He is a premier expert on Cakewalk products and well known for presenting complicated concepts in an easy-to-read manner. Novices and experienced users will find this book extremely useful.

I am a new user of Cakewalk Sonar 4 and found the Cakewalk users manual to be a little vague for a person new to PC-based recording. Sonar Insider is a great way for a new user, such as myself, to learn the tips and tricks needed to get the most out of Sonar 4. Craig Anderton is an extremely talented individual and he has a way of taking a complicated subject and presenting it in a way that is easy to understand.

I would most definitely give the supplier a worthy 5 stars - great price, great service and book arrived well before expected date. However with Sonar 8.5 and of course Sonar X-1 this book is somewhat dated and at times pertnent and yet at other times quite irrelevant. Craig Anderton is a legend with such books and I suppose the bargain price I paid for this reflects the dated content, hence the 4 stars. But having said all that, there are still a few tricks to be learned in its pages even for someone like me who has been using Cakewalk for over 20 years.

This book may be good but I was led to believe it was good for beginners as well as pro's. I does the beginner (me) no good at all. It went over my head from the first page. If you are just starting out with sonar this book is not for you, unless you have some experience. I am still trying to find a book that would be good for someone who has no clue about sonar
in particular sonar vs-100.

NOT FOR BEGINNERS!!!!!!! TOTALLY NOT FOR BEGINNERS, WILL GO WAY OVER YOUR HEAD FROM THE GIT GO.