The dummy on the left is me ;).
The guy on the right is Parker
 
Cheers :).

Peabody, and his boy Sherman.
 
 
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Everyone:::  find and watch and LISTEN to the Rocky and Bullwinkle shows.
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steve9177
New Sonar X3 user. Old geezer who used to use Pro Audio 9 to create Piano CD's with my Alesis Q8.  (loved that keyboard/sequencer.) Old computer and Alesis both died as I retired. Got new laptop and Yamaha CP33 piano but could not get Pro Audio to load onto laptop.  Just "upgraded" to Sonar X3 and am exceptionally impressed with what it can do and overwhelmed by what I need to learn to do to use it. 
My problem is in converting the MIDI file from the CP33 to get an audio wav file out to burn.  I can get from 1 to 2 and 3 to 4, but can't get from 2 to 3.  I don't have an audio interface, but assume I can use the Micro GS that is built into the computer and use the headphone output.  Do I need an audio interface just to record MIDI piano? No audio.
I'm reading, but that adage about an old dog is getting in the way. 
 

You can't really "convert" midi to audio. Midi needs to play an instrument to be heard. If that instrument is your Yamaha then you will need to record the audio from it to create a WAV. But you can also use a virtual instrument. I wouldn't recommend the GS Wavetable synth, but for instance TruePianos or even TTS1 would work. In order to achieve low latency live playing of these instruments you will need an audio interface. But if you can prepare your track using just your Yamaha it shouldbe fine using a softsynth just for the export to WAV.

CakeAlexS
The guy on the right is Parker

A BBC radio DJ (I forget which one) each week used to seek out contenders for "worst single ever". This was one of the ones he dug up:

Parker Well Done

The SWA and Groove3 videos are excellent learning aids, lots of the x1/2 stuff also applies to x3 aswell so dont get put off by guides and stuff for earlier versions.

I am of course completely biased but SWA (thanks Greeny)  have some great videos available.  Links in my sig including links to my youtube page that has freebies that are still relevant.

No problem Karl, SWA Complete Sonar X2 is so detailed and really helped me move back to cakewalk after many years over on the dark side (cubase). The groove 3 stuff is also good but not nearly as detailed and I wont lie, no offense to the guy but Eli's voice makes me wanna sleep :D

Steve 9177 You should start your own thread to get proper answers as jumping in on someone elses thread is called hijacking and is confusing to other form members. 

I am pretty sure one of the hosts moved his thread here.

I am new to Sonar. I have used REAPER (sold it), Presonus Studio One (sold that when I the next one) and currently Cubase (for the past year and a half). Don't get me wrong, I love Cubase, but it lacks some basic features for being such a powerful program. Not to forget that I'm not crazy about the way it handles comping and takes. I don't like any of the included effects with Cubase, except for Room Works.
 
Sonar seems to have some great tools for mixing (and recording too) and that's why I've gotten it. :) I'm on Sonar X3 Producer, by the way.
 
I was also looking for some tutorials, so this thread is great. :)