Poll: Who is using a 32-bit DAW anymore?

[jclosed]

I have to use Live9 32bit to use many old plugins as ableton doesn’t have native bridge.

Can't you use Jbridge for that? The few older 32 bit plugins I still keep (mainly because they are used in older projects, and I don't have a replacement for them) work perfectly in a 64 bit DAW using that program. As far as I know you can use Jbridge also to use a 64 bit plugin in a 32 bit DAW. I am not sure about that however, so you could check it on the website and try it out using the demo version. Jbridge is very inexpensive, so that should not be a problem.

I don’t have jbridge license. I don’t see any justification for the cost of bit bridge for DAW already paid especially when one of my other DAW comes with native bit bridge.

Well - I bought Jbridge a few years ago, because the DAW that I used at that time did a really lousy job bridging those plugins. To be honest - Jbridge generally does a better job that the majority of DAW build-in bridge software.

For me the price of €15 was minuscule compared to the price of the DAW's and plugin's I use, so it really did not bother me at all. I really see your point, but for me it was a one-time cheap purchase that spared me a lot of headaches throughout all the years I used it.

[Scotty]

Agreed! $15.00 jBridge to get access to a decades worth of free plugins not to mention a few paid plugins that were abandoned or whose 64 bit upgrade was too expensive for me - great value.

[BlackWinny]

Agreed too !

[reggie1979]

x86 is the past. It served it's purpose, I've moved on. Companies have moved on. I can't think of one logical reason* that people should continue on with x86.

*Other than compatibility with older projects or a need to save money.

[toonertik]

x86 is the past. It served it's purpose, I've moved on. Companies have moved on. I can't think of one logical reason* that people should continue on with x86.

*Other than compatibility with older projects or a need to save money.

I like and still use Cakewalk Project5... I find it very fast and uncluttered.. I still use Soundforge11.. and Acid7.. I feel no need to spend money on updates to acid or SF.. they work... they do what I want....


BTW>>> My car is old...


I am old...
should I move on?

Well, I ain't ready.. still lovin it..

[reggie1979]

Nothing wrong with being old, but there are significant reasons to move to x64. If you don't need to, cool.

[Scotty]

x86 is the past. It served it's purpose, I've moved on. Companies have moved on. I can't think of one logical reason* that people should continue on with x86.

*Other than compatibility with older projects or a need to save money.

Well you kind of nailed the most important reasons right there. Those alone justify the question and thread.

[_al_]

Nope, don't care.
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Grammatically the title seems strange, no ?

I would have written "Poll: Who still uses a 32-bit DAW?"

But English is not my native language.

You are correct. Ending that sentence with "anymore" is just wrong. But I reckon we can get over it

[BlackWinny]

Grammatically the title seems strange, no ?

I would have written "Poll: Who still uses a 32-bit DAW?"

But English is not my native language.

You are correct. Ending that sentence with "anymore" is just wrong. But I reckon we can get over it

Whew, I'm reassured.


Thanks !

[_al_]

Well the reply you originally got seemed kinda rude to me, so I felt the need to say something

[BlackWinny]

And it was way less rude, yes.


And above all, your reply strongly reassured me about the humble few English grammar I learned almost fifty years ago.

Thanks a lot !

[noizetronic]

While i see the memory access advantage, nothing is going to sound more colorful, pristine or shiny in x64. No huge sample libraries over here, everything works in x86 as it should. There are tons of old projects i am not going to abandon before their time.

If i would start from scratch today, i'd see no obstacle for going all x64 from the beginning though.

[BONES]

Agreed! $15.00 jBridge to get access to a decades worth of free plugins not to mention a few paid plugins that were abandoned or whose 64 bit upgrade was too expensive for me - great value.

If it works but I've tried it on several plugins with zero success.

Nothing wrong with being old, but there are significant reasons to move to x64. If you don't need to, cool.

Really? Name one. I see zero positive difference in anything between 32 bit and 64 bit versions of my host. I do see negative differences, the most obvious being how much longer it takes to load a project.

x86 is the past. It served it's purpose, I've moved on. Companies have moved on. I can't think of one logical reason* that people should continue on with x86.
*Other than compatibility with older projects or a need to save money.

How is that not an incredibly important reason? We made four albums using 32 bit technology and we still like to play some of those songs today. That's the problem, you can't just rule a line under 20 or more years of work and say "oh, well, we will just have to live with the fact we can never play those old songs again". I have spent hundreds of dollars trying to replace those 32 bit synths and rebuilding a song using different instruments, whilst trying to preserve the sound, is at least as much work as finishing a new song.

It wouldn't be so bad if there was any upside to going 64 bit but over the last couple of years I've seen nothing but downsides.

[reggie1979]

It doesn't matter. I mean, most of us fought HARD to bring x64 to the forefront, now some people want to push how life is so great over x86.

Have at it. I'm x64 and I'm not looking back. If someone doesn't understand why, so be it.

[BONES]

It seems you don't understand why, or at least you are unable to explain it to the rest of us. Hardly a ringing endorsement, is it?