Interesting. Reinstalling all traces of Cubase is exactly what I do not want to do, and will be my last resort. And I foresee keeping 6.5 alive for the foreseeable future - still not sure about C7, but I do want a version that works as it should. No harm in trying to remove VSTs to see what happens. It’s been close to 2 weeks since I contacted Helge and no word from Tech support.