I remember previously using Blue Cat Audio plugins with a much earlier version of Sonar and I like the plugins.    I recently discovered their website again and decided to used one of their plugins and it worked well for me. 
 
On their site, there are several great plugins that might be of used to the Sonar community.  
 
Renumber to take advantage of the FREE ones.   
 
The Blue Cat pack itself comes with 7 plugins.
 
BLUE CAT FREE PlUGINS Bundle  (Click Win X64 VST3 on the right side, or the appropriate option to download).
 

The free gain plugin goes on every vocal track here, for pre-compressor leveling.

bitflipper
The free gain plugin goes on every vocal track here, for pre-compressor leveling.

 
Nice bitflipper, that Free Gain plugin is what led me to re-discover the Blue Cat plugins again.

Thanks!

Nice one Jesse...forgot about these. Really good.
Thanks.

It's great that you can have the Gain plug on two different tracks, so you can add gain on one track, and reverse the gain on the second track.

 

Yes S.L.I.P., 
 
That is a great feature.  Also the group feature is great as well, having several groups can be created using the plugin.

Just the Gain Suite is available for free download from your account at Plugin Boutique.
 
https://www.pluginboutiqu...-Blue-Cat-s-Gain-Suite

Can someone explain to me what the benefits of using the gain tool in this suite has over channel tools already in Sonar?

dubdisciple
Can someone explain to me what the benefits of using the gain tool in this suite has over channel tools already in Sonar?

Check out this video. The ability to group multiple instances is unique as far as I know.