Newbie - just upgraded from Cakewalk to free Sonar - where's help?

[user6867832854710887]

Upgraded to free Sonar. No images appear in help. Search doesn't work.

[57Gregy]

At the top of this page, click Cakewalk>Online Documentation or >Reference Guide PDF.

[Bass Guitar]

This has been one of those things that goes way back in time that they have never bothered to fix. The website is flagged as not secure so your browser is protecting you from harm. 

[user6867832854710887]

On 11/3/2025 at 6:53 PM, 57Gregy said:

At the top of this page, click Cakewalk>Online Documentation or >Reference Guide PDF.

OK Thanks! Now all I have to do is read all 2,000 pages!😁

[Wookiee]

31 minutes ago, user6867832854710887 said:

OK Thanks! Now all I have to do is read all 2,000 pages!😁

Two things.

1. No you don't. 

2. If you have been using CbB it is fundamentally the same program with some tweaks. 

[Bass Guitar]

That’s what I like about Cakewalks Next.

270 pages! 
 

It sort of makes it clear as to which Daw would be better for beginners. 
 

It’s interesting that the page count of each Daw corresponds to how complex and steep the learning curve is. I guess it also depends on how many features are included. 
 

Next and Waveform 260 pages 

Studio one , Reaper and Mixcraft 450 pages

Abelton live and Mixbus 850 pages

Logic 1,100 pages 

Cubase and ProTools 1,560 pages 

Edited November 5 by Bass Guitar

[57Gregy]

5 hours ago, user6867832854710887 said:

OK Thanks! Now all I have to do is read all 2,000 pages!😁

I remember when I got my first computer and bought a copy of "Windows for Dummies" (I was definitely a dummy) and just about the first sentence in it was something like 'put this book away until you have a problem'.

[sjoens]

The old CakeTV SONAR videos are a good place to start and still available online.  Goggle it.

Just remember to delete the "s" from https once you're there or add the url to your browser allowed settings.

Edited November 5 by sjoens