DirectX Plugins in Sonar 8.5 64 bit?

32 bit DXi plugs should not work, though there is a wrapper made my the guy that makes jBridge (if i'm not mistaken) . . . though the DXi of Dimension Pro (which an x64 plug) does work

DXi is indeed still part of Sonar x64... Dimension Pro is one example. However, a DX plugin that is written for x86 will not run with Sonar x64.... and there is no DX-bitbridge that I know of. So, you are probably out of luck for now if you have legacy DX plugins that are x86 (32-bit)

EDIT: If there is a DX wrapper that did bridging as well, that would be amazing -- wetdentist -- what is this wrapper of which you speak? Does Joao (the author of JBridge) have a DX wrapper/bridger too? That would be amazing!

From the link:
 
 
Hi all,

I decided to release these wrappers to public now, as freeware. Perhaps they are of use for someone .

http://xlutop.com/buzz/zip/dxshell_v1.0.2b.zip

last updated on 12/09/08

There are basically three vst plugins, dxshell.dll, dxishell.dll and mfxshell.dll, these vsts are non-standard vsts, they are so-called shell vsts like the vsts known from Waves. Unfortunately this means that only a few hosts are able to use these wrappers directly. Some hosts that are supporting shell vsts directly:

Cubase SX,
Tracktion,
Reaper,
Temper,
Renoise,
Buzz,
Aodix,
Vsthost

If you want to use them in other hosts you firstly have to convert them to "standard" vsts with a tool called shell2vst which is also bundled with this zipfile.

Some infos about these wrappers:

- vst 2.4 compatibility
- therefore support for 32bit and 64bit processing
- able to run dx plugins in 64bit processing mode if the plugin supports it
- fully automatable parameters
- multi-in/out plugins supported
- the mfx wrapper is quite experimental right now, some mfx plugins will work but others not

if you can install a 32-bit DX on a 64-bit OS

 
is this possible?

A1MixMan

if you can install a 32-bit DX on a 64-bit OS

 
is this possible?

Yes you can install them but they will not work in Sonar 64.

They may work if you bridge the converted files ( at least Dreamstation DXi works great this way ).

To my knowledge there is no bitbridge for DX plugins.

Yes the dxis are scanned as vsts. I've used this app with my Waves stuff and had no problems in SONAR 8.5 on Win 7 64.