I've been working in Sonar X2 for almost a year now and have been getting the hang of it. I've pretty much stayed off the net and tried to figure out things myself (probably this is both a blessing and a curse ) but I think the time has come to address some things that I can't get my head around. Thanks in advance! Been reading threads for the past hour and appreciate the kind of help people are getting on here.

#1 I have an guitar-only interface that records in 44.1 kHz. Usually when mixing I use my Focusrite which I set to 96 kHz, but when I open the project I've made (44.1 kHz) and try to use it with my interface, I can't. Is there any way I can change the project sample rate or audio sample rate so that I could then open the project using a 96 kHz sample rate?

#2 After doing volume automation on tracks, is there any easier way to lower all (or some) of the tracks by a couple dB without inserting a gain plugin on every track?

#3 Is there any way to freeze more than one track at a time? Same thing for bouncing.

#4 I've noticed that when a track is recording you cannot do things like load up a preset of ProChannel or add a plugin. Is this default or can it be changed?

#5 When using the browser within Sonar to add loops, I cannot play or insert them into a mix. Not sure why but it just sits there.

#6 When audio engine is playing back a track I notice that if I add a 32-bit plugin (using the bridge for 64-bit) Sonar either a) crashes or b) says that the plugin is missing - and in both cases I have to restart Sonar to get it working again correctly. Is this normal?

#7 If I stop playback somewhere in the song, and go to the start and press play, I always have any reverb/delay tails from the area that I was playing back from before. This is also found on mixdowns for some reason.

All I can think of at the moment. Haven't been recording/mixing today so I may add more in the future. I totally love the DAW and it's the best I've worked on even after trying out Adobe Audition (3.0), Reaper, Podium and Logic Pro 10.

Sample Rate is not easily changed but it can be done http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/2934357

Great! Thanks for the short and quick reply! I was sure there was a way for this but hadn't searched deep enough....

First, be sure that you've installed the X2a patch. 
 

ActiveAxE
#2 After doing volume automation on tracks, is there any easier way to lower all (or some) of the tracks by a couple dB without inserting a gain plugin on every track?

 
Every track has a gain adjustment - I've found that helps to reduce the need for a gain plug-in. You can also grab and adjust the whole volume envelope of each track. For more global adjustments, you can send a group of tracks to a bus and control all of their volumes from there.

Sometimes 32-bit plugins just cause trouble in 64-bit Sonar.
 
Some folks have extended the life of some of their 32-bit plugins by purchasing another piece of bridging software, called JBridge.  There is still no guarantee that it will work for all 32-bit plugins trying to run in 64-bit Sonar, but some have reported success with particular plugins (not all).
 
I made a deliberate effort to check for 64-bit versions of the 32-bit plugins I used the most, and found some of them had free versions released in 64-bit.  I quit using any 32-bit plugins that were left over.
 
If there are 32-bit plugins that do not have a 64-bit version available, and you cannot live without, and that don't work right with either BitBridge or JBridge,  you could install a 32-bit version of Sonar and run those there, subject to the limitations of running 32-bit Sonar.
 
Bob Bone
 

Ruben
First, be sure that you've installed the X2a patch. 
 
Every track has a gain adjustment - I've found that helps to reduce the need for a gain plug-in. You can also grab and adjust the whole volume envelope of each track. For more global adjustments, you can send a group of tracks to a bus and control all of their volumes from there.

Thanks a lot! I'll make use of that gain thing at the top of the console more often Yes I do have the X2a installed by the way, I believe I patched it as soon as I got X2 downloaded.

robert_e_bone
Sometimes 32-bit plugins just cause trouble in 64-bit Sonar.
 
Some folks have extended the life of some of their 32-bit plugins by purchasing another piece of bridging software, called JBridge.  There is still no guarantee that it will work for all 32-bit plugins trying to run in 64-bit Sonar, but some have reported success with particular plugins (not all).
 
I made a deliberate effort to check for 64-bit versions of the 32-bit plugins I used the most, and found some of them had free versions released in 64-bit.  I quit using any 32-bit plugins that were left over.
 
If there are 32-bit plugins that do not have a 64-bit version available, and you cannot live without, and that don't work right with either BitBridge or JBridge,  you could install a 32-bit version of Sonar and run those there, subject to the limitations of running 32-bit Sonar.
 
Bob Bone
 

Thanks a lot, Bob - I think the time has come to search for 64-bit plugins, LOL, I should have done this earlier. When inserting them while I have the playback stopped, there is generally no problem so I think the bridger works but I can only do so many things at once.