i have found the latest release to be pretty much rock solid for what i normally do. i say "for what i normally do" because i was messing around with craig andertons latest tip of the week, and i have never before so much as opened the loop construction view in all my years of using cakewalk products, but when following along (or trying to) the instructions i experienced crashes, which may or may not have occurred for me had i tried the same thing in the past (it could also be that i am doing something totally stupid  ). but as far as for my normal usage of platinum, like i said for me it appears to be rock solid, with no sign of any of the issues that many users seem to be experiencing, and performance is as good as one could wish for, excellent really.
 
[edit] forgot to mention that i am on windows 10, but haven't updated since july, still on 1511
 
[edit 2] it appears pilot error to be the problem, not sure what i was doing but just be thankful i'm not an airline pilot.

jeff oliver
September was my last update due to the issues everyone else was having. Honestly, I think I'm done updating. It was a good run but I've grown weary. Currently my only issue is crashing when I side-chain but that's no big deal. Love Platinum to death!

Pretty much feel exactly the same as Jeff.  Very stable 2016 - 09 on win 10. I have a disc image that includes the OS at that point and after two fairly disastrous update experinces (Sonar only - attempted both with and without windows updates) I am more than happy to sit it out for a while. It was a great run up to that point though!

 

tenfoot

jeff oliver
September was my last update due to the issues everyone else was having. Honestly, I think I'm done updating. It was a good run but I've grown weary. Currently my only issue is crashing when I side-chain but that's no big deal. Love Platinum to death!

Pretty much feel exactly the same as Jeff.  Very stable 2016 - 09 on win 10. I have a disc image that includes the OS at that point and after two fairly disastrous update experinces (Sonar only - attempted both with and without windows updates) I am more than happy to sit it out for a while. It was a great run up to that point though!

Yeah, September seems to be very stable except for what I mentioned. Last year was great for me, every update! This year, not so much. Ever since they announced the "BIG SURPRISE" things haven't been the same and I lost that good feeling when an update was forthcoming. Anyway, I ended up with a great DAW which I'm grateful for. Thanks Cakewalk!

jude77

jeff oliver
September was my last update due to the issues everyone else was having. Honestly, I think I'm done updating. It was a good run but I've grown weary. Currently my only issue is crashing when I side-chain but that's no big deal. Love Platinum to death!

I stopped at September too.  I'm kind of jittery about going any further because of all these crash reports.  And like Jeff I LOVE SPLAT.

Jude77, I didn't think this would last forever. Sonar is the only DAW I've ever owned and have invested much time learning. But its time to start making music! Enjoy the holidays! 

The Grim
i have found the latest release to be pretty much rock solid for what i normally do. i say "for what i normally do" because i was messing around with craig andertons latest tip of the week, and i have never before so much as opened the loop construction view in all my years of using cakewalk products, but when following along (or trying to) the instructions i experienced crashes, which may or may not have occurred for me had i tried the same thing in the past (it could also be that i am doing something totally stupid  ).

Post what issue you had in the thread (e.g., at what point it crashed) and I'll see if i can assist. I tested before posting, that's how I got the screen shots. However...I'm using 2016.12 with Windows 10.

promidi
I'm on December early release with Windows 7 64bit fully patched using ASIO drivers.  I must say I have not had any of the crashing issues... I use all of the synths mentioned in the pinned post.

I imaged the C: drive just in case, and I'm on the very latest (as in last night) version of Windows 10. I have experienced only two problems, the rest is rock solid on three different machines:
 
1. Sometimes when I open a project, SONAR crashes. If I open it again, it works. From there on I can close and open as much as I want; seems to happen only after a cold start or restart.
2. "Slide over to make room" isn't working right when you have a clip with more than one split and you move the first split to the right, either by moving or stretching. This may not be a new issue.
 
So, not rolling back at this end. Hopefully Cakewalk will find out the variable that's causing problems with some computer environments.
 

jeff oliver
 Anyway, I ended up with a great DAW which I'm grateful for. Thanks Cakewalk!

 
Absolutely Jeff. No complaints here:) 

Anderton
 
Post what issue you had in the thread (e.g., at what point it crashed) and I'll see if i can assist. I tested before posting, that's how I got the screen shots. However...I'm using 2016.12 with Windows 10.

thanks, but i just tried it again and it's fine, works as expected. i'm going to go with
 

(it could also be that i am doing something totally stupid  )
 

 
so to amend my thoughts on the latest 'official' version of platinum, 2016.11, i'm happy to say i have come across zero issues in my travels

2016.11 hosed all of my control surfaces, so I'm rolling back tonight. Which really sucks b/c I was looking forward to the new Melodyne ARA updates included :(.

How can it "hose all your control surfaces"? Control surfaces are handled with plug-ins, which haven't changed since the dawn of time. I'm using Artist Series controllers with Eucon, and the Kore controller generically. 
 
What happens when you go to Control Surfaces in Preferences, and click on the star to add a control surface? Does a list of control surface options show up?