One comment about load times: it sure seems that Windows itself takes a looooooong time to boot fully. After I enter the password, I go do something for 5 or 10 minutes. A project that can take a minute to load right after turning on the computer can take 10 seconds a few minutes later.
 

MANTRASKY
Hello Sir Les, what's funny is that I've thought that my system, or to say the Processor Intel Q6600 Quad Core, is kind of old by today's standards. I can't say enough about SSD, since I've installed mine, Samsung 830 Pro 512gb
my computer is like a high-performance machine! I do have the primary Sonar Platinum program on the main SSD and the plug-ins, loops etc. on the secondary HDD (1tb). I have an external drive (Glyph) 8tb which I keep the music projects, other than that I haven't modified the Register, Bio's etc. I don't over-clock, the only time I noticed a lag in load up time is when I had forgotten that I was running my "Window's Defender & Anti-Virus" which I minimized, wasn't looking at the tray. Opened Sonar and I four minute project, and it took about 35 seconds? (approx.), I have this thing where I need things to respond at an instant, so I'm very aware of my computers condition most of the time, I'm sorry that I can't be more help! I also use 8gb of DDR2 which is old standards by today???

 Thanks...I had one of those Q995 machines once..But never did it open in 2 secs...never...Just making a point....if you got that happening in your estate...Bravo!...lol.

SteveStrummerUK
 
Edit to add: If I reopen the same project immediately after closing it, it takes less than 15 seconds to open.
 

 
Can't help but think that read cache helps a lot there.
And even disk issues, like defragmentation and chkdisk should be run.
 

Upgraded to Dorchester last night on the main DAW ...
 
I find it really cool that 2 major issues with mix recall I posted got improved: batch export using mix recall of time selection (collapsed folder bug) and optionally excluding FX rack from mix recall for faster load times (feature request) :-) thanks a lot.
 
Yet, I also pulled in a template hosting 5 synths (1x element, 2x zta3, 1x FF, 1x absynth) and it crashed an almost virgin new project ... and when trying again it crashed it again ... 3rd time around it worked (don't ask me why??) ... and I get the occasional crash when exiting/closing projects (which sometimes even require reboots) ... so talking about stability I'd appreciate this to be the focus ...
 
 

Welp... that's a shame. I was hoping to hop on this release to get up to date (on Braintree still). Seems everything has been more or less stable for most folks and BT has been pretty good to me (it is snappier than X3 but I have had a couple crashes when pushing it). I was trying to avoid the Control Bar thing and some of the minor annoyances until this release but, even though I usually ignore the persistent naysayers, we seem to have a lot of confirmation from reliable members that something went wonky this month.
 
I'm thinkin' maybe I'll give Cambridge a go and just ignore some of the quirks. I do want to check out some of the new stuff (mostly the virtual keyboard) and I don't think I'll poop myself if my CB doesn't stay static (although I do have a preferred set up).
 
Ya'll log your reports. I'm sure it'll get resolved. Unfortunately I am in no position to do un-official beta testing right now otherwise I would pitch in.
 
Cheers... and thanks for the report.

Sir Les, I've been lucky with mine, I also don't use Coloring the Tracks and Picture Icons which don't interest me. They would load down (maybe not much) as you know "Every time" with your project. My son's computer is more for gaming but is "Quick" 6 Core around 4.3ghz and that's with a HDD, his rendering speeds are blistering, he's a Game Designer/Programmer by profession, and he wants the newer Intel 8 Core (expensive). Cakewalk has been a very good program for me, but recently with the Bugs I have "Lost" music sections, (always backup!).
 
Good Luck!
 
Mike. 

@Beepster - Try it out and roll back to Braintree if you don't like it. It is trivial to roll back to a previous version, even if you don't use CCC.
 
I agree with Craig - the rollback process is - so far - clean and reliable.
 
I have all the upgrade .exe stored in a folder, and I just run the one I want to roll back to a specific version. I actually rolled back to Cambridge because I thought I might have found a nasty bug last night, but after verifying that there was no change, I rolled forward again.
 
You might be surprised at how stable Dorchester is for you.
 
 

Hi, stickman. I may but am pretty busy/pre-occupied right now. I am mostly doing tracking and some very specific tasks that don't really require much more than Bt is doing for me. I also kind of want to clear off my project schedule and do a massive clean up (or perhaps full restore/rebuild) of my system. It's been a long time coming and I think I'm more susceptible to certain quirks due to my "negligence". Gotta get that sorted.
 
It is possible Dorch will be solid on my rig and many times I do not experience a lot of the issues reported on the forum BUT based on past experience and my obsession of scouring this forum daily when the folks in this thread report issues I generally have issues.
 
Strange way to operate, I know, but I do have a good idea who's system's and workflow's are similar to mine so I can make pretty good assumptions as to what's gonna nail me and what isn't. Considering how insanely stressed out I am about other stuff right now having to deal with installs/rollbacks/weirdness I may completely melt down if something goes wonked on me.
 
Either way... I'm currently on the "If it ain't broke don't fix it" philosophy. I'm getting a gut feeling Cambridge will be solid (but will have some of the minor reported quirks which aren't a big deal) but the Dorch may amplify some issues I'm already having intermittently based on the reports here.
 
Meh. I'm a scaredycat. lol

I guess I should follow that up with... no one follow my lead on that if you have even the slightest bit more patience/time than I do (both of which I have zero of at the moment). We are able to rollback relatively easily these days and I'm sure this release isn't disastrous (we've only heard it is somewhat glitchy from SOME users on SOME systems).
 
I just ain't in a calm enough mental space to wrangle with it all right now. Long story but I don't want to discourage anyone from giving Dorch a test run. SPlat has been pretty cool for me so far.
 
Just needed to clarify that. Sorry.

lfm

SteveStrummerUK
 
Edit to add: If I reopen the same project immediately after closing it, it takes less than 15 seconds to open.
 

 
Can't help but think that read cache helps a lot there.
And even disk issues, like defragmentation and chkdisk should be run.
 

The difference with cache is the reason I cleared my cache between times loading the same project.
https://technet.microsoft.../library/ff700229.aspx