I thought that when I hid tracks in Sonar, they were supposed to be hidden on the Console, but that is not the case. Isn't there some way to hide tracks that will reduce clutter on the console for tracks that don't need to be mixed? One example is MIDI tracks.

Yes, there is a setting for this.

Go to Edit -> Preferences -> MIDI -> Control Surfaces

On the bottom right, there is a section called "Control Strip Visible in". Select whether your control surface should follow the list of tracks visible in the Track View, Console View or always show All Strips.

More info is available in the contextual help. Simply press the <Help> button from this page of the preferences dialogbox.

I hope this helps.

Sacha

Thanks that worked.  Great benefit to mixing so I dont have to see MIDI tracks, muted tracks, and other such stuff on the physical console (V-Studio).