I forgot to mention that many of the companies that made 32-bit commercial plugins have released free updates for 64-bit versions of them, so you might want to check for availability of those for your most-used 32-bit plugins.  :)
 
Bob Bone
 
 

SONAR is a very sophisticated program, it will take you a while to master it. Fortunately you can get the basics going fairly fast. What I'd recommend is just to plunge in, and when you can't figure something out, do a search in the help file...sort of "learning on the installment plan."
 
Of all the tutorials, I highly recommend the one on compling. Comping is great, but it's not done the way other DAWs (or even previous versions of SONAR) did it so you need to go through the tutorial to have the proverbial light bulb go on over your head.
 
The major sources of incompatibility with SONAR are third party plug-ins, interface drivers, graphics card drivers (including the "HD Audio" ones that may be automatically installed and are superfluous), and non-updated elements that need updating.
 
The main copy and paste bug to which I think Stickman is referring is that you can't copy/cut and paste bus envelopes.
 
Don't ignore the "old" plug-ins. The Sonitus plug-ins are great, and the old synths still make some wonderful sounds. I don't see a synth like Psyne II getting much love, but it's a very flexible and useful synth.
 
 

Thanks very much guys. I'm already finding my way on some very simple projects --- some designed, as suggested, to just help me get to grips with groups of features. Craig's learning approach is very much mine too although some of the basic tutorials are worth going through. The Sonar University one on comping is great. Anyway, I really appreciate the hospitality, seems like a great community. Ho ho ho y'all!

lingyai
I really appreciate the hospitality, seems like a great community.

The people here are amazing. I've learned a whole lot from the community and when I've had questions, I've usually been able to get an answer. Many people consider this forum one of SONAR's most impressive "features."
 
There's also a lot of knowledge that goes beyond simply SONAR to include hardware, software, techniques, etc. It's well worth visiting the other forums...I had "SONAR forum tunnel vision" until the forums got re-shuffled, but now I'm finding there's a lot of general knowledge floating around in here.

Number juan rule.
 
DO NOT
I repeat
DO NOT get into a collab with as I will hound you to the four corners of the globe for your tracks.
 
OK, this is a setup issue but be sure you understand the diff between 64bit OS and SONAR and if you MUST install any 32bit VST in a 64bit OS, absolutely pay attention to the install's suggested locations and know your scan directories for VSTs.