Hey guys, I have been and will continue to be a sonar guy but I have studio one artist and (due to a deal I bought a while back) I can jump up to professional for about $200.  I don't imaging that I will track or even mix much in studio one though I like the redbook mastering and I want to know if the 64 bit & 32 bit  VST plugins  would be cross compatible....  Could I open the presonus EQ in sonar?  Could I open the VX-64 vocal strip in a studio one session if I had both?  If I can... it would be worth it for the mastering sections and plugins alone I suppose. 
 
While I am asking a question directed towards users of both programs....
I know S1 has it's architecture set up so when you have a project and export a wave, then open a mastering project with that wave file, if you go back and change the mix (and I would assume wave file) it will automatically open the new revised version when you reopen that mastering project.  If I was mixing in sonar and mastering in studio one... would it still do that?  Just curious.

Many of the Plugins can be used across DAW's..and many cannot.

The VX-64 can be used across DAW's...I'm not sure about the S1 EQ...
I'll have to check that out when I get a chance...

I wasn't really asking about specific plugs, it was a more general question...  So many but not all of them may be able to be used in other DAW's.  Thank you sir.

Hi Chuck -
 
>>I wasn't really asking about specific plugs <<
 
Um, yes you were:
 
>> Could I open the presonus EQ in sonar?  Could I open the VX-64 vocal strip in a studio one session if I had both? <<
 
As cclarry said, it depends. I don't think the S1 EQ is exposed as an external VST, and that's the only way it work in SONAR - as a 3rd party plug. It doesn't show up for me.
 
>>I know S1 has it's architecture set up so when you have a project and export a wave, then open a mastering project with that wave file, if you go back and change the mix (and I would assume wave file) it will automatically open the new revised version when you reopen that mastering project.  If I was mixing in sonar and mastering in studio one... would it still do that?  Just curious.<<
 
Studio One does not know how to tell SONAR to open, or even which project to open, so, No, it won't do that. However, as someone who tracks in SONAR and masters in Studio One, I gotta tell you that this is hardly a deal breaker. Here's my workflow:

• Bounce 24-bit mixes in SONAR into a specific directory;
• Open Studio One project page and import the 24-bit wave files for each song;
• arrange and apply per-track and per-project mastering effects;
• notice a mix problem;
• Close Studio One and open SONAR with the appropriate song project;
• fix the problem and re-bounce (using the same file name!) into the specific directory;
• close SONAR
• open Studio One and the project: Studio One recognises the file has changed and reloads that WAV. It's transparent.

This worked well for me. You can hear the results if you're interested.
I hope that helps.

^^^^
 
S1's native plugins will only work in S1.  Many/most of SONAR's plugins will work in S1 though not all; e.g., BlueTubes, PC modules, etc.  During S1's startup screen you'll see a list of all scanned plugins, and of course they'll be available in the application itself.
 
Even though I only have S1 Producer I still usually bring finished wave files into it to apply Ozone as a final step, and also to export MP3s.   Otherwise I'm SONAR for just about everything else.
 

Stickman -haha  yeah I guess I did,but what I meant by that was that it wasn't really about those plugs in particular.... I just picked a couple as an example.   And thank you!  As long as S1 loads the updated wave, that helps workflow move along a bit faster.
 
Thanks Steve!