To answer a specific question the OP has - as far as 32-bit plugs running in Bitbridge are concerned, there is little or no cost in terms of workflow. (I can't comment about JBridge as I have never used it).

With Bitbridge there is no additional setup involved as 32-bit plugins are wrapped automatically by 64-bit SONAR.

You open the plugin GUI in the normal way by double-clicking the icon in the synth rack. The only differences I believe are a) a wrapped plugin opens in its own window and by default cannot be docked and b) if you need access to the ACT controls you must open the GUI by Shift+double-clicking the icon. This opens a dockable control panel, from which you can toggle the plugin GUI.
Neither of these has ever bothered me, although I only ever use one 32-bit plugin regularly.

My take on this is that 64-bit SONAR does indeed have advantages in terms of performance and stability, with no penalty in usability.

YMMV.

I hope this helps.

We all seem to forget that pretty much all of us have better recording equipment than Elvis or The Beatles ever recorded on.

I'm just sayn'.

32 bit and 16/44.1 and the right skills are more than enough.



But because I can....I do.
The only upgrade I won't do yet is Windows 8 but other then that it's game on  


Mike

For me, I get a certain amount of time between recordings. That's how much attention the mix can get. The faster I bounce, the more work I can do in the same amount of time. With x64, I do more work in the fixed amount of time I'm willing to spend.

accidental double post

Sadly none of us are recording with Elvis or The Beatles. My ex employer (when I was a spotty teenager) was once the producer of The Beatles believe it or not and I suspect he would have a field day reading these posts ;)

The reality is that 32 bit programs run best on 32 bit operating systems.  If, because of the VSTs and plug-ins, you feel the need to run 32 bit Sonar, you need to consider backing your operating system back to 32 bit Windows.  32 bit applications running on a 64 bit OS don't perform as well or as dependably.  We saw the same issues going from 8 bit to 16 bit applications and again going from 16bit to 32 bit applications. 
 
To the OP, if you have the need to run 32 bit plugs, reload Windows with a 32 bit version.  This will give you the best performance. 
 
The OS bit width and the application word size don't have anything to do with the recording sampling rate and bit depth.  It doesn't matter how you mix and match the OS/Application word width.  The sound will be the same.  in the DAW, the sound is nothing more than numbers and 2 + 2 = 4 if you are using a 32 bit application or a 64 bit application.
 
Glen

And in my day the discussion was what was the smallest van that could carry a Fairlight.... Which nowdays is emulated on an iPhone app.

If I had an unlimited budget and the entire staff of Abbey Road at my bidding as did The Beatles, I could probably get by with less computer power.

+1000000000000000000000000000000

Good to see you haven't lost your famous perspective, Freddie.


Perhaps you should consider scientific  notation before your zero key wears out.

garrigus


Here's some info on the Cakewalk site that you might find useful...
https://www.cakewalk.com/...reader.aspx/2007013187

Scott

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Thanks for the link Scott. I can absolutely attest to getting better performance with my system using 64 bit as listed in cake's article. I had to pry my hands off of a couple of cake's fx series plugs to finally leave 32 it. But the transition is quite worth it!