Ok, here's my typical reply after I've sought help from you guys. The problem has mysteriously disappeared (for the moment) without my having done anything yet. I tried it in a project with just one track, and one with 25 tracks and it worked. This was with the BlueTube.
For clarification, I have a single soundcard with 10 in/10 out. When I use a particular device, say the bBlueTube, I have 3/4 selected and the others disabled. Likewise, when I use the POD I have 7/8 enabled, and the others disabled. Everything goes out by way of outputs 1/2.
I'm a little perplexed. I do know that everytime recently that I've asked for help on this forum the problem has fixed itself automatically. So......who's the magician?