[Resolved] The Whereabouts of StudioVerb 2...

BY default the 32bit DirectX plug-ins are not installed when installing 64bit SONAR. To install the 32bit DirectX plug-ins requires running an advanced install and selecting the plug-ins.
 
The half-rack effects like "Tempo Delay" and "Para Q" don't look like the DSP-FX plug-in series to me. The half-rack effects were inherited from Project 5 and ported to 64bit. IIRC, the DSP plug-ins are older. I am not sure who wrote either series but my guess is the Project 5 plug-ins were written in-house.

PS: I even checked in the 32-bit advanced install, and it's not there either.
 
From what I could gather through past forum posts, my best guess is that either it is the only one of that group of effects that never got ported to 64-bit, or that someone accidentally left it out (perhaps believing it was the same thing as DSP-FX Studioverb) of the X2 and (I just checked) X1 installers.
 
Otherwise, I'm stumped...

I'm just wondering where this plug-in is, and why there is no option to install it anywhere in the X1 or X2 installers, 32- or 64-bit.
 

IIRC StudioVerb 2 is a 32-bit only DX effect. It can't be used in 64-bit Sonar, because there is nothing for DX to link 32-bit plugins with a 64-bit application like BitBridge is doing for VST. No idea why it should be missing in the installer, I know I had it installed some time ago.

Yes, I mean StudioVerb 2 (can't remember the other StudioVerb). I'm pretty sure I lost it when switching from 32-bit Sonar to 64-bit. But this was years ago ...

Well, I've figured it out... sort of...
 
It turns out that the plug is in the advanced installs for X2, X1, and 8.5 (the oldest version I have), under the very descriptive name "Reverb"
 
But here's the thing... even if you select the option to install it during a 64-bit install, the corresponding files will not be installed. They will only be put on the system if you do a completely 32-bit installation.
 
But even then, running a 32-bit installation of X2 with the "Reverb" option checked did not install the necessary 'studioverb2.dll' file. It only installed the StudioVerb 2 help and 'DShowProxy.dll' files. I had to go back to X1's installer to get 'studioverb2.dll' in there.
 
Well step one was simply finding the plug. Step two was seeing if it would function. Left as it was installed, after a VST reset/scan, it wouldn't even appear in X3. Long story short, the closest I came to getting it to work was by using DXShell to convert the plug into a VST, placing the resultant .dll into a Cakewalk-scanned folder, with another reset/scan. That got StudioVerb 2 to appear in SONAR, and look as if it was going to work, only for me to be met with this error message: "This Plugin is only licensed to be used in Cakewalk Project 5. An unrestricted version can be purchased from www.dspfx.com"
 
And with that, after trying every possible solution I could find, I've finally taken the hint -- this plugin just isn't going to work in 64-bit SONAR.
 
I just find it strange that this particular effect was not modified to work in 64-bit, when all of its sister-plugs (AliasFactor, Tempo Delay, etc.) were. Was the effect just not that popular? Did someone simply miss it in development? I'm very curious. (If any Bakers happen to float by this thread who may be in-the-know, please chime in!)
 
But whatever the case, that means that this list that I originally cited is arguably erroneous, in that there should be a "(32-bit Only)" note beside "StudioVerb 2", instead of the indirect implication that it is 64-bit compatible. The same goes for the "Reverb" listing in the installers, but I know that those are all said and done.
 
So if anyone else is wondering if they can get StudioVerb 2 to work in 64-bit SONAR, my exhaustive advice would be this: spare yourself the time and trouble, and focus on enjoying all of the plugins that do work.
 
 
Side note: During my hunt for StudioVerb 2, I noticed a few other entries on the aforementioned list that truly seem to be nowhere to be found, either in installation or within the program: "Chorus", "Delay", and "Flanger". Interestingly, their CFX mono counterparts are present.