New to SONAR!What basics should I know

What genre are mainly focusing on? Theres plenty of knowledgeable people here. Welcome and im sure everybody here would be happy to answer questions of yours. 
 
I deal with mostly hip-hop/rap/r&b style. I dont know your past experience much but if you need help in those genres feel free to PM me, i check this pretty often throughout the day. You can also PM me or ask here for basic set ups questions such as finding your interface etc...
 
There's a fairly large variety of musicians here to get knowledge and tips from. Id recommend checking out Craig Andertons tip thread as well.
 

Ok well may I first start by saying you are handsome Woody *giggles*, and thank you so much for your kindness. I am a kpop, jpop, vocaloid and anime coverist. Kpop mostly centers around the r&b, techno,  pop, hip-hop, trot and ballad genres so I'm sure you would see the similarities except the language it is in! I and my sister have Scarlett 2i2's and Audio Technica at2020 xlr mics(you could say we are music twins and think alike, plus Sweetwater has good deals)
 
Right now I am hoping that Sonar can help me with my mixes sounding so thin cellphone speakers, since audacity just wasn't doing it for me and adobe audition scares me lol, but I have been looking up tutorials all day and I just wanted to see the best way to start it off, since my genres are quite similar but different.
 
 

Start doing it right away if you had watch cakewalk video. You will make mistakes and it is ok. We all learn by mistakes. The more you do the better you become. There are some good basic tutorial that comes in the manual.

Groove3.com is were I learn most of the time. This forum is full of good and experience cakewalk users that are always eager to help.

If you want, PM me and can go a lil more indepth
 

ok np i sent u one. If its doesnt work ill just post some things.

Ok I emailed you!

Welcome to Cakewalk Sonar Kamodulation,
 
First I suggest learning as much as possible about Sonar and how things get done in it.
 
YouTube has a bunch of excellent Sonar Tutorials
 
Sonar Tutorials

Groove 3 Has rather good video on CakeWalk Sonar tutorials and they are currently 50% off each video download.
 
More Sonar Tutorials
 
I hope this Helps

I use both monitor and headphone. A good headphones like at40 goes a long way for me.

If you try to get a grasp on everything before you start being productive and laying tracks down , you will probably never get started recording your projects or music for real. I would suggest to start learning by figuring out what you want to do step wise, and learn what you need to know about that particular step before moving on to say, step 2, 3 ,4 ect. , and once you get to the following steps learn about what you need to know to get past that particular step and on to the next. Along with coming back to the forum to ask specific questions about specific steps or issues you might be having. Been here since Sonar 4 Producer, although my post numbers are low due to the new format with subscriptions and registering format etc.  There a lot of knowledgeable and helpful people here. And hopefully I will contribute to being one, to you and others. Stick with it, Sonar is a very good production/recording program.