The Cerastine Order

Yah man, good advice. I figured this out a while ago (whatever version they first incorporated it into Sonar). Not only does it save on resources, but it can help organize your tracks on a visual level ( for idiots like me who get confuzzled by umpteenbillionz of tracks).

St. Anger....blech.

Thanks Kiwi, I definitely agree that VST dill are easier to manage in Sonar. I guess to be a bit more specific, Sonar uses the VST wrapper to make them useable....my question is, does this make them more or less efficient/functional/whatever than a DX effect/instrument, which seems to have been native to Cakewalk for some time now?

Is there any advantage to using VST plugins instead of DX plugins in Sonar 5?

The Blackbox is a pos in my opinion, look elsewhere for an amp modeler. Hate to say it, but Line 6 is still the best bet....guitar rig 2 sounds alot better than its predecessor. I have a Vox Tonelab and it gets the job done aswell.

This might be a bit of a dumb question but up until now I've been recording in 24bit/44.1k and am considering doing my next disc in 96k. I know the size of the audio will occupy more HD space, but will the change make a big difference on cpu usage in both my patform and plugins? My specs are: AMD Athlon 64 3200, 2 gigs ram, 2 WD 80gig HDs, Presonus Firepod, Cakewalk Sonar 5, and various DXi plugins. Any help would be much appreciated!