I am all for this thread, thank you Jose!

I have a bunch of plugs that I'm re-installing, so I will do my own review and contribute to the list.

Slightly OT:

Some PreSonus hardware is not yet 64 bit. I recommend staying away from the Fire Studio Project (firewire) interface and any others without 64 bit drivers until they release said 64 bit drivers, or AT LEAST until they show they are serious about 64 bit development by responding more in their own forum, or by actually getting some beta drivers into some testers' hands.

They promise, but they seem to be avoiding their forum's posts that broach the 64 bit subject. That's very bad policy.

ORIGINAL: Positively Charged

I am all for this thread, thank you Jose!

I have a bunch of plugs that I'm re-installing, so I will do my own review and contribute to the list.

Slightly OT:

Some PreSonus hardware is not yet 64 bit. I recommend staying away from the Fire Studio Project (firewire) interface and any others without 64 bit drivers until they release said 64 bit drivers, or AT LEAST until they show they are serious about 64 bit development by responding more in their own forum, or by actually getting some beta drivers into some testers' hands.

They promise, but they seem to be avoiding their forum's posts that broach the 64 bit subject. That's very bad policy.

Thanks! :-)

So I take it you filled out a feature request, right? :-P

I've got a 32-bit linux system with 16GB RAM hosting vmware machines and mysql. It has no problem accessing all that memory without 64bits. WINDOWS is the reason you cannot access more than 4GB of RAM

Just catching up on this thread, so this reply is rather late. 32-bit Windows is not the reason you cannot access more than 4G, 32 bits is the reason. The maximum number a 32-bit unsigned integer can represent is 4G. If your system, running Vmware and Linux, is able to access more than that, that doesn't mean a 32-bit OS running under Vmware can address more than 4G at one time. That's just not possible. It also suggests that Vmware *is* 64-bit, but I don't know much about Vmware, so I can say that with authority.

ORIGINAL: Desperate Dan

Cakewalk please fix RUPTURE and make it 64bit compatible without workarounds. What's wrong with issuing a quick Hotfix? Especially as it will probably be a giveaway with Sonar 9 :-)

Yes it has been an issue for some time but it looks like Cakewalk may now have addressed the problem...

"Extended Vista x64 support including the ability for both the 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Rapture to be installed on the Windows Vista x64 operating system ensuring access within 32-bit DAWs that may be running on the 64-bit OS."


Rapture 1.2 appears to have some new features as well. Nice.

I'm going to take the plunge into Windows 7 64 bit next week.

My main worries are using Battery 3 and The Waves Plugs. These are still not 64 bit right? Can I use them OK in Bitbridge?

Perhaps you all already know this, but for those who don't,


Native Instruments, Kontakt 3.5 64bit Beta version are available now for all registered users.
The upcoming Kontakt 3.5 update brings a lot of technological improvements including a revised sampling engine and DFD streaming technology, as well as 64-bit memory addressing under Mac OS X and Windows Vista 64.

For this reason, the Kontakt team has decided to set up a public beta test. This means that, starting immediately, registered Kontakt 3 owners can download a fully functional 3.5 beta version, and submit eventual bug findings to the Kontakt team over a special "bug tracker" web page.



What is important to know about the public beta version is:

- It will be unlocked with your existing serial number
- It requires (and overwrites) a previous Kontakt 3.0.x installation on the same computer
- It will expire on July 1st 2009 (the official 3.5 update will be made available before that date)


You can sign up for the public beta at:
http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=publicbeta




More information you can find here....
http://www.native-instruments.com/forum/showthread.php?p=517707
http://www.native-instruments.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84470


Public Beta Discussion
http://www.native-instruments.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=236



Regards
Freddie

Me too. I'll wait until NI goes to alpha. It's good to know they are on it though.

But Waves are trailing on behind and not giving any information.

I'm going to go for 64 now I've got 8gb ram. I'll find cheap and open source VSTi's and VST fx until the 'Big Boys' update.

It's just Battery I use all the time. Here's hoping...

The next Spectrasonics x64 release will be Trillian

I've just finished building my Intel i7 system and I'm burning it in at the moment. Will start loading software tomorrow if all tests OK.

Voxengo 64bit tubeamp beta released

Hope SONAR 8 gets 100 % NATIVE 64bit, all the included plugins!!!!


BUMP!


Regards
Freddie

I think we need to relax with the bumps.

Enough with the large fonts, Freddie. We're glad you also know some HTML but its more ANNOYING THAN CAPS LOCK

ORIGINAL: mlockett

ORIGINAL: wintaper

Enough with the large fonts, Freddie. We're glad you also know some HTML but its more ANNOYING THAN CAPS LOCK

Yeah Freddie! :-)

I'm sorry... I will stop using it so frequently then...


Regards
Freddie

voxengo is definitely good stuff ;)