Course Summary: These Cakewalk Sonar tutorials are a complete guide to making music with Sonar. The Quick Start section reviews the new features in Sonar X1 and includes a grand tour of Sonar functions as well editing and mixing. The Audio section provides in-depth coverage on recording, mixing and mastering digital audio using Sonar X1, including a review of the primary audio FX. The Loops & Remix section demonstrates the tools used for Grooves and Acidized clips, including AudioSnap features. There is a comprehensive section on MIDI which explains setting up Sonar to work with Virtual Instruments, Rewire, and hardware MIDI devices as well as recording and editing. The Tools & Techniques section features tutorials on drum tools, including Session Drummer and Beatscape, and the Matrix View.

The Cakewalk Sonar X1 tutorials are 3 hours and 47 minutes of Adobe Flash interactive videos in DVD and digital distribution format. For detailed descriptions of the subjects covered as well as the module timings for these courses see the Sonar X1 and Sonar 8 tutorial descriptions.