No External Instrument Plugin in the List

Hi,
I've searching for a while but can't find any info regarding the External Instrument plugin. The manual says it's supposed to be under Instruments > Logic > External but there it's not there. I'm running DTDM + DAE combination. Would that be a problem?
My external synths bounce OK using DAE StereoInput objects but that way I can only apply TDM inserts to it and no native processing.
Any solution to this?

Promixe, "No External Instrument Plugin in the List" #5, 02:15am Oct 6, 2005 CDT
wonder if there are any stability issues with multiple drivers...
In the manual they do say this:
We strongly recommend that you do not attempt to use more than two audio engines simultaneously within Logic Pro. The strain on the PCI bus will cause too many problems, and will generate a number of DAE error messages.
Your first choice should be DAE in conjunction with DTDM. If necessary, choose DAE and Core Audio.

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