[Rwp] 32-bit Plugins in 64-bit Reaper or 32-bit plugins in 32-bit Reaper?

[Chris Belle]

Reasons to consider 64 bit would be for loading of larger samples, which 
can take advantage of more memory.

No reason not to have both installed, it won't hurt anything.

I too tend to favor 32 bit versions of DAW's both sonar and reaper for 
the slight advantage of more accessibility
with certain plugs.

There is a dx shell wrapper which can load up 32 bit dx plugs and make 
them look like vst plugs.
If you are using any older dx plugs, some of them don't like to run on a 
64 bit OS.

Most 32 bit vst's will run on a 64 bit daw
on a 64 bit OS just fine, but as you've noticed that bridged mode issue 
can cause access issues.
But that dx wrapper should make things play nicely.
But for reasons of some older software, I keep a 32 bit version of 
windows 7 around on aa machine,
and also still have an xp build around here.

But most machines here running 64 bit windows 7 and working fine with 
both 32 and 64 bit vst plugs.
But as mentioned, I tend to use the 32 bit versions of the DAW's more often.


On 10/24/2015 5:37 PM, Jes via RWP wrote:
> Keith,
> I use Reaper 32 on Win7 64-bit all the time, and have never had a single problem. I would stay away from the 64-bit version of Reaper as there's really no advantage to using it over the 32-bit. But if anybody else has any thoughts, please chime in, especially to correct me on anything.
>
> Jes
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 24, 2015, at 3:35 PM, Keith Hinton via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi folks, I've got an update to share.
>> I've had to install both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Reaper as it
>> turns out on this machine.
>> Some plugins just don't load in the 64-bit version if they're not
>> 64-bit already.
>> Others crash the 32-bit host in the 64-bit version, some have presets
>> that only read in Reaper 32-bit, so there we go.
>> I'm happy to announce that I have been able to record tracks on this
>> machine without problems!
>> Reaper is well built indeed.
>> It runs on a lot of hardware, too.
>> And I got other questions answered by a friend on Twitter via direct message.
>> Have any of you had to use Reaper 32-bit on a 64-bit Windows system
>> for anything?
>> Or do you think what I'm talking about with plugins crashing in the
>> 64-bit and so on is strange. Grin.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Keith
>>
>>> On 10/24/15, Keith Hinton <keithint1234 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>> I've got a 32-bit plugin the Virtual guitarist plug-in from Steinberg.
>>> When I had 64-bit Reaper installed, the plugin always opened as
>>> abridged plug-in and I could not get at a single thing at all using
>>> NVDA and yes, I do know how to use object navigation extremely well.
>>> But that did not help, I had the same problem in the bridged situation
>>> as I have had in Sonar  during my brief time with it's bridged VST
>>> junk generally speaking as well.
>>> So, I installed the 32-bit version of Reaper  and Osara instead after
>>> erasing the 64-bit one.
>>> Unless their is a way to force all plug-ins inside Reaper 64 to never
>>> open at all in Bridged mode, then I won't be installing the thing
>>> again.
>>> But it would be nice, to make full use of my 16 GB of RAM.
>>> By the way, I figured out my MIDI interface problem, forgot to enable
>>> the device so that's why I wouldn't have heard anything, duh!
>>> And yes, WASAPI works fine on this computer using Reaper now, so that
>>> other message about needing to know how to test can be ignored.
>>> If I can get some advice on how to control bridged mode or if that is
>>> even possible, I'd appreciate it.
>>> Their is one plugin the electric guitar that the Steinberg virtual
>>> guitarist program installed on this machine that surprisingly opens in
>>> bridged mode even in Reaper 32-bit I might add.
>>> And whenever bridged comes up I have serious accessibility
>>> difficulties at that point.
>>> And usually I end up having Reaper crash sooner or later with the
>>> Reaper32Host.Exe process still running that needs to be shut down
>>> separately.
>>> Can anybody stop me from pulling my hair literally out over this bridged
>>> stuff?
>>> it's driving me nuts this morning!
>>> But I am happy to report Wasapi works beautifully here!
>>> I have had no problems  so far with it, other than running
>>> occasionally in to this bridged mode.
>>> if an alternate accessible virtual guitar plugin can be suggested,
>>> please list some as I'm looking for some to utilize in projects.
>>> Also, while I'm on the subject of projects for a moment, can I clear
>>> every recent project from Reaper somehow  in it's projects menu if I
>>> wish to do so?
>>> Or must I hack the Windows registry somehow to accomplish this.
>>> If programs generally have recent menus, I generally love to know how
>>> to clear them out ultimately no matter how tricky that turns out to
>>> be.
>>> Thanks folks!
>>> Jamie, I'm enjoying your Osara DLL by the way :)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Keith
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