Thanks. I had some VST scanning issues recently, maybe that had something to do with it. I'll keep experimenting.
Welp Ol Mel is working in X3 and other newer Platinum projects...but not this project which was one done originally in X3 and which did have some weirdness as I mentioned in another thread. I guess I should just make a whole new project and just import every midi and audio tracks data into it. Sheesh.