i didn't put the path in with the plug in manager. as i said if i open the effects folder the plug ins are there but for some reason on an old project sonar doesn't see them.
Hi Peter,
The likely issue is this...
The old project were created using the 32Bit version of Sonar.
Your 32Bit *bridged* plugins are there/available in Sonar x64... but they're not the straight 32Bit versions referenced by the older projects. Thus, they're not automatically loading...
Here's a workaround (tedious but it'll work):
Load the 32Bit version of Sonar on your machine.
(The 32Bit and 64bit versions of Sonar can coexist without problem.)
Open an older project in the 32Bit version of Sonar.
I'm guessing it'll load as expected (all plugins intact).
If that's the case; go thru each plugin (on each track)... and save a preset for its current settings.
Now, open the older project in the 64Bit version of Sonar and use Save As to make a copy.
With this new copy of your project, add the necessary plugins to each track... and load each of the presets you saved above. Save this updated project.
You should now be able to reload this updated project... with all plugins intact.
This is a tedious process... but it should resolve the problem.