I'm surprised no one mentioned that Melodyne comes with two activations. -If- you have two PCs (as I assume many do), I'd upgrade and check out the latest version on one PC and maintain the other as is for any showstoppers.
Based on the few posts I've read, there appears to be issues with;
1. clips with non rendered (i.e. still active) Region FX using V2
2. multiple clips within a single track ..? (recommendation was to bounce to a single clip IIRC?)
3. 64 bit version of V4 (recommendation was to uninstall and install 32 bit version.)
4. Substantially greater processing efficiency with the standalone version than the ARA integration within Sonar. (acknowledged by Melodyne but without a delivery commitment)
I expect the V4 feature set and ARA integration in Sonar to warrant the effort. I've ordered a mine sweeper from Amazon and will be tackling this as soon as I can clear a few days.