Sanderxpander
Do you have a custom plugin layout?

Just saw this ... not sure. What is it? Hehe. I guess that means "no" ... since I never heard of it.
 

I've had plugins that didn't display where I expected to see their names in the FX menu. Have you looked around to see if it got put in the wrong folder?

Got my scan list revised to this:
 
C:\program files\cakewalk\SharedPlugins
C:\program files\cakewalk\Vstplugins
C:\program files\Vstplugins


I also checked to see if the plugin was turning up underneath a strange menu or location and all of this unfortunately did not help. It's almost like the plugin just will not be recognized.
 
I have also copied the .dll file for the Replica XT delay and placed in C:\program files\cakewalk\SharedPlugins so, now there are two of them in circulation. I was checking to see if scan would pick it up better located somewhere else.
 
Sombody was saying they didnt think NI would put .dll files here: C:\program files\nativeinstruments\replika xt\d3d\x64
 
That may be true. In that location what I see are these files: d3dcompiler_47.dll and qtANGLE.dll
 
Not sure what those are, but that is why I had that custom scan path.
 
But the location of my file called Replika XT.dll is here: C:\program files\cakewalk\Vstplugins
 
Anybody see anything fishy. Still no delay ... and this is a cool delay ...

scottcmusic
C:\program files\cakewalk\SharedPlugins

if this is really "C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared Plugins" where the Sonitus plug-ins are install, this path should not be in the VST scan path and user VST2 plug-ins should not be placed in this folder. All the plug-ins installed in this folder by Cakewalk are DX format.

That makes sense ... I'm just literally throwing everything at the wall to see what works.
 
I can remove that, which is probably just a good housekeeping tip for sure, but I doubt that is gonna make the delay turn up.
 
All I can think to do is unistall it and try re-installing it ... I really don't care anymore though ... I'm about done with all this nonsense ...I'm out a hundred bucks and NI is laughin all the way to the bank ... do they care? Maybe, but it doesn't show ... they tell me to take it up with cakewalk. Can I get my money back? Won't they just say that since I already downloaded the program files that I am feasibly just stealing it? This is another loophole of the software as recording studio approach ... what is our recourse if nothing works?
 
I'm a musician not a computer technician for god's sake ... I write pretty songs ... that's what I do ... or, try to ... well screw me and my songs. What I really am is a dude who posts problems in a forum ... that's my real gig!

Have you tried looking for it in the complete list of plugins in the Plugin Manager (i.e. select "VST audio effects" and then look in the list of registered plugins on the right? At least this would rule out whether or not it's somehow located in an unexpected place in your plugin menu. 

Uninstalling and reinstalling the plug-in may be a good idea. Pay attention to the section where the installer asks for the VST plug-in path. It has been a long time since I have installed any NI plug-ins but I am sure they still have a way to specify the install path. I prefer to put all VST plug-ins in the Cakewalk default VST folder inside vendor specific folders. If you allow NI to use its default, make sure to pay attention to the install screens as there probably is one that tells you where it is going to install the plug-in just before you click OK to install.
 
 

Yeah ... there is a button to turn on excluded plugins or just disabled plugins I think ... I've tried everything in there. But, to your point, no matter which button or tab I click on in there, I don't see it. I thought maybe it only turns up in the pro channel or something, so I tried to see if I go bring it in as a module there. I don't really have that much stuff installed so it should be pretty obvious when it pops in there.
 
Here's another weird aspect of this struggle. At the same time I installed Replica XT, I also installed NI GuitarRig 4 LE that came with sonar. THe reason was, I saw it in the "Available downloads" tab in the NI Control Panel. I thought why not, I will not use this for guitars so much as other things like keys and vocals ... maybe even process room sounds through it ... compress your wet reverb signal anyone? ... anyway, it just seemed like a good time to go ahead and install that as well.
 
Well that worked just fine and I can see that plugin. Not the pesky delay though ...

The people at NI suggested this:
"It's possible it failed validation.  Check this article for help with this:
https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR%20X3&language=3&help=Dialogs2.064.html"
 
Funny though that article doesn't seem to be about validation ... this is the kinda help I was getting. Lol.
 
I will try to get psyched to spend some more time chasing this problem after work. I will try the uninstall thing. Thanks to everybody that helped out so far! Nice folks.