I purchased Cakewalk, perhaps two decades ago, but never could get to the point where I could use it much.  I would lay it aside, and then in a few years would try again, only to get stuck again. The help file just wasn't very helpful.  I had big hopes when Bandlab took it over, and had hoped they would rewrite the manual. But, it is the same as before. Is there perhaps a 3rd party book that I could purchase?  My search only turned up "The Power in Cakewalk SONAR" by William Edstrom Jr.  Wh