Garrigus/Anderton

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I'm curious about the differences in the Sonar books that Scott Garrigus and Craig Anderton have written. My impression of Scott's Sonar 2 book was that it was a more user friendly version of the Cakewalk manual. I'm assuming that his Sonar 3 book is similar. Why is Craig Anderton's so much more expensive?

Terry
 
tkingen said:
I'm curious about the differences in the Sonar books that Scott Garrigus and Craig Anderton have written. My impression of Scott's Sonar 2 book was that it was a more user friendly version of the Cakewalk manual. I'm assuming that his Sonar 3 book is similar. Why is Craig Anderton's so much more expensive?

Terry
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CRAIG is a respected engineer while from what I know Scott is just a book writer. So with Craigs book I think you might gain insight into recording in general while scott's book just tells you how to work sonar. But I've never read either so I could be completely wrong.
 
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I have them both and my suggestion, get em both. They each tend to take a different approach, Scott covers the basics with a few insightful tips thrown in, Craig has some nice conceptual methods of working in Sonar. I find that Craig however, provides some esoteric solutions not as universally useful to the way I work. He definitely is more experimental in his approach to things.

There are jewels in each book that I found to be very helpful. Overlap of information is about 30% between authors. Overlap of the original Sonar manual is about 50%.
 
But for people like me who know nothing about any of this stuff, maybe Scott's book would be better because it's tailored more for the beginner. Yes/No?
 
Well, I got Scott Garrigus' book. So far it's simple and helpful, for anyone who was thinking about getting it.
 
I too have Schott Carrigus' book, Sonar 3 Power. Bought to read on the plane home from US. Since then I have read a chapter now and then. After having read about 2/3 of it, I am not very excited. Looks too much like the manual to me, perhaps better written, but very little is original. May be serve a function for those who for unmentionable reasons haven't got the real manual.
 
I have Craigs book on order. The Sonar 3 manual is an easy enough read...I don't really need the same information explained in a different way. It sounds like Craig's book may be more useful for the "insider tips." Sounds fun!

Terry
 
This thread got me interested in Craig Andertons book, so I searched the web for more information. There is a pdf in the publisher's homepages with the full table of contents and a sample chapter (mixing).

http://www.wizoo.com/

To those who already have the book. Is the CD any good?
 
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I too have Schott Carrigus' book, Sonar 3 Power. Bought to read on the plane home from US. Since then I have read a chapter now and then. After having read about 2/3 of it, I am not very excited. Looks too much like the manual to me, perhaps better written, but very little is original. May be serve a function for those who for unmentionable reasons haven't got the real manual.
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I don't have the manual, so this is helpful to me. If there is something better, I would want to check into that too.
 
I just ordered Craig Anderton's Sonar 3 - Mixing and Mastering new for $35 at Amazon.com. I need help in the mixing department, so this book may be more beneficial for me.
 
Hey guys, you made me order Craig Anderton's too. The table of contents looked as though there might be something useful for me there.
 
Jazzyblues,

$35.00?!?!?! I ordered from Amazon and paid $50.00 plus shipping. Did you get a used one?
 
tkingen -
It was brand new for $35. They gave a list of stores and different prices. It ranged from $35 to $50 new.
 
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