I'm installing X2 Producer on a new machine.  The installer is asking which plug-ins I want to install.  Many of them are not pre-selected because they are 32-bit.  Will these simply not work in X2 64-Bit?  Should I not bother installing them?

Thanks.

Eh, what the heck...  I'm gonna do the Full Installation.

So, a lot of the plugs that are not selected for a standard install have a more commonly used (often better) variant. In other words, you could install the old 32 bit eq, but if you have prochannel etc... do you want to? I usually go with the standard install. There are plenty of plugs to keep me busy and it actually helps guide me away from the older ways of doing things.

There are still plenty of nice solutions. I'm a guitarist, so I need all the help I can get staying in focus.

That's a good point.  Focus is good.

You may as well install them. They are all useful in many scenarios.
If you prefer the 64 bit then fine, but may as well install them. The worst case scenario is that they don't work when you load them. I don't think they interfere with anything just having them available. I've never had any problems, but if I did, I'd just uninstall it, or remove it from the vst scanned folders in sonar. 

Personally, I wouldn't bother. They are old and other plug-ins provide the same functionality or better.

But no, it won't hurt for you to install them. However, if you're just installing the 64-bit version of SONAR, then most of those older plug-ins won't work. They will only work if you install the 32-bit version of SONAR and use that.

Scott

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If you've spent a lot of money on 32 bit VST plugins, or have some old faves, then you can get them to work
in Sonar 64 bit by using a software add ons Bitbridge or jBridge

Didn't get EZ-drummer (32bit) to Work with X2 (64 bit) but after installing jBridge it works nicely.

equality


Didn't get EZ-drummer (32bit) to Work with X2 (64 bit) but after installing jBridge it works nicely.

EZDrummer has a 64bit installer. Why not install it?

Good to know. EZ is one of my faves.