Sonar and ZED12FX as audio interface

Ok, so I'm very new at this and don't know much so my question might sound stupid.
 
I bought a A&H ZED12FX as it came with Sonar LE and because of this I thought I could use it as an audio interface. So my question is... How would I record different instruments and vocals through the A&H as separate tracks to Sonar LE and then mix then together.
 
Apologies if this has been discussed. 

The drivers are awful on this thing but a good  small board otherwise.  I use it pretty much as Cactus Music described .  I keep hoping to setup as a control surface in logic but the mac drivers are confusing .  Have not bothered attempting this with Sonar yet

That explains a lot.  One of my coworkers claimed this thing will work as a control surface. 

Mono sources (like vocals, guitar) are recorded mono (=one track) and stereo sources as stereo (=two tracks).
Drums are a different beast because you usually record individual kitpieces in mono, but overheads in stereo or double mono.
 
I don't understand what you mean by "importing" the recordings to SONAR. SONAR is your recording software, and you record directly on SONARs tracks.
 
Recording a band with that setup requires a lot of trial & error I assume, and I'm not able to give specific advice.
 
 
 

Thanks Kalle. What I mean with importing is the ZED is setup on 2 channels with Sonar. So I thought I need to record vocals to the 2 channel setup, then save and create a new 2 channel setup and record guitar, etc etc. Then take the saved tracks and open in Sonar so they are all together. But I see this is going to be difficult and I would probably have to get another AI.
 
Thanks for the info Cactus. The Tascam looks like a good AI. How would I connect the Tascam together with the AH to make them work together?

He is in a band so as I said above, 2 tracks at a time is a painful way to work. And even one person, if real drums are involved, will need a min of 4 tracks with 6 or more being much better.  
 
 I use mine with 3 of us recording together,Bass,Drums,Guitar and scratch vocals. We are after is a solid drum track first. I use a Yamaha 01v Mixer as well. The interface alone could be used, but a mixer gives you a lot more control, monitors and most important compressors. 
We'll get to details later if you go this route. This will require lots of short cables from your A&H to the Audio interface inputs with the options depending on the equipment. 
 
So mike up the drums and route them to say 6 or 8 tracks of Sonar. This is your main focus, the rest of the instruments can be overdubbed later if your not happy with the takes. But often if the band is well rehearsed, you can capture most of your tracks in one pass.  Our Bass player is an example. I will play a simple solid rhythm part on the guitar, no solos yet. 
But to do this without bleed to the drum mikes you will have to wear headphones and keep the room noise to a minimum.  If this is an issue you can deal with it using barriers etc. 
 
Run a DI from the Bass Rig. 
Put the guitar amp in an isolation room or box or just use a pedal board. 
Put the singer as far away as possible and don't sing loud,, or even better, hum and just loud whisper out clues and directions. 
If there's a keyboard, great, record directly with the midi. 
 Everything will run through the mixer and custom headphones mixes invented. We sometimes use a few old mixers and stereo systems for headphone power. You can buy headphone distribution amps. lots of options. Start small and build.