I know this is an old post, but there is another way to record the audio directly.  If you have Guitar rig, there is a built-in 'tape recorder'...you can put this as a plug-in on an audio track and just hit the record and play buttons on the tape recorder when you're ready to record.  When finished, save the audio wav file wherever you like in your hard drive.  This method is actually a real-time recording of what you do with the vst drum machine.  It has both positive and negative aspects.  There is no midi data that is recorded, so it's a one shot deal...but if you're interested in being able to record on the fly as you're playing the vst drum machine, this is an option.
 

Yes, this is an old thread which predates synth recording introduced with Ipswich.

I'm not familiar with Ipswich...is that similar to the method i described?

No, see http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR&language=3&help=NewFeatures.01.html for updates by release. The specific feature addressing this thread is http://www.cakewalk.com/D...lp=NewFeatures.10.html

Adroit as ever, Scook.  Synth Recording is a nice feature, but the OP mentioned Sonar X3.  It's time for Funkbear to upgrade if that hasn't happened already!

Hey, Twaddle or anyone else... regarding midi and BFD3... something that's bugged me for awhile is how to shut midi out OFF on BFD3.  When I use it I find that when recording new tracks, like a synth part, BFD's midi is being captured by the recording track. I know I can just set the midi channel but often I don't and just select/arm the new track for recording.  Then I end up with all the BFD bits on my new tracks.  My workaround is to print the BFD audio to a track but seems I should just be able to stop BFD from sending the midi out.  
 
There's probably a simple answer I'm missing but I've tried to find it and I'm.... dumb!
 
Sorry to divert the thread a bit but it's kinda in the same ballpark.
 
 

ricoskyl
Adroit as ever, Scook.  Synth Recording is a nice feature, but the OP mentioned Sonar X3.  It's time for Funkbear to upgrade if that hasn't happened already!

If the OP has not upgraded hopefully they found a solution by now. Using recorder plug-ins has been suggested before on several other threads about this subject.