I noticed in the Vocal-Sync video that V-Vocal seemed to be missing on the Region Effects menu.  Can someone confirm if V-Vocal has been removed?  And if so, what happens to existing projects that have V-Vocal clips?
 
Thanks,
Terry

I believe that if you have it installed from a previous SOANR it will show up and work in existing projects. The vid was probably made from a clean new SONAR (only) install.
 
Not at my DAW right now, but someone will chime in before I get home to confirm.

I believe V-Vocal was dropped in Sonar X3.  If you do have X2 or earlier installed, then V-Vocal is available in SONAR Platinum and is available to both new and previously created projects.
 
Glen

It was indeed dropped in X3 but since I have X2 still installed on my system if I go to the RegionFX menu in X3 there (whoop) there it is. Seriously I'm in front of my DAW right now and double checked.
 
You may have to do a VST scan for it though once you install Platinum. If you do not want to keep X2 on your system you can do a custom install of X2 and just install the effects you want that are going to be missing from Platinum (like R-Mix, V-Vocal). Also the VC-64 has been MIA for a version or so (not sure if it was dropped in X2 or X3) so that's another goodie to watch for from older installs. It's old a rickety though (as is V-Vocal) which is why they were removed. Pre-emptive strike against glitches and complaints I guess.

A VST scan is part of the new SONAR install. But it is not going to help where V-Vocal is concerned. V-Vocal is not a VST plug-in. It is a DirectX plug-in using Roland tech which was not part of the sale to Gibson. Unlike most of the other plug-ins, V-Vocal cannot be selected with the advanced install option. To install V-Vocal requires installing the SONAR program itself. IOW, when running the advanced install option for X2 or before, select the first line in the custom pick list.

scook
A VST scan is part of the new SONAR install. But it is not going to help where V-Vocal is concerned. V-Vocal is not a VST plug-in. It is a DirectX plug-in using Roland tech which was not part of the sale to Gibson. Unlike most of the other plug-ins, V-Vocal cannot be selected with the advanced install option. To install V-Vocal requires installing the SONAR program itself. IOW, when running the advanced install option for X2 or before, select the first line in the custom pick list.

aaand scook teaches me something new yet again.
 
Give this man a free membership, Bakers. That is if you haven't already.

Since I also have full installs of X1, X2 and X3 that would explain why I think I saw V-Vocal in my Platinum.

V-Vocal works fine in Platinum, assuming you had it already from X2 or earlier. 
It was one of the first things I checked :-)

If you uninstall an older (X2 or before) version of Sonar, it will delete VVocal from your system, even if you still have a newer-older version.
 
E.g. I uninstalled 8.3 and X1 while keeping X2 & X3. Then I installed Platinum. VVocal was gone from the system, but somehow VVocal was still in the RFX menu. Platinum crashed from trying to add RFX VVocal. Also when I opened an earlier project in Platinum that has VVocal on it, Plat crashed. To be fair, X3 and probably X2 also started behaving this way.
 
I reinstalled X2 over itself to get back a working VVocal. Then I reinstalled Platinum to get the latest versions of various dll's that X2 seemed to put in the shared & common areas.

bvideo
To be fair, X3 and probably X2 also started behaving this way.

You can be sure of that given your uninstalls of X1 and less.