Very Basic Questions

I am moving from an old version of Sonar used with an external hard disk recorder to a Roland V-Studio with Sonar X1.

1.  If I want to record an external MIDI keyboard, do I need two tracks in Sonar: one MIDI track to control the instrument and a second audio track to receive the audio input from the V-Studio interface?
2. Related to the above: I would like to be able to monitor the external instruments along with virtual instruments as I am arranging the track, and then record when ready.

I am new to this set-up and have not finished wiring and configuring.  The above questions may or may not also apply to some of the virtual instruments I have installed (e.g.. Vienna, Fab Four, Ivory II) and the built in Fantom, but I will definitely need to use some of my tried-and-true external MIDI rigs, especially for transferring songs written with the old kit. 

Thanks very much,

Konrad

Thanks, John, but I never did this before.

In the past, I created MIDI tracks in Sonar and the audio output of the keyboards was routed to an external recorder.  The only audio ever record in Sonar was a RealGuitar plug-in.

To program and then record a MIDI keyboard in X1 (or any other version of Sonar), do I need an MIDI track to control the keyboard and a separate audio track to receive the input from that external keyboard?

Thanks.

Great.  Thanks for the help.  Really looking forward to getting everything set-up.