Hi everyone, I'm new here. I'm also new to Cakewalk. I've been doing MIDI for a while, but I was using other programs prior to this. I've been trying to get everything set up, but I've been having some difficulty. 

First, let me start by saying that I have SONAR Artist, which I'm running on a Windows 7 Pro OS. 
I tried looking in the Cakewalk Help, but I can't seem to find anything specific to Artist. The few files that I did find dealing with microphones talked about connecting a standard mic or a 1/4" mic to a processor. I don't have that. I have a Blue Yeti USB microphone. I know that the computer will see the microphone because I can record with it in other programs. But, when I make a new audio track in Sonar and I set the input device to the Blue Yeti (which SONAR sees and populates in the drop-down menu), when I press record in the track settings I get nothing. No sound is captured from the microphone. I'm totally stumped. Any help would be kindly appreciated. Thanks! 

There are 2 places to set record. In the transport control at the top of the Sonar screen and on the track. The top one sets record but the track one enablee recording on the desired track. In your case that's just one but with many audio interfaces you may want to record with multiple inputs at the same time. So you would enable recording on all the desired tracks and engage recording in the transport control.

Please read through the help menu which has tutorials covering the basic function. Just open Sonar and press F1.

Welcome to the forum.

Thanks Mudgel. I had actually already browsed through the help file and I didn't see anything useful in there. The button that you describe on the top control bar is a moot point in my case as my project only contains 1 track. Whether I'm trying to record 4 tracks simultaneously via the top record button or a single track the result is the same; SONAR recognizes that I have the USB mic plugged in, but is not detecting any sound from it. I will go through the help file again, but I didn't see anything in there dealing with USB microphones specifically. 

No you misunderstand. One enables record, the other engages record. You must press the 2 to go into record mode.

The help I was referring to was in the tutorials that Sonar provides on the basic functions like audio recording.

USB microphones are setup the same as any USB interface.with one difference that you not not have to set up the timing input master which will be your microphone but also a timing master output, which needs to be your sound card. It's found in one of the 3 Preferences>Audio selections.

Is it the Yeti or Yeti Pro?
According to Blue, the Yeti requires no special drivers to be used, which is not good. That usually means you have to use the MME driver mode instead of WDM or ASIO. What driver mode are you using in SONAR?
The Yeti Pro requires special drivers, which can be downloaded from Blue.
The Yeti is not compatible with USB 3. It is compatible with USB 1.1 and 2. Do you know which kind of ports you have?

mudgel
No you misunderstand. One enables record, the other engages record. You must press the 2 to go into record mode.

Ah! I figured it out. Thanks! 

57Gregy
Is it the Yeti or Yeti Pro?
According to Blue, the Yeti requires no special drivers to be used, which is not good. That usually means you have to use the MME driver mode instead of WDM or ASIO. What driver mode are you using in SONAR?
The Yeti Pro requires special drivers, which can be downloaded from Blue.
The Yeti is not compatible with USB 3. It is compatible with USB 1.1 and 2. Do you know which kind of ports you have?

It's a regular Yeti, and I have USB 3.0, but the Yeti records just fine in any other application. I figured out what Mudgel was talking about with the 2 record buttons, so I'm going to try that. I think it'll work no problem now. 
 

It's working now. :) Thanks everyone! 

FWIW, I find the easiest thing to do is enable the Record widget on the applicable track, then press "R" to record or Spacebar for normal playback.  When you're done, just disable the tracks' Record widget.
 

Sorry to go off topic here, but it's related ... how does one use a USB mic with a Windows app like Sonar?  Do you just give up monitoring while you record?  Or do USB mics work differently than other USB devices?