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Yup, if you did not save the X2 installers locally, you would need to download again. Depending on what the project requires, you might be able to get away with just installing the X2 02_* files and the X2a update. I would skip the Rapture install in that set unless you absolutely need it.

Bueno, I'll try that instead of 8.5 then...so if I can open it in X2 32 bit I should be able to save and then open in 64?

Hopefully :) There could be a 32bit plugin that needs to be removed to get it 64bit ready though. Or maybe at least identify the plugin and try wrapping it jBridge.

ugh, now I remember...jBridge...that was the reason most people just used the 32 bit version...thanks Steve, I'm installing now.

YAY!!!...you's the man Steve!
In case anyone is keeping score the culprit was either Aria, Perfect Space or both...first I deleted Perfect Space and got the same results in X2...then deleted Aria and it opened fine.
It's only the MIDI data I really needed anyway so thanks so much my friends!!!

If it does open in 32-bit mode, you could save the project itself off to a new name in a new folder, which would keep the original.

I would then go through the process of stripping down the project to the midi tracks you wanted to keep, making notes of all plugins used and then remove them as well, so that you ended up with just the captured midi data.

Then that should be able to be opened in 64-bit X2a, plugins added back in, etc.

Just some thoughts - I don't know your particular needs, as far as retention goes, other than the earlier comment about largely wanting to preserve the midi.

I hope any of that helps, and in any case I hope you can get this to work.

Bob Bone

Good news. My money is on Aria being the offender. 32bit PerfectSpace is what installs with 64bit SONAR. I believe there is a 64bit update to the Aria engine. FYI, if you used the Lexicon Pantheon or some of the extra content for DimPro from the SONAR 8 series, you will need to install them again. You can perform an advanced install to only get those portions back. The Lexicon Pantheon is available as both 32 and 64bit. The extra DimPro libraries are on the additional content disk for SONAR 8 or 8.5. The libraries include the 99 - Vintage Sounds Library, Hollywood Edge FX and (I believe) some extra DSF stuff.

This actually brings up an interesting point. We should therefore be in the habit of backing up all projects that contain MIDI data as a plane old MID. file too. Were talking a few extra KB here. 

@ Steve...come to think of it, I guess it would have to have been Aria since I know I never installed the 32 bit version on my newest PC build...anyway thanks so very much for your help man!

@Johnny...I used to also save to .mid long ago but then quit.
I reckon it's time to start again...I would have been disappointed (to say the least) to have lost this project.
Thanks again my friends,
Randy

I'm guessing here...  I don't generally (or ever) export midi tracks but I think it is possible to do.... so if you can open it in the earlier versions.... save it again and try to open as a project with Sonar x2.... if not joy, try exporting the midi tracks as midi tracks individually and drag them into a new x2 project. 

Where there's a will there's a way.

Aria is a very stable sample player. I'll bet that when you tried to open that project a dialog popped up asking if you wanted to use the 64 bit version of Aria. It was probably hidden by the Sonar program.  Thus the wait. Not knowing it was there you thought the project was a problem.

If a project seems to take too long to load always check for a hidden dialog waiting for your input.