https://www.steinberg.net/en/products/discontinued_hardware/ur22.html
 

Papaswiz...any feedback? I'm curious as to the final answer on this one 😊

Well it's been 4 days and some good advice still unresponded to. 
 

Cactus Music
Well it's been 4 days and some good advice still unresponded to. 
 

 
I'm gonna guess papawiz has figured out what he's doing wrong, it's something pretty basic, and he won't come back and thank the community or admit what happened. I wouldn't normally be so snarky, but as I have said, thousands of SONAR users (me included) are monitoring through the DAW with effects and low latency, so I know it can be done and Cakewalk doesn't have to "write a new algorithm" to make it happen.

Larry Jones
I wouldn't normally be so snarky, but as I have said, thousands of SONAR users (me included) are monitoring through the DAW with effects and low latency, so I know it can be done and Cakewalk doesn't have to "write a new algorithm" to make it happen.

Indeed, but I'm going to try and be charitable. People expect that because something is computer-based, it should be easy to learn. But recording studios, real or virtual, aren't easy to learn.
 
Musicians understand it doesn't work this way with guitars...for example, no one walks into Guitar Center, buys a Strat, returns it a week later and says "This guitar is defective, I can't play like Jimi Hendrix."

I'm sorry Craig, I'm going to have to disagree with you . I run a desktop system and a laptop, both with a 32 bit system install of windows, and the available RAM is around 3.4GB with windows10 installed (I am truly amazed by Windows10 the more I use it). Both systems wake up like they've have a double shot coffee every morning and Sonar has very few issues unless I try to add too many DSP's.
 
Only last month I finished a song that had several takes of electronic drums, keyboard, bass and guitar. It had 4 vocalists that had over 12 separate takes on two of those vocals. So, a total of over 30 tracks with EQ, compression and reverb on most of those. There is also DSP on the busses, including the master. I run a Roland OctaCapture and often use up to 6 inputs when recording acoustic piano and vocals together. The OctaCapture has it's own reverb which doesn't get printed to the track when recording.
 
How Sonar performs is almost entirely up to the setup of the computer system and Sonar itself. It can take some time to get your computer functioning well with any large, sophisticated software environment, but when you do, it should give you hours of trouble free use. I have no doubt the OP is pulling his hair out with an issue that has at some stage plagued many of us, but with a little help and some experimentation I'm sure they can achieve a stress free recording environment. I hope they can use some of the great ideas put forward here and end up with a system that serves them well.

Anderton
 
...no one walks into Guitar Center, buys a Strat, returns it a week later and says "This guitar is defective, I can't play like Jimi Hendrix."

 
This reminds me of the old joke about a guy recovering from major surgery after a horrible car crash. "Doc," he asks, "will I be able to play the violin?"
The surgeon replies "Of course! I don't see why not."
To which the patient responds "That's great news! I've never been able to before."
 
I'll see myself out.

Rebel007,
Which part of Anderson's post do you disagree with?