Does not work. I am assuming this is a flaw with Digidesign who probably did not test VSL plugs when they released PT8. Pity because I love the new GUI better than Logic, DP6, Cubase, and Sonar (on PC). Don't ask me why I own all of those....
Perhaps it is the RTAS combined with the MBox2 Micro. Why oh why does Digidesign make audio software for USB and not Firewire? My Apogee Duet works like a charm combined with the AU plugs on my Mac Pro. I mean, I continually get hang ups with PT even when I load a simply Upright Bass pizz sound. Sheesh.
Obviously this will be addressed in an update sometime in the future but for the time being, I cannot use VSL products at all without stalling the entire system. Digi's native RTAS like Xpand2 which has a lot of nice sounds does not yield the same results. Other 3rd party plug ins have marginal success and failure. I tried Pianoteq and that too messed up PT8.
Does anyone else use PT8 and has found a work-around to use their beloved VSL on a similar system as mine?
Mac Pro 2.66 ghz Quad Core w. 4 gigs of RAM.
Sample Buffer is set to 1024 samples because anything lower crashes the system with VSL or other third party plugs.