Hi there.  I made the leap and bought a new machine, 64-bit OS, 64-bit Sonar, great.  Unfortunately, the audio effects I was using in Windows XP were 32-bit, so my songs take a long time to open in Sonar on Windows 7 (says 'Not Responding' for a dozen minutes or more or forever) and then I am warned that the plug-ins won't work.  Here are my questions:
 
1. I've grown accustomed to using PowerStrip and StudioVerb2.  Any way to use them in Windows 7 in 64-bit mode?  Sonar 6XL 64-bit just left them out in the installation.
-- side note: i've seen people say we can mix 32- and 64-bit things but warn it ends up running everything in 32-bit -- less memory addressable, etc.  Doesn't that defeat the purpose of upgrading?
 
2.  What are good 64-bit alternatives to PowerStrip?  Cakewalk is selling Sonitus FX bundle for $19, but it is 32-bit.  Melda has a decent 64-bit reverb for $40ish:
http://www.meldaproductio...product.php?id=MReverb
 
3.  Am I just being stupid about 32-bit?
 
Thanks in advance for any help.  This transition is proving as painful as i feared.

While you might be able to get the 32bit DX plug-ins to run using a combination of a DX to VST wrapper and BitBridge, your best bet is either use the effects in a 32bit host or find 64bit alternatives to run in your 64bit host. The same is true to a lesser extent with 32bit VST plug-ins. It is not the case that mixing 32bit and 64bit plug-ins reduces the memory available to a 64bit DAW. MeldaProduction makes some good effects, for reverb though I would check out Valhalla DSP. Free trials, reasonably priced. Not familiar with powerstrip.