Forgive the (likely) stupid question, but does SONAR have a Maximizer similar to say Izotope Ozone?  I am admittedly dead stupid when it comes to this kind of thing, but I am trying to learn :)

If by Maximizer, you mean Limiter, there is...
 
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Limiter LM2S (frankly...I've never even SEEN this)
Brickwall BW-2S (It's there, but I haven't tried it)

dantarbill
If by Maximizer, you mean Limiter, there is...
 
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Limiter LM2S (frankly...I've never even SEEN this)
Brickwall BW-2S (It's there, but I haven't tried it)

So then would it be correct to that that there is not really a Maximizer per say, but the tools to accomplish similar results?

SONAR has three included limiter/maximizers. You can also purchase separately the very nice Concrete Limiter Pro Channel module.

SiberianKhatru59

dantarbill
If by Maximizer, you mean Limiter, there is...
 
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Limiter LM2S (frankly...I've never even SEEN this)
Brickwall BW-2S (It's there, but I haven't tried it)

 
So then would it be correct to that that there is not really a Maximizer per say, but the tools to accomplish similar results?

I think Maximizer is just name that iZotope uses for one of the limiters in Ozone.  (It would appear that other one is "Vintage Limiter", which I guess limits you if you're old...as if being old isn't limiting enough.)
 
I typically use Voxengo's Elephant...probably just because it's become a habit...and it seems to work well.

As was explained, a "maximizer" isn't really a universal name for an audio effect, although it can be inferred that it's a brickwall limiter. Sonar comes with several. Whether you like it as much as you like Ozone is up to you. Ozone is a pretty nice package but I honestly wouldn't recommend doing your own mastering. If you need something "quick and dirty" the Sonar stuff should work.

I think maximizers such as made by Izotope or Waves or whoever are a FX Chains of several compressor/limiters. Go to Craig Anderton Friday Tips, he beautifully explains how to make one out of Sonar stock plugins. 

The Sonar (what version is yours?) included Limiters 
will give you everything you need to master .
If you have learned and want other sound-colours
in your tracks  , there are other vst limiter and maximizer
available.
free and compareable to Waves L1 is :
http://www.audiopluginsforfree.com/w1-limiter/
or another good one:
Limiter No.6
https://vladgsound.wordpress.com/plugins/limiter6/
 
Payware
 there are very good vst limiters  from voxengo elephant ,ozone , t-racks,
slate ,weiss and hofa  (must be uncountable )available.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Audacity has the ability to scale a finished audio file so that max peak is e.g. at -3 db, 0 db, or whatever you choose. That's a simple way to not deal with absolutes while creating, and simply post-process to level tracks to a particular db.
 

AllanH
Audacity has the ability to scale a finished audio file so that max peak is e.g. at -3 db, 0 db, or whatever you choose. That's a simple way to not deal with absolutes while creating, and simply post-process to level tracks to a particular db.
 

In SONAR that would be Process/Apply Effect/Normalize...