He originally just had 1 audio drum loop. I removed it and replaced the drums with a new session of BFD2 and and programmed from scratch so they work great.  He recorded everything with a POD so there were no effects/synths being used when he sent me the file. so basically all of the tracks were audio.  So it seems like there may be some minor issues opening Sonar 5 projects in X2. Certainly seems strange.

thanks guys!

How are you opening the project?  Are you starting X2x64 and then opening the project?
 
Have you checked to see if X2x64 is scanning the 32bit version of Vocal Strip?
 
There can often be a bit of weirdness with opening projects done in older versions, but if it's just audio without any plugs I would not expect this.

i open sonar x2, then open the project. I have 2 version of the vocal channel plugin in my folder, the 32 bit and 64 bit and I open the 64 bit version. So sonar is scanning for both.

To upload an image, you'll need to do a normal screen capture, either by using ctrl + Print Scrn or Alt + Print Scrn.

Then upload it to somewhere like photobucket or imageshack (there are many more), grab the "direct link" code from there and paste it in the image box when replying on this forum, that's the one that looks like a mountain with a sun in the sky