Hello, good people!
In Short:
The subject line asks my question for me.
Up front, I will not be using Melodyne, so do you have any suggestions?
 
The Long:
Up until CbB, I was using another DAW. Its very old, and I'm not in a position to buy modern software. It had a nice feature that I could record a clip: then, pitch correct and also, record clip much slower than actual tune-tempo, but then speed the clip up. Very handy. However, I do love the modern interface and other capabilities of CW much better.
 
Thanks, Kevin

Check Reaper - they have a plugin called Rea-Tune included with Reaper. Think this may be of help to you. I believe you can use the reaper plugins in SONAR.
 
YouTube video on using ReaTune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unf151LoED4
 

and check g-snap https://www.gvst.co.uk/gsnap.htm

Pretty sure CbB still has Time/Pitch Stretch 2 in the audio clip context menu Process Effects > Audio Effects. Hard to say for sure because the feature is not mentioned on product comparison charts and I have several versions of SONAR installed along with CbB.

Thank you, all, for the suggestions, so far. I will investigate all.

SCOOK, I see 2 items under the PROCESS menu that may work, and I'll read manual to determine if they'll fit the tempo question : Fit to Time and Length.  So far, I do not see "Time/Pitch Stretch 2" but my audio effects is greyed out (on another PC, so not quick ez access to compare right now) But thanks, you got me searching down the right path.
 

"Time/Pitch Stretch 2" is only available on the context menu for an audio clip. It is not on the main menu. Right-click an audio clip, look for "Process Effect" then "Audio Effects." The actual location of the plug-in under "Audio Effects" depends on the layout. I believe it defaults to Time under "Sort by Category." It is in the Cakewalk menu when using "Sort by Manufacturer." It is a DirectX plug-in in the Cakewalk menu using "Sort by Type." This is a destructive process. Consider working a copy of the clip.

Ctrl+drag right clips edge to suitable length may be quick and useful too sometimes.

Hmmm, scook... I've tried searching the way that you suggest, and I do not think I'm seeing ANY directx plugins, other than TTS and something else in the same folder as the TTS synth. 
 
chris.r: thanks.

You must be looking in the wrong place. CbB includes the Sonitus Suite in DX format. TTS-1 is not an effect, it is a synth. After right-clicking an audio clip, here is my menu path to the plug-in when using the "Sort by Type" layout.