I know there is a list of compatible plugs in for 8.3 but 8.5 is a different animal and I am hoping the board can help me.
I am considering the 8.5 upgrade, percussion strip is a nice to have and SD3 would probably find some use but not is essential as I have a lot of kits between EZdrummer and Kitcore, so the only real selling point for me is Bitbridge 2 (even if it is a case of five steps forward, one step back due to the Toontrack problems) and integrated Jbridge support if required so I can finally go 64 bit and get some payback on the money I invested in my computer hardware. My next big purchase will be Kontact 4 or Komplete 6 and I want to be 64 bit before taking that leap.
I would be interested to know if anyone is successfully running or having problems any of these Plugins in 8.5 64 bit. Please indicate if Jbridge is needed for any,
Toontrack
EZ Drummer - Known issue but works with Jbridge. No need to reply.
Submersible
Kitcore Delux 2.0
Native Instruments
B4II
Guitar rig 3 XL
Kontact player 3.5
Kore player
Gmedia
MTron Pro
Minimonsta
VSM
Yellow Tools
Independence free
Musiclab
Realstrat  
Cakewalk.
Studio Instruments.
Triangle
SFZ+
I am assuming all the bundled stuff will be no problem.
Kong Audio
Chinee winds
Chinee  Erhu
IK Multimedia
Amplitude Duo
Emu
Protius VX
ACME Bargig
Specifically redshift pickup replacer but also the various *Head amp emulations
Hauptwerk
Hauptwerk 3.23 I am still tempted by this.  I tried the free 32 bit version on 8.3.1 32 bit but it caused the VST scan to crash, even though the plugin loaded and worked. There is a 64 bit version which I hope will be more stable. Some of the free third party sample sets soud excellent but are a bit temperamental as you have to match your project settings to the sample rate used in the instrument, and this varies, but what do you expect for free?

A lot of the Native Instrument stuff has been ported to native 64 bit including:

 Guitar Rig 3.2 & 4.0
- Maschine
- Kontakt 3.5 & 4.0
- Kontakt Player 3.5
- Absynth 5 
- Battery 3.0.6 
- Massive 1.1.4
- FM8

The Cakewalk Studio Instrument suite is all native 64 bit as far as I know.  SFZ is also native 64 bit.  The only thing inside of Sonar that's still not 64 bit is:

- DropZone
- Dimension LE *
- RXP
- Beatscape
- Bit Meter
- Perfect Space
- Vintage Channel (VC-64)
- Old FX Plugin Suite **
- Dreamstation
- Studioverb 2.0
However, most of these work with Bitbridge with the exception of Dreamstation, the old FX Plugin suite and the Studioverb 2.0 reverb that came out in 8.5. 
 
The rest of the plugins in your list, I'm not sure of.


HTH
 
 
 
 

MinimogueVA don't work; crashes even with jBridge

Bump - Any one else using any of these plugs in 8.5 64 bit?
 
Thanks for the replies so far.

Glyn Barnes


Bump - Any one else using any of these plugs in 8.5 64 bit? 
 

Native Instruments
B4II - YES, no problems (through Bitbridge)
Guitar rig 3 XL - YES Guitar Rig 3 standard (what's XL, the software/hardware combo?)
Kontact player 3.5 - YES, native 64-bit (I use Kontakt 3.5, the Kontakt Player is basically a demo version of K3.5)
Kore player - YES, but download the latest installer (even if it's the same version) because there was a mistake in earlier version and additional libraries would not install on a x64 machine.
Proteus VX - YES, but you'll have to manually reload the entire library (I guess the Program Files x86 folder confuses it...)

I actually was able to use Korg Legacy M1 Le for the first time from Sonar 8.5.1 64-bit today, so add that to the list. It definitely did not work in 8.3.1 64-bit

32bit FX
The bundled powercore x8 FX
VSS3
Bionic Delay (manually set to Tempo Based Effect)
Breverb
CamelPhat 3
Camelspace
Soundtoys Native pack (automation not supported yet)
Density MkII
Audio Damage Discord
Audio Damage Dubstation
Dynamic Spectrum Mapper
Echomania (manually set to Tempo Based Effect)
Audio Damage EOS
Epic Verb
Eqium, Neodynium, Firium
Flux Bittersweet
Flux Stereo Tool
Flux Recording Pack
Flux Syrah
Oxford Inflator
Oxford Transmod
PSP 608 Multidela
PSP 84 (x64 beta)
PSP Mixpack 2
PSP Vintage Warmer 1 and 2 (VW2 also x64 beta)
PSP Neon
PSP Nitro (manually set to Tempo Based Effect)
Audio Damage Replicant (manually set to Tempo Based Effect)
Rescue AE
Strobosoft VST Link
Voxengo Gliss
Voxengo Marquis
Voxengo Pristine Space

32bit VSTi
Kick Ass Brass (through Jbridge Wrapper)
DR008
Omnisphere
Trilogy
Sytrus

Thanks for the replies so far.
 
Anyone on my mission critical stuff - Gmedia Mtron Pro, Minimonsta, VSM, Kit Core or RealStrat. RealStrat was one of the things I could not get working in 8.3 64 bit.
 
As for the Kong Audo stuff  (VSTi of Chinese instruments from a Chinese company - excellent!) it is a bit obscure so I think that will be a suck it and see.

For anyone following this thread GTGarner has confirmed in another thread RealStrat works in 8.5 64 bit using the standard bit bridge.
 
Getting closer..

IK Multimedia's Amplitube2, AmpegVST, and X-Gear all work fine in 64-bit