Here is a great review of Dimension Pro, from Sound on Sound, that talks a bit about its ability to load in lots of different sample formats, its loop point detection, etc.:
 
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may06/articles/cakewalkdimension.htm
 
I happen to use (and LOVE), Native Instruments Kontakt 5, which may be the best sampler on the market, but Dimension Pro may well be quite capable of doing what you need/want to do, so check out the article above, the Dim Pro documentation, and look for YouTube videos and other instructional web material for additional assistance with it.
 
Bob Bone
 

Thanks Bob, I'll have a look at the review a little later  (Busy with some AD routing issues, as I detailed in a recent post).  I thought that Dim Pro might be able to act as, essentially, a sampler, and I'll definitely explore that as a possibility.  Yet another way to skin the old cat...  Thanks again!

mrpippy2
Thank you all for your help.  Definitely several ways to skin a cat!  What's working for me is a method that uses both Sonar and Audacity, and I end up with the loops as individual .wav files.  As I don't have much experience using audio loops in Sonar, I still have some experimenting to do on that front, but so far so good.  Thanks again!

I'm curious what you're doing with Audacity. Seems to me you could probably do what you need to do in Sonar so you wouldn't have to switch between programs.

I concur with Mr Anderton, would think Dim Pro might do the job for you (it's a sample player), and it might be more time-efficient to try to stay within Sonar.
 
Bob Bone