I think it has been a misunderstanding (probably due to my weird english ahaha). I was trying to say that I really liked the SONAR PLATINUM UI design as I love the CBB UI since it is the same, but I can't work with only a beautiful UI. I had been experimenting crashes, tons of audio dropouts and some Waves plugins extrangely dissappearing (the vst3 version of Waves Grand Rhapsody Piano for example). Also, as Scott, I think that Audiosnap palette is broken and some editing tools seems outdated compared to things like REAPER. I would like to see substantial changes in that direction instead of tiny "monthly updates" with cosmetic features and non deep bug fixes. In the past, I could understand the existance of monthly updates because there was a monthly subscription model but today there is no need on keep going that way. I am grateful to Bandlab for giving this amazing DAW for free and for removing all the "bloatware" but I don't want to be in an eternal "insiders" program with this monthly updates system. Honestly I hate it.
P.D.: For example, take a look on the latest 2018.08 update. Meng said that it has been delayed because they want to introduce a new feature but it hasn't been ready and the developers must remove it in order to launch this 2018.08 release. A release that basically add the option to remove the insignificant "new feature" of 2017.07 and, in addition, a new one that needed a hotfix few days later because it was completely broken. All of that make me laugh and I just don't understand why not to wait and test the things properly, releasing substantial updates only when they are ready. 

Hey Mesh, did you send the crash report, or reach out to the support staff via email/submit a request page in the help guide? If you've sent the report after seeing the pop up message, go ahead and drop a line to support@cakewalk.com as well. It sounds like you may have figured out the issue was project specific, but its worth a shot to get some additional feedback. 

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Hey Mesh, did you send the crash report, or reach out to the support staff via email/submit a request page in the help guide? If you've sent the report after seeing the pop up message, go ahead and drop a line to support@cakewalk.com as well. It sounds like you may have figured out the issue was project specific, but its worth a shot to get some additional feedback. 

Yes, but I've only sent the crash report. Regarding that TH3 issue, I had been using TH3 in that project all along and everything was running as it should prior to that. The only thing I did different was (that day) I installed Caliburn from Kuassa (very nice Marshall amps BTW) and used that as well, and saved the project. After that, it always crashed when opening that project.
 
Anyway, I'll also drop a line to support.
Thanks for chiming in on this, it's greatly appreciated to get help over here. :)

gmp
It seems to me the OP should develop some better  methods. If he has found an earlier version of Splat or CbB to be more bug free and crashing less with no VST problems, then he should be using that version. There's no obligation to install every monthly update.
 

no but there's a natural human inquisitiveness that leads people to install updates - but there's no easy roll-back option as there was for sonar so it's hard to use a specific version unless you jump through the "copy installer before deletion"  hoops, which not every user will feel comfortable with

I have a drawer full of Cakewalk shirts, some of which are more than 10 years old and most of which are getting pretty ragged. So I was very glad to get some new ones recently. I often wear them to gigs, where more than once it's been a conversation starter with another musician who happened to be in the audience. I'm at an age where, rather than chatting up drunk girls, I'd really rather talk about DAWs.

marled
Hi Mesh, I had also a crash issue with TH3 and CbB. It happened when I clicked the Interleave button (to mono). Doing the same in Splat did not cause a crash. After some research I found out that it only crashed with the VST2 version of TH3 (which I used in CbB, but not in Splat). Using the VST3 version of TH3 did not crash in either DAW! Maybe this information helps you!
 
Marc

Thanks Marc, I'll take look at that....I believe I only have VST2 installed (although if the option was there, I generally will install VST3 too). 

a13xhp
...I would like to see substantial changes in that direction instead of tiny "monthly updates" with cosmetic features and non deep bug fixes. In the past, I could understand the existance of monthly updates because there was a monthly subscription model but today there is no need on keep going that way. I am grateful to Bandlab for giving this amazing DAW for free and for removing all the "bloatware" but I don't want to be in an eternal "insiders" program with this monthly updates system. Honestly I hate it.

I really like the regular updates and they've been working great for me.  Put it this way - you have the choice of not installing every single release if that's what works for you, but I (and others) would not have the option at all if those updates weren't available.  At least the current process allows users in both camps to choose what works best for them.