Another quick unrelated question if I may...again a search of the manual, forums and Google has not revealed an obvious answer.  How does one record the output of an audio track including effects ?  This is sometimes called "burning the effects" or "commit" I believe. In Reaper it's called "Record Output".
I'd like to record my guitar tracks "as you hear it" rather than record the audio and then have that routed back through the effects upon playback.  Thanks again for any help............

SONAR only records the incoming audio stream, any software effects on the track will not be recorded at that time.

Seriously ?  There is no way to commit or burn effects ? No way to record what you hear ? As hard as I'm trying to love Sonar X2 I keep getting pulled back to Reaper. I just can't believe something that's such a simple one click task in Reaper isn't even possible in Sonar........or maybe it is.  I'll wait for confirmation.  Thanks anyway.........

Seriously, would this thread serve as confirmation?

You can bounce to tracks your recorded audio with the effects and it will create a new track with the effects applied.

It does not even require a bounce, you can either apply effects or freeze the track but effects cannot be applied recording the track. Well, you can but it requires a loop back through the interface and recording the result on another track which I do not believe is the solution being sought.

Teksonik
Seriously ?  There is no way to commit or burn effects ? No way to record what you hear ? As hard as I'm trying to love Sonar X2 I keep getting pulled back to Reaper. I just can't believe something that's such a simple one click task in Reaper isn't even possible in Sonar........or maybe it is.  I'll wait for confirmation.  Thanks anyway.........

http://www.voxengo.com/product/recorder/ this might work. I haven't used it in a while. Check Features & Compatibility first. 

 

Yeah, I did not mention the VST recorder option either for the same reason I skipped the loop option. The last time I used a VST recorder, the Voxengo was skipped due compatibility issues with 64bit OS. I used HGS Wav Recorder.

That's ok guys thanks anyway.  I've decided to stick with Reaper for my guitar work as it simply fits me better. I just miss things like Countdown to Playback and Record Output too much..... no sense looking for workarounds in Sonar when the solution is a mouse click away in Reaper.....
 
I will however be putting in a herculean effort to make X2 my DAW of choice for the synth based electronic stuff I do. X2 will also be used heavily to control my hardware synths as it's handling of sysex is far superior to anything else I own. I do love Sonar I'm just trying to find the right place for it in my tool box.......Thanks for all the help....