I have searched my hard drives, and the only version of MDE-X .dll is the one that I presumably installed, with file timestamps from February, 2013. I have reinstalled MDE-X using the 64-bit installer, in an attemp to eliminate the possibility that I had accidentally used the original installer. But Sonar continues to identify MDE-X as a 32-bit plugin.
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I have searched my hard drives, and the only version of MDE-X .dll is the one that I presumably installed, with file timestamps from February, 2013. I have reinstalled MDE-X using the 64-bit installer, in an attemp to eliminate the possibility that I had accidentally used the original installer. But Sonar continues to identify MDE-X as a 32-bit plugin.
The plug-in manager's VST scanner will not rescan existing plug-ins unless the option to rescan existing plug-ins is checked (set ON); normally this option is set to OFF (unchecked).
So if you installed the 64bit plug-in version into the same folder as the previous 32 plug-in and the dll file name is the same - the plug-in manager
will not update the plug-in information (because it doesn't know things have changed) and Sonar will treat the plug-in as if it was 32 bit. The same type of problem can happen if you replace a 64 bit with a 32 bit plug-in.
As an alternative to rescaning ALL existing plug-ins (which can be a major pain) if you 'hide' the plug-ins (rename the extensions to something other than DLL) rescan, then fix the extension names back and rescan again - that should cause the plug-in scanner to blow out and then reload the plug-in data and fix the problem.
I ran into the same issue just last week when I was cleaning up my plug-in folders. I try to keep my 32 & 64 plug-ins separate and had some plug-ins cross-swapped.
For those who use
MenuMagic the next update will have an option fix this particular issue without having to rescan your existing plug-ins.