Which version of Sonar? The matrix view in X1 and earlier versions can't/won't send MIDI to hardware outputs. I can't remember if this was fixed for X2 or not (and I'm not a the DAW at the moment to check).

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Which version of Sonar? The matrix view in X1 and earlier versions can't/won't send MIDI to hardware outputs. I can't remember if this was fixed for X2 or not (and I'm not a the DAW at the moment to check).

wow-are you serious?-How is it that the tech support rep. would not have given me that info? I am using X1....but I could have sworn that I used it before to trigger the hardware synths, but maybe Im wrong....I write so infrequently do to my schedule that I cant say for sure.  Can someone please verify if you can use the Matrix with hardware synths and if this has changed in X2!.....I might be able to actually talk my wife into letting me get X2 lol!

Can someone please verify is that info accurate: will the Matrix cells in X1 only trigger soft synths and not hardware synths!- thanks

It would appear to be the case, there are several threads like this one http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/2485063

Wow-I am so disgusted by this revelation - literally the Matrix feature was my #1 reason for getting X1- Just freaking priceless..... Just can't make this stuff up!

I can confirm this is the case. This was a big feature request for us in X1, and ultimately implemented in SONAR X2. That particular feature is actually listed as one of the additions in the "What's New" section. http://www.cakewalk.com/products/sonar/whats-new.aspx
 
Sorry for the confusion! If you want to give it a whirl you can give the X2 demo a try, as there are obviously a number of additional enhancements that go beyond that one particular feature.