Did anyone try what I suggested, and did it work? Inquiring minds want to know...

Didn't get a chance yet. I feel like the kid whose stuck his finger in the light socket 3 times, not motivated to try it again. I need to allocate a block of time to be able to catch up on my knitting while my computer reboots.....
 

Well you tempted me. 4th poke from the light socket. There won't be a #5.

How is the knitting coming along?

Hard crash for me, too. I took a clean "basic" project and dragged the VST in. One note --> boom
A reboot, and I haven't seen the problem again. I submitted a crash report (or rather Sonar did). Not that the Crash Report shows up in my account, but they never do.

I've never had any issues with AAS stuff, I also run a Quad Capture. I have the full version of of the synth though, so haven't tried the Session version.

It's been crashing on me too.  Plays for a bit, then locks the computer for a reboot to continue.  I always almost insert as simple inst track.

No problems with the UAS session plugin here, though I've only tried SITs so far.    I can play notes from a controller or using the virtual keyboard, record, playback, etc..    I've also used the AAS Player many times in the past without any issues.
 

I use VA-2 (and VA-1 before it) as a go-to synth and I don't recall ever having a problem with it. I use a Roland UA-22 and I have frequent problems with it - it too often turns any piece into a facsimile of 4:33 with unlimited encores until reboot. Thanks for that drollery, Craig. Craig's experiment lends support to my feeling that the Bakers have messed up something in the area of soft synth insertion - Synth Rack for me is a registry-corrupting no-go area these days.
 
Is this what you North Americans mean by YMMV?

sausy1981
I recently got a new interface, the audient id22, but up till then I was using a quad capture and noticed that things had got a little unstable over the last couple of months. Not sure if the roland drivers are your problem but just giving you my experience.

Same here. Have been using the Quad Capture for a couple weeks.....kind of wonky in Sonar for me......Bought the Audient....Waiting for it. I can use my Motif XS as a MIDI interface mLan or USB. ASIO I don't know if the Audient is ASIO or WDM.