see the following thread for 5.1 features...
http://www.digidesign.com/ubb/Forum25/HTML/001681.html
Nothing mentioned about VST or DirectX support. It would be a Digi first if they supported anything other than their own RTAS and TDM formats. Not impossible - but highly improbable.
My guess is your GC sales dude is either (1) stupi...er, mis-informed, is (2) duping you to get a sale, or (3) has inside information no one on this forum seems to have.
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LW
[This message has been edited by lwilliam (edited December 11, 2000).]