bitflipper
Mike, if a 32-bit VST works OK when bridged (as most do) then there is no downside at all to using it. Aside from the trivial overhead of the bridge itself, they are just as efficient. And of course they sound exactly the same. 
 

That's the other thing Dave, nothing seems to pop up in task manager telling me the plug is bridged. I assume teleport server would be for VST and wouldn't impact a DX right? Whatever the case, that doesn't show up nor does anything else that I can see when I run a Sonitus in 64 bit. I very well could be missing something though.
 
-Danny

Danny Danzi
 
That's the other thing Dave, nothing seems to pop up in task manager telling me the plug is bridged. I assume teleport server would be for VST and wouldn't impact a DX right? Whatever the case, that doesn't show up nor does anything else that I can see when I run a Sonitus in 64 bit. I very well could be missing something though.

 
I noticed this also - that's what made me curious about whether Sonitus plug-ins were 32-bit or 64 bit. They have been around for a while so I assumed that they were 32-bit, but BitFlipper states that they are 64-bit. I don't know if they were always 64-bit, or when it was that they went from 32 to 64.

I believe scook said one time that the Sonitus DX plugs that come with Sonar are 32 or 64 bit. If you purchase the VST suite they are only 32 bit.

Danny,
 
I do "vanilla" installs WRT to cake plugs.
 
I see Sonitus dll's in:
 
C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Plugins
and
C:\Program Files (x86)\Cakewalk\Shared Plugins
 
I may be wrong on this but I doubt the bakers would put 32bit dll's in the 64bit install location.
 

I like a lot of the sonitus stuff, The Comp & the Eq,  I use their reverb pretty steadily.  I like the sound of it, I always seem to be able dial in what I want with it and since it has an inboard EQ in it I don't need to add one after it.  It also seems less CPU hungry than perfect space or many of my other options.  That being said, I also use the Prochannel Eq's & comps a lot too. 

FWIW, the sonitus eq is pretty much the only eq I use. I've got a bunch of others but for some reason I just keep using the sonitus. No color, just EQ.. 
 
Never quite got the hang of the compressor though. 

I only use Sonitus and the Blue Tubes compressors.... I use many Sonitus FX a LOT

ChuckC
I like a lot of the sonitus stuff, The Comp & the Eq,  I use their reverb pretty steadily.  I like the sound of it, I always seem to be able dial in what I want with it and since it has an inboard EQ in it I don't need to add one after it.  It also seems less CPU hungry than perfect space or many of my other options.  That being said, I also use the Prochannel Eq's & comps a lot too. 

So true Chuck and I came to post this almost exactly. I like all of the Sonitus plugins,  even the delay is very good.

The Sonitus suite bundled with SONAR is DX format. Since there is no bridge for DX plug-ins, there are two versions bundled with SONAR, one for 32bit hosts and one for 64bit hosts. The version installed depends on the host installation. The Sonitus plug-ins sold separately are 32bit DX and VST plug-ins.
 
In the case of VST plug-ins, in current 64bit only installations, Cakewalk does mix some 32bit dlls with the 64bit dlls in the VSTPlugins directory, for example Perfect Space and Cakewalk Sound Center.
 
In SONAR the plug-in header provides some clues about the plug-in format. VST plug-ins in addition to the preset drop down on the left side of the header have a drop down in the center of the header to manage presets and plug-in options. As of X3, the VST drop down name has been changed to VST2 and VST3, reflecting the different formats. If the plug-in is bridged the standard VST header is only displayed when the plug-in UI is opened while the SHIFT key is held down. Then the standard VST header is in a separate window usually under the plug-in UI.

Thanks for the clarification, scook.  
 
I notice that when I use Sonitus plug-ins in Samplitude x64 they show up as 64-bit.