UAD-1 + Logic 7.1 = Latency??

Hi all,
I just purchased a UAD-1 card, installed it and loaded UAD's latest software, 4.4.1. Upon first test it worked great, that was with one UAD plug on one vocal track. So last night I was itching to mix for real with this bad boy. But, as soon as I added a 2nd UAD track, and we're still only talking about on one track here, I start getting latency. Anyone had success with multiple UAD plugs on a single track sans the latency?
I did read on one comment that there was a bug with Logic where Logic's plug delay compensation only worked on the first insert when dealing with 3rd party plugs. Can this be true?? If so, would 7.2 fix this?
Also, anyone come across issues with 7.2 and 10.3.9?
Anyone think swapping my digi 001 card (which is in PCI slot 1) with the UAD card (slot 2) would make a difference?
Please help, right now for me to use my UAD card and have 3 simple plugs on one track, I have to bounce my track 2 times. So lame!
Oh, and when I look at the meters in both the UAD app and Logic both are around 20%, so it's not a CPU issue.

I run multiple UAD plug-ins on individual tracks, and have no latency problems.
I'll assume you do have the Delay Compensation settings in Logic set appropriately...?
Also, if I read you right, you were still on Panther, and just ordered Tiger? That might very well be a contributing factor, although I'm only speculating.
Anyhow, UAD 4.4 on Tiger 10.4.8 has no problems with 2 or even 3 UAD plug-in in succession (and it was always fine on earlier versions of Tiger as well).

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