EastWest soft synth plugin in Sonar Platinum can't acess ASIO Setting for RME - RESOLVED!

I play a custom Kasha classical guitar output to Sonar Platinum via RMC piezo pickups.
Prior to this current setup I had everything working together several few years a go with Sonar 8 on a Dell laptop running Windows 7 .  However, the Dell was constantly overheating, the fan came on constantly and there wasn't enough RAM.
 
So, I bought the ASUS because of more power, better cooling, and more RAM... but it came with OS 8.1.  
 
What I can do:
I am able to use the built-in Soft Synths that come bundled with Sonar Platinum without a problem connecting to my RME's ASIO drivers.
I am also able to use EastWest software products in standalone mode using the EastWest PLAY engine with my RME's ASIO drivers.
 
PROBLEM:
I am trying to use EastWest soft synths (e.g., Goliath, EWSO) as plugins within Sonar Platinum. 
 
Sonar Platinum allows me to insert "Play" (the EastWest engine)  as a VST soft synth .
So, I have a soft synth track showing.
The EastWest soft synth, e.g., "Goliath", will show audio levels when a MIDI file is put into it's track, but no sound is heard.
That's because the EastWest soft synth cannot connect to the ASIO driver of the RME Fireface UCX.
Clicking on the "SETTINGS" tab inside EastWest "Goliath", brings up the Sonar "Settings" window as it should.  However, the Audio Settings in that window are empty and all grey'd out.   So, I've been stuck trying to get these great plugins to work again in Sonar...
 
-Nicolas
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Computer:  ASUS ROG G751JY Laptop , Inteli7-4710HQ CPU @2.5GHZ  ((Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v3,Intel(R) 4th Gen Core processor Intel(R) 8 Series,C220 Series, Version: 9.4.0.1027)) 24GB ram, 1tb Internall HD 7200 rpm,
Audio Interface: RME UCX USB interface. (RME newly updated firmware and drivers V 1.090 (02/05/2016))
OS: Windows 8.1
Sonar Platinum x64 - Version 22.3.0 Build 71
Soft Synths: EastWest:  Goliath, EWQLSO , QL Pianos, RA, SD2, EWQL Choirs, Gypsy, Silk, MOR, MOR II
Wavs plugins:  PowerPack bundle
Audio Editor: SoundForge 11
 
 
 

Hi Dan,
Hmmm, Not sure what I'm doing incorrectly...
I had already been using the latest version of Play 4.3.4.
Here are my Sonar preference settings:
 
Audio
     "Devices" shows the ASIO Fireface as the input and output drivers
     Driver Settings: (these are correct)
            Audio Driver Bit depth: 24bit
            sample rate: 44100 ,  
     Mixing Latency
            Buffers in Playback Quest: 2 (this is grey'd out, unchangeable)
            Buffer Size : 23.2 msec, 1024 samples. (but I can modify this via the ASIO Panel)
    Playback and Recording
           Driver Mode:  ASIO 
           Dithering:  Rectangular
     Sync and Caching
           Record Latency Adjustment
                 Device: ASIO Fireface USB (9in. 9out)
 
MIDI
     Devices:  UCX Midi Port 1 and UCX Midi Port2  (both Inputs and Outputs)
   
 
I have the MIDI track output set to use EastWest's "Play" which is in the Synth Rack.
I see levels showing on the MIDI track but hear no audio.
Whereas, the same MIDI track will give yield audible results when set to use any of Sonar's bundle soft synths like TTS-1, TruePianos...
 
Within the Synth rack, I can double click on "Play" to bring up the EastWest Goliath player.
I can load an instrument (e.g., "Cellos Legato MOD") but clicking on the Goliath keyboard gives no sound.
As I'd mentioned previous, click on Goliath's "Settings" tab (at upper left next between "Menu" and "Mixer") brings up the Settings Window of Goliath with everything grey'd out   The test tone button toggles off and on but no sound is heard. The "ASIO Settings..." button is grey'd out.
Whereas, running Play as a standalone, Goliath works fine...
 
kind of stumped...
 
-Nicolas
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Computer:  ASUS ROG G751JY Laptop , Inteli7-4710HQ CPU @2.5GHZ  ((Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v3,Intel(R) 4th Gen Core processor Intel(R) 8 Series,C220 Series, Version: 9.4.0.1027)) 24GB ram, 1tb Internall HD 7200 rpm,
Audio Interface: RME UCX USB interface. (RME newly updated firmware and drivers V 1.090 (02/05/2016))
OS: Windows 8.1
Sonar Platinum x64 - Version 22.3.0 Build 71
Soft Synths: EastWest (Play v 4.3.4.) :  Goliath, EWQLSO , QL Pianos, RA, SD2, EWQL Choirs, Gypsy, Silk, MOR, MOR II
Wavs plugins:  PowerPack bundle
Audio Editor: SoundForge 11
 

Oh, and if you see signal on the midi track, you also need to see signal on the audio track that the synth is using for output. If you don't see any signal there, then it may be a configuration issue with your Play instrument. You can try moving the MOD wheel up to see if the instrument is silent because volume is set to zero.
 
Regards,
Dan