Are there any advantages to running Sonar X1 in 32 bit mode?

djwayne


Since I switched over to 64 bit everything is runs much better....Now I insist any new programs be 64 bit or I won't bother with them. I'm not interested in antique software, and that's exactly what 32 bit software is quickly becoming.

bentleyousley

xabiton


Most of my plug ins are in 32 bit but all of my 64 bit plugs come in 32 bit variety as well. I sequence soft synths with minimal audio recording at all. I am running Windows 7 on a 64 bit pc with 8 gigs of ram. And while I know I won't get to access all 8 gigs of ram in 32 bit mode will I notice any major changes in how the software runs?      

Regardless of what you've heard, you can access more than 4 GB of samples while running 32 bit Sonar on a 64 bit OS. The key is accessing the samples in a 64 bit application (or multiple 32 bit apps) outside of Sonar. One example of an application which features this functionality is Vienna Ensemble Pro which allows you to access both 32 bit and 64 bit plugins on the same machine while simultaneously running 32 bit Sonar. (and without the peccadilloes of bit-bridge or j-bridge)

and there _is_ an advantage to using 32 bit Sonar: you don't have to worry about the compatibility of 32 bit plugins.

bentleyousley

xabiton

bentleyousley

xabiton


Most of my plug ins are in 32 bit but all of my 64 bit plugs come in 32 bit variety as well. I sequence soft synths with minimal audio recording at all. I am running Windows 7 on a 64 bit pc with 8 gigs of ram. And while I know I won't get to access all 8 gigs of ram in 32 bit mode will I notice any major changes in how the software runs?      

Regardless of what you've heard, you can access more than 4 GB of samples while running 32 bit Sonar on a 64 bit OS. The key is accessing the samples in a 64 bit application (or multiple 32 bit apps) outside of Sonar. One example of an application which features this functionality is Vienna Ensemble Pro which allows you to access both 32 bit and 64 bit plugins on the same machine while simultaneously running 32 bit Sonar. (and without the peccadilloes of bit-bridge or j-bridge)

and there _is_ an advantage to using 32 bit Sonar: you don't have to worry about the compatibility of 32 bit plugins.

I don't get it     ? 

What don't you understand? 


If you want to access more samples in your 8 GB of ram memory than the limit that running Sonar 32 bit will allow internally, there are applications that allow you to do this. You run the applications outside of Sonar and the applications get their own memory space (counted separately from Sonar) and thus can use more of your ram memory in samples. Midi (or audio) is routed to the external host application and the resulting audio is routed back to Sonar. One application that does this well is Vienna Ensemble Pro. It hosts both 32 and 64 bit plugins and is very transparent in its operations with Sonar. It will even remember which plugins were used and which samples were loaded for any given Sonar project and automatically load them into Vienna Ensemble Pro when the Sonar project is loaded.


This may not be your cup of tea, but I just wanted to point out that there are ways to use 32 bit Sonar and still have access to a large volume of memory-hosted samples.