HI:)
 
I have an older file (3-4 years ago) and now at the start there's an error with PlugIns missing!
 
But:
 
In the Project I renamed the missing Synths and called them Bass and Organ, so now at loading the file Sonar is missing Bass and Organ:)
 
How can I find out which Synths I used years ago for that file?
 
Thanks a lot:)
Bassman.
 

Do theyou have to be the same?

Sounds like you have enough detail in the name to be able to load a plugin and know what type of patch to use. If.you dimension installed it might be a good place to start.

@karhide
 
For sure I have the mixed Wave and I can mix it again with similar Instruments, but I had a great sounding Organ and can't remember which synth it was. Don't know why I forgot to freeze the synths too:(
 
thanks,
Bassman.
 

You never know it might turn out better than before!

I often go back to old projects and remix with newer tools and it's very refreshing and exciting almost like working on a new track :)

No, there is no easy way to determine what synths were used.
 
(Here's one possible method: name associations appear to be in library.db, which can be viewed with a hex editor. User-supplied plugin names are preceded by an MD5 hash that corresponds to the clsidPlugMD5 value in the registry, which in turn identifies the original name of the DLL. Like I said, no easy way.)
 
Faced with your dilemma, I would substitute other instruments. As suggested above, it's quite likely the project would be improved. When I first got the OTS Rick bass I dropped it into an old throw-away project to test it out. It was such an enormous improvement that I ended up resurrecting the project, re-recording the bass part and remixing the whole thing. The end result was that a previously written-off project ended up being a finished song.
 
P.S. If we're talking traditional Hammond organ, grab VB3. It's only 50 bucks and the best Hammond emulation I've ever heard.

@bitflipper
 
(Here's one possible method: name associations appear to be in library.db, which can be viewed with a hex editor. User-supplied plugin names are preceded by an MD5 hash that corresponds to the clsidPlugMD5 value in the registry, which in turn identifies the original name of the DLL. Like I said, no easy way.)
 
That's ugly yes:)  
 
Ok! I'll mix it with newer instruments, that's the easier way! 
 
Found 3 library.db`s but from other times I opened the file, so I can't find any organ in there f.e.  too difficult.
 
thank you;)
Bassman.
 

@Bassman just have fun working on the new mix and let it take you somewhere new :) 

The easiest solution, if you can remember to do it, is to keep notes. There is a track text field that might be useful, or you can use a pen and paper log. 
 
While the advice to just start over when this happens is probably easier still, it flies in the face of the FIRST LAW OF SONAR:
The take that you cannot recover is always the best take you have ever heard. 

slartabartfast
 
While the advice to just start over when this happens is probably easier still, it flies in the face of the FIRST LAW OF SONAR:
The take that you cannot recover is always the best take you have ever heard. 

Haha - and the magical transformation from average to ultimate take only ever happens after it is lost.

It's a pity that it's not possible to identify a missing softsynth by its unique VST ID. For missing fx plugins, you can double-click on the greyed-out plugin in the FX Bin to bring up a dialog box that includes the ID. But for VST softsyths in the Synth Rack, double-clicking doesn't bring up anything.