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

[BONES]

As much as I would like to be able to continue to use some of my 32 bit plugins, mostly SynthEdit things I made years ago and a couple of long ago discontinued synths, I have accepted the reality that it is no longer viable and spent many hundreds of dollars trying to find viable 64 bit alternatives, with various levels of success. It annoys the hell outta me but I have made peace with the situation.

[Saffran]

I have Reaper and P5 in some old xp machines but that is to consider as testing ground. Mostly old free plugins that only exists as 32bit. No need to develop them. If it works it can be used, that's it.
I too use a 64bit daw, CbB, for the main work.

[tooneba]

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

[Halonmusic]

32bit mostly. Very few 64bit plugins.

[polac]

I mainly use Jeskola Buzz 32bit version, but I'm using there also 64bit vsts via the built-in bridge.

[DaveClark]

As a developer myself I don't care so much about who is using DAWs with 32-bit architecture, but instead who is still installing plugins with 32-bit architecture.

Regards,
Dave Clark

[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.

Anyway - I have made the jump to 64 bit already a fairly long time ago. All the plug-in stuff I use in new projects is 64 bit. I did not want to cling to that older 32 bit stuff, so I decided to avoid using them. Sure - There are some good 32 bit oldies that never will get updated, but I can live without them (and, as said, if it's really, really, really needed I can use Jbridge, but I try to avoid that as much as possible).

So - I don't mind if all plug-in software would be 64 bit only. All my DAW's I use (mainly Cubase and Bitwig) are 64 bit, so that would not be a problem.

[reggie1979]

I went x64 nearly a decade ago and haven't looked back since.

[tooneba]

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.

[JonSolo]

jBridge is a gem...for older projects, yes...but also when I am feeling some of those old sounds I used to use. So while I am strictly 64-bit with my DAWS, I revert to some older plugins when I am in that mood. But that is for just those plugins.

64-bit is now. I really see no use for any "new" 32-bit releases.

I am not so particular that I cannot "uncheck" the 32-bit VST box in the installation menu, but there is an ease moving forward in not having current 32-bit VSTs on my hard drive.

Also I wish we would all just go to VST3 but that is another topic and poll, ha.

[reggie1979]

I too uncheck the 32 bit option when applicable.

[trewq]

It's a misconception to think that anything 32 bit is old and has stopped development.

[reggie1979]

It's more analog than x64.

[BlackWinny]

Not more, not less.

[Daimonicon]

iv'e got no 32 bit plugin that I use. All I use are updated to 64 so.....