So it looks like cleanimg out all that older version crap is the key .... that and the Aud.ini file settings really is working for me,,,,, I really like to use V-Vocal on certain things and Melodyne on others...... Still not one Crash so far

I uninstalled 8.53 but haven't cleaned it all out yet. I think I'm going to clean out 8.53, uninstall X1 and X2, clean it all out and start fresh. Even uninstall my interface drivers etc then install X2. Why have more than one version installed when I'm only working with one version. Hopefully a lot of other issues I'm having will be solved. I'll get back some hard drive space to boot. I'm a Cakewalk Groupie you know. I started with 8.5 Studio then 8.5 Producer then X1 then X1 expanded and X2 and really haven't had many problems until X2. So not a bad record at all.