Mystery Were

Looks like you have the 'audio section' of the Instrument Track record enabled. Which is normal, as wav is made simultaneously during recording of midi.

Version 1.2.1 FIXED VST/AU: (summary) A fix for the preset naming issue.

Sound Center is a 32bit synth using multi samples from Rapture and Dimension bins. Studio Instruments is 64bit (physical modelling?) synth. I have solved problems like yours by first starting a new project and see if Sound Center launches okay. If it does, then start your preexisting project (in safe mode might be necessary); create a new instance of Sound Center then move or copy the midi data to the fresh track.

Move over to the leftmost tab VIEW Drop down to Display Select Vertical Grid Lines

Works fine with me here. Try making a new project with the Normal template. If you might be using a particular plug which is common in all your projects might be suspect.

Native Instruments Battery 3 & Battery 4 can do as requested.

I got this Massive X with the whole upgrade package. Is this a bug in it....I select a preset. Record some stuff. Save and close the project. But when the project is relaunched, Massive X rather boring GUI is not showing the Preset name and Path name. It comes up as User as the directory and blank for the preset. The previously selected saved patch is playing. Is this a bug or is it just with me?

Apparently Pentagon requires you to install and also run Cakewalk/Sonar with 'Administrator' privilege.

It might be a quirky thing where you might bounce to clips first. Other wise for me, it works as directed in the documentation.

Something to look for. Have you "lost" AD2 since a recent windows update?

Kind of related to this. What is to happen to Command Center. And, will Bandlab ever sell stuff (like Rap Pro, Z3TA etc)