Alex, you should try to read as much as you can. CT comes with a comprehensive set of tutorials which you should read. You should also read the help that comes with Sonar itself. A very good website for beginners is http://www.tweakheadz.com/guide.htm This will teach you most of what you should know about music technology which the more specific manuals on Sonar and CT wont teach you. Have fun with the new toys, Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 4:08 PM Subject: [ddots-l] help Hi all, Have just got sonar 5 producer edition installed and am getting cake talking this week. so am wondering what kind of help is out there for the total beginner. am using the lexicon lamda as my audio and midi interface and high end sound card and am also hoping to use my gt5/6 processors for my guitar sounds. sure you all know where I am at and am looking for anyone who can help steer me in the right direction cheers