Not trying to add more fuel to the fire but I was reading the fixes list in the Braintree pdf a little bit ago and one of them is the following:
Missing Console Emulator had graphical issues in new tracks until enabled That sounds like what I experienced AFTER I updated to Braintree. I hate to say it but it makes me wonder what other fixes might not actually be fixed. Luckily, the vst settings/reset worked, but apparently, based on another thread, it doesn't work for everyone.
This type of thing and the new PC Module causing Sonar to freeze up in some of my projects.. Not a confidence booster. :(