I am having issues with Sonar X1 Studio and Reason while in Rewire please help

Goto Audio preferences, uncheck 'share drivers with other programs'.

That'll do it.

Ah on another read of what you are saying there that might be a bit different to the usual reply.

This is more likely to be to do with echoing your existing midi which is being sent to kong whilst recording another track which is also being sent to the same kong instance yes?

I'm just setting up a project in 8.5 so bear with me as I'm not normal.

When I say not normal I don't normally route midi via devices in the traditional sense I tend to use a virtual midi port so I need to set up a project in the normal way to follow you here.

First off make sure you haven't solo'ed any particular track then make sure the tracks you've previously recorded are set to echo midi even when the focus changes to the new track you are recording/inputting on.

Sounds like you've ticked all the right boxes.  OK heres' a 3 stage plan.

1/ Observe that it all behaves correctly with looping turned off.

2/ Contact support preferably by phone so you can go through the steps you are taking.

3/ File a bug report.

I think you've just reminded me why I use a virtual midi port.

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You do not record drums from Kong in Sonar's sequencer. You record them in Reason's sequencer. In Reason, you can play and/or record only one instrument/track at a time...as for the other stuff you mention it isn't clear to me what is going on.

You can use Sonar's sequencing capabilities to compose/record midi to be sent to any of Reason's devices. that's the point of Rewire.  To enable communication between the two apps so you can do either.

Where did the rule 'You do not' come from?  It might end up being the only workaround but it certainly ain't a rule.

In Sonar as in Reason you should be able to monitor previously recorded midi while recording a new track or lane as you should with any other virtual instrument.

"You do not record drums from Kong in Sonar's sequencer. You record them in Reason's sequencer. In Reason, you can play and/or record only one instrument/track at a time...as for the other stuff you mention it isn't clear to me what is going on." That's not entirely true. The way rewire is supposed to work is it sends audio/midi data back and forth from the host to Reason and back again. However how I think this will have to work in practice is as you say because from speaking with tech support I have learned that apparently not only is there not an issue (even when there was the guy sounded like I was saying something crazy) but that there is nothing that can be done to fix this issue and that the only thing I can do is fill out a problem report. This mostly frustrates me because the main reason I upgraded to X1 in the first place was for 64 bit rewire in Sonar to work properly. Reason is my workstation / work horse and now it not working with my DAW is really making things difficult. I may just say screw it and buy another DAW because in the 3 weeks that I have had X1 I have spent more time trouble shooting than making music and tech support has been less than helpful. Thanks for your help guys I am just a bit disappointed that a well known company like Cakewalk or Roland would jeopardize their reputation with stuff like this.

I get you. I know how it works. I have been rewiring Reason in Home Studio 4 since 2005 the process is the same but I wanted to make sure I haven't missed a step.

ill try that. I really hope they do add midi out to Reason but I doubt it will happen.