I've always used it as a stand alone.

I import my stems into SV, work on the vocal and export it as a WAV. I then import the WAV into the project in Sonar.


You can find my music at:
www.herbhartley.com
Add nothing that adds nothing to the music.
You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both.

The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.