Pro Tools Running Slow, Crashes On Open, Fixes and Optimizations! Speed Up and Stabilize Pro Tools! 

The force is strong in this one😮

Yep. This is EXACTLY what I do. I LOVE it.

Yesssssss

Depends what you're doing. Functionally I think there are better options out there. But PT has its advantages as well.

And as much as I agree with you that this tip should be more readily accessible without going through Avids official support chain, this problems existed for as long as I can remember. You know what would be a much better solution that spreading the word so more people know how to waste hours of their time cycling plugins? If Avid fixed it’s software so it could actually read the plugins it forces developers to make specifically for their product. No one else uses AAX. The least avid could do is make AAX seamless as possible. I wouldn’t have this note if cubase had issues with VSTs and logic had issues with AU’s. But they don’t. Not only that, but every other daw can read both of those formats, and all work better than PT on this front. The insustry standard has shifted towards better reliability, and avid just hasn’t bothered to keep up

You are one of the lucky chosen few LOL

Yup.

I don’t think he does but my solution has been the same tip he gave about cycling plugins. Go to your protools plugins folder, and find the AAX file for the missing plug-in. If you can’t find it, that’s probably the issue, try and reinstall and make sure the AAX gets in there. If you can find the AAX, move it somewhere other than the protools plugins folder, I have a folder on my desktop called “broken plugs to fix” where I temporarily move them. Once it’s safely stashed away, reopen protools, let it scan the folder without the AAX, and then quit once it finishes scanning. Then put the plug-in back in the main folder, open protools again, and unless there’s an actual issue with the version or updating, or with intel/m1 compatibility, that seems to solve the problem most of the time. If it doesn’t, I’d check for updates from the plug-in manufacturer, and go through the whole process again. (Waves plugins and others that use a “shell” will need to be fully uninstalled and reinstalled in the associated plug-in manager). Hope this helps!

genuinely I have no idea why that happens. I usually just make the instrument inactive and then active again. But yea, it sucks. Be nice if Avid would fix it up.

btw, this video is gold!! I wish I watched it a few years ago when I was an active Pro Tools users

That's the surefire way

Why is plugin cycling no longer needed?

It sounds really cool.

I'm sure this video has lots of really useful info, as always coming from Weiss Advice, but, as a non ProTools user, mixer and a software developer it's really annoying to realise how users are the ones who keep this thing alive.