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From: Mod Bod on 2 Nov 2009 16:49
Rick Paul wrote:
> Has anyone gotten Toontrack EZ Drummer to work on 64-bit SONAR (I'm using
> SONAR 8.5.1) on 64-bit Windows 7? If so, did you need to do any tricks to
> get things working (and what, if so)?
>
> I first tried installing EZD leaving my existing EZD sample location in
> place. It at least seemed to go through the motions of being okay with
> that -- no error messages, and it installed very quickly, so it wasn't
> copying the files. I had to reauthorize as it gave me a different Computer
> ID than I'd had before on the same system under WinXP. But then EZD came up
> okay in SONAR. What it didn't do, however, was load the kit, even if I
> tried doing it manually. It left 0 MB in the size field, and there was no
> sound (which make sense with no kit loaded).
>
> So I figured it didn't like that I'd had the kits installed already. I
> moved my old sample directory to ezdrummer.old, then did a repair
> installation off the DVD, and re-updated the software to the latest
> revision. This time it wasn't showing me all the other EZX kits that it
> showed before (but did not load even with pictures), which makes sense.
> But it still wouldn't load sounds for the main pop/rock kit (or the cocktail
> kit, which I'd also put through the same sequence).
>
> Any insights would be greatly appreciated. I think maybe my next thing to
> try may be deinstalling and reinstalling, but it really doesn't seem like
> that should be necessary as I'd think the procedure I did thus far should
> have sufficed.
>
> Rick
>
I can confirm that Bitbridge 1 works with EZdrummer in Win 7 64 bit.
SONAR 8.3.1 x64 picks up EZdrummer and Superior just fine.

It's the new Bitbridge that is broken.

It won't matter much longer anyway. I'm sure Cakewalk should be release
an update pretty soon. It not, Toontrack will make it unnecessary befor
e the end of the year.
From: kitekrazy on 2 Nov 2009 17:43
Rick Paul wrote:
> Looking over this more overnight, I came to the same conclusion on the
> 64-bit/new BitBridge trouble with Toontrack plug-ins. I'm not going to
> spend any money on another bridge product, so will either make do with
> other drums applications in the interim or try installing the 32-bit version
> of SONAR alongside the 64-bit if need be (apparently the 32-bit version is
> still okay with the Toontrack stuff on Windows x64).
>
> As it happens, the some "life gets in the way" stuff is likely to leave me
> extremely limited time for working on recordings in the next few months
> anyway, so I'll probably just "do without" for awhile, then only install the
> 32-bit SONAR if I end up having time to work on something that "absolutely
> must" have EZ Drummer. On the last little project I did a few weeks back,
> Session Drummer 3 ended up winning out anyway (my collaborator on the
> project wasn't liking what she was hearing with EZD, and happened to really
> like something she'd heard on a test project I was doing when she arrived
> where I'd been using only stuff that was "in the box" with SONAR 8.5). Some
> of the kits from that really are quite good, though it all depends on style
> (which is the thing I like about EZD with all the EZX's, as there is a wide
> variety of choices to try within the one plug-in). I also have Battery 3,
> which has a boatload of kits I could try if need be.
>
> Hopefully either Cakewalk will come out with a BitBridge fix or Toontrack
> will release the 64-bit versions of their plug-ins by the time I really need
> this stuff again. I am bummed, though, that, unless I want to install the
> 32-bit SONAR as a workaround, I won't get to try out the Superior Drummer 2
> that's been sitting in its box on my desk for awhile waiting for my disk
> upgrade and some time in my overall Win7 upgrade to install it.
>
> It really sucks that Cakewalk didn't find this and do something about it in
> their beta testing, though, given that EZ Drummer is probably the most
> popular drum plug-in going at the moment. I'm guessing that suggests they
> didn't have many x64 testers since I'd think that having even a half a dozen
> or so arbitrary SONAR users would turn up at least one who used EZD. Of
> course, were I in their shoes I'd also want to be testing in-house with the
> really popular plug-ins to make sure they weren't being broken by new stuff.
>
> Rick

It was their way of forcing you to use Session Drummer 3.

I wonder what other 32 bit apps Cake has broken?
From: Mod Bod on 4 Nov 2009 17:55
Rick Paul wrote:
> One quick update on this -- not entirely new information, but possibly a few
> tidbits:
>
> Toontrack came out with V1.2 of EZ Drummer last night. None of the features
> said anything about 64-bit support, but there was one bug fix item that said
> something about when the sounds weren't found it would use the default
> location. Since not finding the sounds was the symptom I was seeing, I was
> wondering if this might help. No go, at least on my system, but, then
> again, I don't store my sound library in a "default location" (assumedly
> "C:\..." or some such thing -- I have a samples partition, "S:\..."). So,
> if anyone else is having this issue and happens to use default paths for
> installation, it might be worth giving this a try to see if it helps.
>
> I also sent a message to Andreas at Toontrack (who'd sent the press
> release-type announcement to me) asking about this issue, and he generally
> said they have a plan for 64-bit, then said a guy name Erik was the guy who
> could provide more technical information. Erik replied that he expects a
> public beta of the 64-bit stuff before the end of the year. That sounds
> fairly consistent with what Dave M. has been suggesting, so probably isn't
> any big surprise.
>
> Rick
Ooooo. Ooooo, OOoooo, Mr. Kotter!!!!!

I know something, I can't tell. ;)

I think the biggest problem for software developers right now is
figuring out how to keep customers on three different 64 bit operating
systems happy and how to get your software to install and deal with the
different registry quirks they have.

I'm still on 8.3.1 and bitbridge is for running my other softsynths.

KnowwhatI'msayin'?
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