Projects from Previous versions opened in X2

A friend sent me a SONAR 5 project and asked me to add bass and help with mixing. his project included vocals guitars, drums etc.  I was able to open the project in X2, seemed without any issues. However after recording the bass part and started mixing, I noticed when I added a couple of plug ins (vocal channel), there seemed to be another process open in the task part that had a "plug" looking icon. I have never seen this process before and it only seems to be open when I have the plugin "open". I have opened a project that I created in X2 and this "process" in the task bar doesn't not show up ever. I also noticed in the the project created in Sonar 5, the settings of the plugins (vocal channel) seems to just randomly change. I can't seem to find a pattern as what may be causing it.
 
Anyone have any ideas or experience this or something similar?

do you mean change from the original or change every time you open the project? 

Are they the same exact plugs as is in the old S5? 

it changes randomly while the project is open and I am mixing. The original project did not use this plugin. He sent me the project, I use X2 64 bit and added the vocal channel 64 plugin to the project.

I am not sure how to upload an image. I will look into that, if someone can save me some time and telll me how, that would be cool! :)  Once I figure that out, I will upload.

Did you install X2 32bit and X2 64 bit on your system, or just 64 bit?  I'm just fishing for clues?

be willing to bet money the original was recorded in 32 bit

what are the vsts and / or synths in this original project.

im wondering if sonar 5 supported bitbridge ?
if it didn't and your mixing 32 bit/64 bit plug ins this could be a problem.

I would try replacing those drums(if they are soft synth 32 bit),
take the midi track and drag it to a new instance of session drummer.

back up the original project.

He originally just had 1 audio drum loop. I removed it and replaced the drums with a new session of BFD2 and and programmed from scratch so they work great.  He recorded everything with a POD so there were no effects/synths being used when he sent me the file. so basically all of the tracks were audio.  So it seems like there may be some minor issues opening Sonar 5 projects in X2. Certainly seems strange.

thanks guys!

i open sonar x2, then open the project. I have 2 version of the vocal channel plugin in my folder, the 32 bit and 64 bit and I open the 64 bit version. So sonar is scanning for both.