[SSSolved!! - Thank you CW!] Air Windows VSTs (GUI-Less plugs) - make em work please.

I know from past threads that I can create an FX Chain to wrap GUIless VST such as the plethora of AirWindows plugs that are being dumped on the scene right now, but that seems like an unnecessary work around for a glaring deficiency.
 
They work now in the 9-2017 drop!
 
 

The Air Window VSTs use the native VST host's UI for parameter controls.  Which normally works great (though plain), but SONAR's support for native VST controls is broken.  Cakewalk knows about it, but don't seem to be in any rush to fix it.
 
While it's not a great solution, some plugin chainers fully support VST native UI and can host the Air Window plugins inside themselves, inside SONAR.  I just tested and DDMF's Metaplugin works just fine and renders the Air Window parameters so you can edit them.  I suspect others will work as well.  Image-Line's Minihost Modular is free and also appears to render the controls correctly.  Not a great solution but workable.
 

Looking into resolving this, thanks for your patience.
<Update:> We're testing a fix.
 
Keith

Oooh I was a so glad to see this but alas, Airwindows plugs in EA 9 still don't look or feel any different than before.
 
 

Maybe I spoke too soon.  The controls do draw right, but draging the sliders don't seem to update the number right.  Single clicking to set the slider does seem to work, but the drag mode isn't quite right.
 
 

When trying to test a couple of the latest AirWindow plugins 32bit versions BitBridge.exe crashes for me every time it goes to scan the plugin with 2017.09 EA.  I think that may be an AirWindows problem though, since the previous/first release of Hombre 32bit doesn't crash SONAR.  Its UI seems to work under the 32-bit BitBridge, though it looks different than the 64 bit version.
 

 

But 32-bit ChorusEnsemble, crashes BitBridge when scanning.  The 64-bit works fine in the new 2017.09 EA release.  Though the 64-bit sliders are somewhat broken.

Here's a animated GIF of me using Hombre's UI

 
Things to note, the displayed number doesn't update as I drag right and left.  Sometimes it catches up, but not all that often.  Sometimes when I let off the mouse the number continues to show a value much higher or lower than where the slider ended up.  At one point in the sliding the mouse is far away from where the slider is moving but it moves with the mouse (which was very weird).  And even clicking on a location in the slider wouldn't always set the value to the location.  But I think the main problem is the number doesn't change/update/lock with the slider.
 
Still this is much better than before, though without a numeric input and the slider action it's very difficult to enter a specific number.
 
 

an input box should be a quick win here

Mine is the old black plug gui with dark blue numbers and no discernible sliders as was before.

Keith Albright [Cakewalk]

bitman
Mine is the old black plug gui with dark blue numbers and no discernible sliders as was before.

You running the EA build?  It should look like what Matt posted.  

I know it should but it doesn't.
 
I'll pm you a screen grab.

My mouse issues seem to be fixed in the final 2017.09 release!