If P5 was installed on the PC, a 32bit version of SONAR will pick the Spectral Transformer up, a 64bit version of SONAR will not. PSYN II and the "half rack" effects have been ported to 64bit DirectX and bundled with SONAR for years.
 
No 32bit DirectX plug-ins work in 64bit SONAR. They are not even seen by the app. Only 64bit DirectX plug-ins, 32bit and 64bit VST plug-ins are displayed in 64bit SONAR. 32bit VST plug-ins load into a server called BitBridge which handles communication between the 32bit plug-ins and 64bit SONAR. There is no bridge for DirectX.

Is there a list that I can refer to that I can check things off on?
 

Here is what is included with each version of the new SONAR http://www.cakewalk.com/D...p;help=Comparison.html

This is my first dance with the Sonar 64b bit stuff as my old Vista/32 box was pretty trouble-free until it died of old age. So, I'd moved to Win8_x64 on my laptop over a year ago to get hold of the ropes, but didn't install much music stuff, and certainly not Sonar. This probably accounts for some of my 'learning experiences' as I go about the new installation to the best of my abilities. I'd hoped to just get back to where I was, with maybe some new enhancements. I'm making progress, but only on the installation, not playing with the tool itself. Just a comment as it seems a pretty difficult transition so far.
 
 

scook
The P5 "half rack" effects are bundled with SONAR and ported to 64bit so should be available on both 32 and 64bit SONAR.

Yes, but Spectral Transformer is not one of the P5 "half rack" effects.  It was done by a 3rd party developer and thus will not likely be updated to 64 bit.  Since it is a DX effect, it will not be seen by 64 bit sonar.

Thanks for clearing that up. My post #9 was in response to the edit added to post #7 and post #8. It was not meant to suggest anything WRT the Spectral Transformer.

Bummer. I'm actually giving some thought to setting up a VirtualBox with a Win32 install and running Sonar32 from there to check things out. I'd try to install/update and transfer to VST some of the older DX stuff, since those seem to run OK as bridged VSTs in SPro64.  It would take a day or so but I could stick a 100GB VBox install on an external drive and just delete it when done, or maybe just leave it hanging around for awhile. I also discovered that the VSC (also from Roland and now discontinued) doesn't play well with x64 either. I'm now looking for a new/improved and x64 compatible GM/GS synth, since TTS-1 is still just DX and probably soon go to obsolete as well. I find them handy for quick stuff and things like Band in a Box/Jammer that don't do all the more complicated VST stuff and don't need to since they do other things.
 
Any suggestions other than a SoundFont player?
I'll be trying this one today: http://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth
 
Uhh, ohh! I think I hi-jacked my own thread. My bad.