http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/nady-smps-usb-phantom-power-supply-and-usb-audio-interface my interface just came in the other day, and I can not for the life of me figure out how to configure it so my mic works. if anyonw would be willing to help me that'd would be awesome.

Have you got the 48v phantom power turned on? If the AT2020 is a condenser mic, you'll need phantom on for it to work.

Can you get it to work with a line level signal?  Will it output from sonar? 

I have little knowledge of what to do.  as far as I knew from what ive read, I should have been able to plug it in and record. I cane from a music studio app on my iphone, and this blows me away as far as the things I am able to do, but its frustrating to not be able to record anything outside of my mic build in to the laptop itself.  if there is a youtube tutorial on how to set this up that would be great. 

It is a condenser mic.  You DO need phantom power turned on to give enough power to drive the mic's signal to be hot enough to be picked up by the interface.

Bob Bone

I do have the  phantom power turned on, but I still get no signal from the mic itself. I do pick up the sound from the laptop.  am I missing something?  knowing me, its obious and im just too frustrated hehe

Have you tried the mic elsewhere to verify it works? Same for the mic cable?

I don't have anything else. just my laptop.

For the audio track you want to use the mic with, you have to specify the input for the input port you plugged the mic into on your interface, and you also have to click on 'Input Echo On' for that audio track, to monitor the mic input.

This is also assuming you have the audio interface drivers specified in Preferences - if you do not then Sonar will have no idea that you have an audio interface.

Please post back with results as you try things - it is frustrating, but you are new to it, and there is unfortunately going to be a learning curve.  FORTUNATELY, once you get things up and running, you will be very happy.

Bob Bone

I appreciate all the help bone. I remember you giving tips in my other  threads too :) I have this favorite and ill keep posting here with progress. I cant wait to see what this can do!  I have a little experience so far and I like what im seeing so far.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmS-Ab-WQNg
this is what I was able to do with it just like it is. nothing else.