Hey BScout thanks for your response.
VE Pro is configured to 16 ports (I've double checked) but somehow Pro Tools only picks up 8 at the moment. Weird...
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Anyway I'm glad to hear PT hasn't scaled back on the MIDI ports.
Edit: Looking at VE Pro again, I can only select up to 8 in each instance, although the preferences say it goes to 16 ports. Looks like the issue is with VE Pro then.
Edit 2: I rebooted everything and something weird definitely is going on. VE Pro shows 16 ports per instance UNTIL I connect to Pro tools. Then I "lose" ports 9-16 in VE Pro.
Edit 3 : Figured it out. You have to set the option both in VE Pro (via the preferences panel) and on the plugin itself in Pro Tools. I thought adjusting one would make the other follow, but no.