Using midi to select guitar treatments in Sonar X2 when gigging

Hi. I am not sure, but maybe you could group the tracks, and assign solo to the track needed. You could perhaps use a multi-function shortcut (I thinks that is possible). It would take the know-how of the wiser people to hopefully get you closer to a solution to your question.
Best of luck.

what does your signal chain look like, how are you creating the fx?.. your rt latency will be a function of your system, any optimisations done for audio latency, your audio interface, and the amount of fx you are using.
if you have Guitar Rig or similar then these can operate standalone with pretty decent rt latency and support midi switching of presets... 

In case you have nothing against using "one man closed source project"  (some people here do not want that by definition), my plug-in can help (see my signature). Sure, I can help you with the configuration.
 
The approach can be just switch focus from track to track, all with auto-input-echo. Or switch input echo on particular track. May be combined with mute/solo to avoid overlapping in sounds. May be also with disabling/enabling VSTs to save CPU. Whatever works best for you.

rjjacobs
To be honest I'm a bit nervous of installing closed unsigned software on my computers.

From what I know, a certificate costs starting $75 per year. Pure waste of money if you ask me. My site is official, the registration is easy to find. That is even more information then you can get out of official certificate.
 

Are you using mechanisms that are hidden from normal X2 users?

I use Cakewalk Control Surface API. It is open (also in source) and available for any Sonar user. All Control Surface plug-ins (ACT MIDI, Generic, VS-700, etc) are using this API. But they expose different sets of supported functionality to the user. My plug-in is yet another one is the list, but unlike other it pretend to be universal.
 

Does that mean you have found a way -
1) to control individual track input-echo with midi via a control surface or

Yes.

2) is there a way to configure Sonar to automatically switch on input-echo when a track is in focus?

Sorry, my mistake. It is for MIDI tracks only. But the answer on (1) is still "Yes" (I have just tested it, to be sure).
 

If so could you just send me the controller template? 

If/when you decide to give it a try, I will need some information from you (about the controller, number of tracks, exact behavior you prefer, etc.). That conversation we can do ether here, in PM or inside my forum (preferred way, so other can benefit/participate in the discussion and it is not "lost" within CW forum). I will make the preset and give you exact instructions how to install/use it. You can find examples for the whole procedure on my site (see "Discussions" section with threads about particular devices).
 

I don't want to have all the input echos on and then switch focus/mute/solo between tracks as having all the input echos on kills the delay performance.

We can mute/solo (and many other operations) in addition to the input echo switch to reduce the CPU load and avoid overlapping of effects from different tracks.

AZ Controller can operate with almost any parameter of any track, FX, synth and some ProChannel modules without focusing them. Think as you can "remote control" everything. Configuring the plug-in is not so simple because it allows not only "one control for one parameter" but far more complicated logic.