X3 and Ozone 5 using DirectX/VST2 & Sonitus Reverb

I inadvertently used Ozone 5, DirectX, instead of VST on a song mixdown.  I had never tried it before so I don't know if it ever worked, but using Ozone 5 and DirectX caused X3b to start acting flakey (no keyboard control) and loss of audio.  Selecting one of Ozone's default presets it seems to be OK, but if I try a different preset then that is when things go bad.  The only way out of it is to reload the project and start over.  The VST version does not have this problem and what I've been using for over a year. 
 
I don't know if this is an Ozone 5 problem or an X3b problem, or an "operator" problem.  

Jimbo88, since you also had problems with DirectX, I'll assume that its Sonar and not the plug-ins.
I wonder if the "c" update that is in the works addresses this?

An update and to answer your questions.
 
As I noted on my original post it works with VST and what I normally use.  I just accidentally selected the DirectX and had the problem - and the Ozone 5 problem only happens if I try a different pre-set, other than the first one I select.  Ozone 5/DirectX works OK if no second pre-set is tried.
 
This is on Windows 7, 64 bit.  I haven't tried it with Windows 8.1 as I only have Ozone 5 installed on my Win 7 system.
 
A new twist.  I added Sonitus Reverb to a track, and that is only available as Direct X in X3b, and it works without problems.  So its not that "All DirectX" is the problem.
 
Its back to the "drawing board".  Still don't know if its a Sonar X3 or Ozone 5 problem, but as Jimbo88 had the same problem with a different DirectX device it sounds more like a Sonar problem.
 
 
 

Just install the VST version and use that.

Sorry. Very late here. I misunderstood and didn't realise about you having VST installed as well.

@jjgjr75: why not use the x64 trash vst?

tfti, i didn't realise they had 2 version 1's (i still use v1 but a later x64 version) that's a bit sucky :-/

It doesn't happen in X2, just X3.  I never had any problem with Ozone 5, or Sonitus in Sonar X2, just this new X3.  I never had problems with Sonitus in X1, but I can't say about Ozone 5 as I bought it about a year ago and only used it with X2.  In earlier versions of Sonar (and I go back to V7) Sonitus, whether Sonar 32 bit or 64 bit, was always a VST plugin.  In X3, Sonitus is only accessed as a DirectX plugin.
 
 

Here is an update:  Read the saga below.  However, the Sonitus works fine in Windows 8.1  with X3b 32bit version.  I can't try the 64 bit version in 8.1 for the following reasons. 
 
I ran into problems with X3 64 bit in 8.1  I had originally installed in it Windows 8, and it appeared to install OK and was working.  I installed the X3b patch but ran into a problem and had to abort it.   I didn't try it again as Windows 7 is my "production" system.  I had a problem with some plugins with Win 7 and X3b so I decided to try it in Windows 8.1.  When I tried to start X3b it would not start and I had an error (don't remember what it was).  I decided to try reinstalling the X3b patch again but it aborted with an error.  I decided to reinstall X3a 64 bit in Win 8.1 but it failed with Dll OCX Regsvr32.exe Exit Code 0x3.  I did a search on that and found several references to that including several for Sonar but nothing that I found was a fix.  I uninstalled X3 and restarted the PC and tried a complete new install of X3a 64 bit in Windows 8.1 but it again failed with the Regsvr32.exe error.  I then tried X2 64 bit as it had previously worked OK in Win 8 (not 8.1) and it too failed to install with the same error.  Finally, I tried an X3a install of the 32 bit version and it installed OK, and the X3b patch also installed OK (32 bit). 
 
During my attempts to install X3a, I also tried it in Win 8 compatibility mode and that resulted in the same error failure. 

mudgel
The Sonitus Suite that comes with SONAR is either 32 or 64 bit DX plugin depending on the Version (32 or 64 bit) of Sonar you install.
If you buy Sonitus as a separate plugin package you get both DX and VST versions, both 32 and 64 bit.  http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2ceuro/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=36-CWSF3.31-10E

there's no x64 VST version, just DX:
 

Please Note: System Requirements
This download was intended for use with 32-bit versions of Windows 2000/XP. On 64-bit Windows Vista & Windows 7 it will only install as 32-bit plug-ins.

SONAR X1 Studio also includes the entire Sonitus Suite (as both 32-bit and 64-bit plug-ins) and is supported on Windows Vista and Windows 7.