So I am using Sonar X1 Studio I've had it for about a year and I have had troubles with it working right with my current audio interface Propellerhead Balance and some issues with Reason and rewire as well. I chose to go Ableton Live and after doing so there are just a lot of things about Sonar I miss and I have since slowed down using Reason since picking up Maschine a couple months ago so now Sonar will fit my workflow again but I need something that works well with Sonar. I need something that I can plug my mic into and my M-Audio miniak as well. I do not record guitars or live instruments or anything like that just vocals for my YouTube vlog and and that I can record my miniak when I use it. I want to make sure it works well with Sonar and I don't want to buy another $500 audio interface because I do not think I need all of that. It also needs to be usb because I work off of a laptop 

I have a M-audio 2496 PCI card in my desktop and Roland/Cakewalk UA25EX with my laptop. Both work fine with Sonar X2PE.

I should also add I need it to be usb 2 or 3 because I work off of a laptop 

You'll probably be fine with either a Focusrite Scarlett (2i4 or 8i6) or a Roland Quad-Capture. They're known to work well with Sonar X1 and X2 and are relatively inexpensive.

Try adding a powered USB hub.
(It helped alot when I was running an EMU interface off a laptop).

[currently use the MOTU 24IO] 

+1 for the Focusrite interfaces.  The built in pre amps (for your mic) are brilliant.  

Anyone here have any experience with the Presonus interfaces? Those have been in my sights too. I have a friend who swears by them but he also uses FL studio my concern is that I don't want to have any issues with it working with Sonar. 

Check out the RME Babyface (a USB2 interface)

Recently I had to switch from a RME HDSP 9652 (that I purchased in 2005) to an RME RayDAT.

I had to switch because my new motherboard didn't have any old PCI slots. They STILL update their drivers for the HDSP9652 though.. You can always trust RME and that's why I would never buy another brand today.

Focusrite is okay too. I wouldn't go with M-Audio though. It's a quite small company and they suck when it comes to drivers.

+1 for Focusrite.

I have 2 of their interfaces, one for my main DAW and a smaller USB6 for another computer, they both work really well.

+1 for Focusrite, too. I run a big one at home and a smaller for mobile recording. If needed, i can run them in dual unit mode (the are both firewire devices - and they run without a problem under thunderbolt- if you are a mac user for certain circumstances....) HTH Michael