Minihost example from 2.4 sdk processReplacing giving access violations for some vsts

The project works for VSTi’s from native instruments, but most other VSTis produce an access violation when calling their processReplacing methods in the project.

The initialization:

printf ("HOST> Init sequence...\n");
	effect->dispatcher (effect, effOpen, 0, 0, 0, 0);
	effect->dispatcher (effect, effSetSampleRate, 0, 0, 0, kSampleRate);
	effect->dispatcher (effect, effSetBlockSize, 0, kBlockSize, 0, 0);

	checkEffectProperties (effect);
	checkEffectProcessing (effect);
	checkEffectEditor (effect);

Inside checkEffectProcessing where the access violation happens on the call to processReplacing.

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void checkEffectProcessing (AEffect* effect)
{
	float** inputs = 0;
	float** outputs = 0;
	VstInt32 numInputs = effect->numInputs;
	VstInt32 numOutputs = effect->numOutputs;
	
	if (numInputs > 0)
	{
		inputs = new float*[numInputs];
		for (VstInt32 i = 0; i < numInputs; i++)
		{
			inputs[i] = new float[kBlockSize];
			memset (inputs[i], 0, kBlockSize * sizeof (float));
		}
	}

	if (numOutputs > 0)
	{
		outputs = new float*[numOutputs];
		for (VstInt32 i = 0; i < numOutputs; i++)
		{
			outputs[i] = new float[kBlockSize];
			memset (outputs[i], 0, kBlockSize * sizeof (float));
		}
	}

	printf ("HOST> Resume effect...\n");
	effect->dispatcher (effect, effMainsChanged, 0, 1, 0, 0);

	for (VstInt32 processCount = 0; processCount < kNumProcessCycles; processCount++)
	{
		printf ("HOST> Process Replacing...\n");
		effect->processReplacing (effect, inputs, outputs, kBlockSize);
	}

	printf ("HOST> Suspend effect...\n");
	effect->dispatcher (effect, effMainsChanged, 0, 0, 0, 0);

	if (numInputs > 0)
	{
		for (VstInt32 i = 0; i < numInputs; i++)
			delete [] inputs[i];
		delete [] inputs;
	}

	if (numOutputs > 0)
	{
		for (VstInt32 i = 0; i < numOutputs; i++)
			delete [] outputs[i];
		delete [] outputs;
	}
}

What do I have to initialize in order for the access violation to not occur.