HOLY CRAP!! I ran the Command Center Early Update for 12 and it got as far as extracting files and hung!! Stopped the update, which btw had to be done with Task Manager!!! I went to the Program Data folder and found the download for the update and tried using that and it still hangs at extracting files!!!!
I fired up Splat and it still shows as .11 so I am hoping there was no damage done. C'mon Bakers!! I have never had so many issues with Cakewalk before. And this behavior of leaving us dead in the water with not even so much as an explanation is unacceptable!!!
I have been a staunch supporter of this program since Pro Audio 9!!! This is the first time I have been made to feel cheated and shortchanged for sinking the investment and the time I spend tooting the horn for Cakewalk when everyone around me tries to make me change to Logic, or Studio One, or Pro Fools!!
At least someone needs to make a definitive statement of what's going on and how long will the fix be down the road.
DO NOT TAKE THE CHANCE ON .12 UPDATE!!! IT'S NOT WORKING FOR ME AND THE ODDS ARE IT WON'T WORK FOR YOU!!!!
 

I got it to download and install ok, BUT THEN;
Problems doing "save as"
SONAR 'hung"
Issue loading Trilian and EZD2
SONAR crashed
Fault Reporter "hung"
Keyboard shortcuts a mess
It was a nightmare here on my Win7x86 office rig;
no way I'll install that turd on my Cat
WTF Cakewalk?
I'm happily running "11" again.
 
T

No problem with the 2016.12 version here.

It's the Early Access version. As the post announcing it says:
 
If you encounter any critical issues prior to official public release, post them to the Problem Reports Forum. Please include SONAR 2016.12 in the post title, and refrain from including issues not related to SONAR 2016.12 as they may get missed. We’ll do our best to lock posts as we confirm the reports.
 
In that spirit, I must say it's working here, except I found a problem with splitting and moving clips if "slide over to make room" is checked, and sent a report to Cakewalk. There are quite a few days left in December.
 

fireberd
No problem with the 2016.12 version here.

 
Same here ... Win8.1 ...

I love you, Craig, but with all due respect there may be more days til Sept. is over but when my deadline to have a project done is Tuesday of next week and I'm dead in the water maybe I can have Noel and the guys explain it to my clients why the deadline is missed!!!

That last post was figuratively speaking!!!

Sidroe
I love you, Craig, but with all due respect there may be more days til Sept. is over but when my deadline to have a project done is Tuesday of next week and I'm dead in the water maybe I can have Noel and the guys explain it to my clients why the deadline is missed!!!

Are you saying you can't roll back or do a System Restore?

2016.12 extracted and installed fine here. Not seeing any problems besides occasional crashes upon opening certain projects.

For what it's worth, I NEVER use any beta or pre-release software of any kind, from any company, on my main desktop computer that I use for getting actual work done. I do any testing on my laptop, which has a 500 GB drive and no external drives, so it's easy to image periodically just in case there's some serious issue. With the laptop, I create a system restore point before installing anything. So far (knock on silicon) I've never needed to restore from an image, just roll back to a system restore point.