Hi Brundlefly, (you da man!) if you're playing/recording a guitar track while you're listening to a metronome playing in Sonar, you wanna leave it checked right ?  Or you would end up probably with a guitar track that's playing 'before' the beat iic ?
 

As I have stated, when I record any track, Sonar instantly aligns the input tracks with the Met track - even with AudioSnap DISABLED.

Thanks Sheanes; I have recorded a number of input tracks with AudioSnap Disabled, and Sonar instantly syncs them all with my Met track when I stop the transport - which is horrible. To make matters worse - Cakewalk will not respond to my email support request.

Thanks Brundlefly; I'll try your preferences edit and report my test results.
Have you heard of Sonar force-syncing input tracks with AudioSnap Disabled?

Been doing that; with AudioSnap Disabled, new tracks still sync to Met track when transport is stopped.

Been doing that; with AudioSnap Disabled, new tracks still sync to Met track when transport is stopped.

I unchecked the "Use ASIO Reported Latency" box and re-ran the test. My input tracks still sync to the Met track when the transport is stopped.

this is very clearly not an audio snap issue. you can easily confirm that by trying it with a new virgin project where audio snap was never enabled (because it does not enable itself nor is it enabled by default)
 

Sheanes
that is not the 'audiosnap' function in Sonar.
it's the latency compensation that Sonar and probably all other DAWS have.

that's what it is ... and it should work in your favour as it corrects for latency in recording. if it causes adverse effects it probably means you are recording at too high latency, thus playing differently, and when latency compensated, your recordings are off => you need to try recording a lowest possible ASIO buffer sizes or use direct monitoring from your interface

https://youtu.be/JIP39Km9qdk

Here is a video of this issue; not sure how to make a hot link of a video on this forum.
If anyone knows how to get Cakewalk to answer their support emails, please let me know.

Steven, there's something you're doing wrong or misunderstanding.
 
what is your interface/soundcard, what drivers / buffers ?
what are you recording ? are you recording the metronome track still ?