The Braintree Brainfreeze

First its important to install all yellow or red items. This means when you open C3 you should see Sonar as yellow that is only the beginning. This means it and perhaps more stuff needs updating. There is a slew under it and you have click on it to see them. You need to install all of them for a full install. As they are installed they will turn green.  That is what you want for all items.  

I advise turning all those reds into green. This is how C3 is meant to be used. There is nothing in it that will destroy an older install of an older version.  

ward s
Hey, I had exactly that experience, did what I thought was the install/update, but then couldn't see any evidence of the stuff I was supposed to be installing. 
 
What I figured out was that the install sort of comes in two stages. First you do the Sonar update, which I guess addresses all the "under the hood" items. Then go back to Command Center and click Sonar again. It will open a drop-down where it will list all the other components to be installed, all in yellow or red. Click them one at a time and it will lead you through the process. Mine went flawlessly, once I figured that out. 

Nicely outlined. C3 could use a do over but if you follow its logic its not so bad. 

I'm going to attempt a users guide to installing Sonar platinum. This is for a normal default install. See below for how to install when a custom install is needed
 
First Download Cakewalk Command Center I will refer to it as C3 hereafter. 
 
You can get it here https://www.cakewalk.com/Command-Center
 
Once it is installed and you have purchased Sonar run it and you should see something like this.
 
 
Notice a couple of things here. One Sonar is listed at the top of a longer menu with a lot of red lights. These indicate not installed by C3. If they were yellow it means it has been installed by C3 but there is an update for it. Green means all is well and up to date. 
 
Clicking on each item will either install or update it. You may also have an option to reinstall or uninstall.
The is some customization for C3 and the option menu is located to the right top. Its a little cog wheel looking icon. It will let you set a path for VSTs and the like. It will not let you install Sonar in a non default directory or disk.  
 
What if you need to have a custom install!
 
You still use C3 to download the install files but before exit C3 and on a Win 8 system goto ProframData/Cakewalk/ Platinum/ Command Center/ Download.
 
There you will see all the downloaded files that can be installed directly. Just double click on each one in order to start the install for that item. This will give you full user control on where and what is installed. 
 
Any questions I will attempt to answer. 
 
 

The SONAR Reference Guide pdf was added to the "Help and Tutorials" package.

I posted this before, but Cakewalk needs to provide a detailed step by step guide explaining how to correctly install Braintree. I have been trying to read through all the forum posts and it is most confusing.

John
I'm going to attempt a users guide to installing Sonar platinum. This is for a normal default install. See below for how to install when a custom install is needed
 
First Download Cakewalk Command Center I will refer to it as C3 hereafter. 
 
You can get it here https://www.cakewalk.com/Command-Center
 
Once it is installed and you have purchased Sonar run it and you should see something like this.
 
 
Notice a couple of things here. One Sonar is listed at the top of a longer menu with a lot of red lights. These indicate not installed by C3. If they were yellow it means it has been installed by C3 but there is an update for it. Green means all is well and up to date. 
 
Clicking on each item will either install or update it. You may also have an option to reinstall or uninstall.
The is some customization for C3 and the option menu is located to the right top. Its a little cog wheel looking icon. It will let you set a path for VSTs and the like. It will not let you install Sonar in a non default directory or disk.  
 
What if you need to have a custom install!
 
You still use C3 to download the install files but before exit C3 and on a Win 8 system goto ProframData/Cakewalk/ Platinum/ Command Center/ Download.
 
There you will see all the downloaded files that can be installed directly. Just double click on each one in order to start the install for that item. This will give you full user control on where and what is installed. 
 
Any questions I will attempt to answer. 
 
 

May I add..
I've approached the c3 install process as if I was approaching a traffic signal..
Yellow<caution.. but it's an update to what's already installed.. 
Red<stop and think about it (do I have Dimpro/AD2..full version/TH2 full version/Melodyne Editor already installed?.. if so, don't need to do it again)
Green<Well.. no decision to make just go!
Not one problem here yet.
 

I think one question is... is there an advantage to re-install Melodyne if you have upgraded to EDITOR, and do you re-install DimPro and Rapture?  I think that question has been answered by FORUM members with a "NO" (since there probably won't be any future upgrades, etc), but I wonder what somebody like Noel has to say (and how to deal with red lights that keep you up at night!)

I just took a walk back to the command center and rechecked my installations that are validated, the updates I installed earlier were Red......hmmmmmm, so I reinstalled them and went through the paces, the funny thing is, earlier the pdf page didn't pop up like this time. I thought the pdf everyone was talking about was the one in the cakewalk Braintree post. Well.......it's working now and it wasn't that hard after all. (As long as you have all of the right information). Thank you

Oh I forgot about the Melodyne question. I would not install it if I had the editor version.