mudgel
As there is only one audio engine for Sonar at a time I can't see how you could play audio in one project while simultaneously recording in another project.
To make it possible you would have to set the input and output timing engine to seperate IO but these setting are global not per project.
brundlefly
Late to the party, but Just for the record, you can run an earlier version of SONAR (e.g. X3) in parallel with Platinum, just as you have done with Reaper.
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Good stuff guys. That makes sense and I'll test those concepts out. I have no idea about audio engine i/o settings and I probably WON'T go down that path but I want to see WTF that's about. The recording into different VERSIONS sounds like a workable plan.
However Sonar of any kind is usually much more of a resource hog than Reaper so I'm assuming running two Sonar versions/projects to accomplish this routing/recording could lead to more glitches/less stability.
Since I've already gone and installed Reaper and for straight up recording I don't need all my beloved Sonar goodies I'll probably stick with doing the extra audio tracks in Reaper.
If the version to version recording IS possible though (and I will test it) then that could definitely be sooper useful for others who don't want to install/figure out Reaper. Honestly it's been a bit of a ball twister figuring out some basic stuff in Reaper to make this happen simply because I am not used to it. I have been intending to learn it properly though so this just forced me to get off my butt and get on with it.
The main thing I had to do was figure out how to set up a "Per Project Folder" type situation with Reaper and getting the Reapeaks to stay the hell out of my way. This stuff has to all be setup manually and took some research/kernoodling.
Also the Per Project Folder style action needs to be engaged EVERY time you save as far as I can tell (it's a little check box in the Save As dialog). Otherwise it gets dumped into a global folder which as we all know... sucks ballz.
Yup... lots going on, guys. Learning tons. Gonna share it with everyone. Just give me some time.
Cheers and thanks!!!