Thanks to twisted6s for trying to help out b4. Anyhow I've been doing mostly audio recording for the last little while and I'm now able to tackle this properly.
 
I have Maschine Mikro and I'm using Sonar X2.
I can play all the sounds no problem, but when I hit record on sonar, my midi will not record when i'm pounding on the maschine.
I unplugged my Impulse61 as I can record from it no problem hoping this would allow Sonar to find the Maschine some how.
That didn't work.
I even unplugged maschine from the system, restarted Sonar, and the vst (maschine) was still in the project so I started playing the keyboard on the screen getting sounds but when I hit record STILL nothing records in sonar.
 
I've enable midi, I have maschine mikro checked in midi devices, it is checked in midi playback and recording.
i have no idea what else is left to do.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated. /0\

Did you switch Maschine to midi mode? Maschine VST will take ownership of Maschine hardware if not, in which case you can only record within the VST.

Just a guess here, but does the Maschine VST have MIDI output enabled?

midi mode, you mean by sending midi clock?

sharke
Just a guess here, but does the Maschine VST have MIDI output enabled?

Yes I have it enabled

No midi mode I mean switching the controller from Maschine control to general midi mode.
You can't record linearly in Sonar (or any DAW) when the controller is acting as Maschine, because then all pads you hit and all buttons you press and knobs you twist go directly to Maschine, which has its own sequencer. That's just how Maschine works and has always worked, it has nothing to do with Sonar. If you want to play sounds from Maschine you'll have to map the group to midi notes and switch the controller to midi mode, and choose a general midi control template. Not to sound like a dick, but if none of this makes any sense, it would help to look through Maschine's manual first. It's pretty hard to do a step by step as there are many options and every situation is different.

Shift & F1 on the mikro to switch to midi mode.

try this..
 
1. ensure that you instantiate the vst with "enable midi out"
2. you do not need to be in controller mode.
3. assume you have one group, say group A as your drum kit that goes to the sampler..ie plays drums
4. link this group A using "pad group" to another group, say group B
5. group B does not play the sampler but is directed to midi out (in Maschine)
6. Notes come out of maschine as midi to be recorded in Sonar.

That's clever, I never did it that way before. Does it do that with recorded patterns or with live playing or both? Do the notes map back into Maschine to be played? Doesn't that create a loop then?

Someone's did a good youtube video on using sonae with maschine. If its the guy you msntioned disegard. Don't hab e link handy but I'm sure ot comes up easily on search