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

[Keith Hinton]

Hi,
Chris buddy, that's cool stuff.
I have no 32-bit machines left here so that's not gonna be happening
as far as XP and such :).
But I wonder if I purchase a license of Reaper within the next few
months if the license would carry over between 32-bit and the 64-bit
versions of Reaper?
I'll just Google search for Reaper DX wrapper or something.
Thanks!

On 10/24/15, Chris Belle via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> 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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