Depending on the how powerful your Pro Tools computer is then the time it takes for Pro Tools to launch can range from a few seconds to a few minutes.
If you are a Pro Tools veteran then you will know there's one thing you can do to reduce the wait, and that is remove any plug-ins you don't use and only keep the plug-ins you use in the Pro Tools plug-ins folder.
If you have ever installed Pro Tools from fresh and launched it before installing any 3rd party plug-ins then you will see how fast it is to launch, that's because it is not loading those plug-ins. As time goes on and we install our 3rd party plug-ins, free Pro Tools plug-ins, demos, bundles et al then we go from having around 50 Pro Tools plug-ins to 500, most of them not used.
So if you want to declutter your plug-ins from your Pro Tools system then simply move them to the unused plug-ins folder. Avid have a handy guide to show where to find you Pro Tools plug-ins folder on both Mac and Windows.
It takes a couple of minutes to declutter but it will help speed up your Pro Tools start up time.
In this article Julian Rodgers offers solutions to 7 common issues in Pro Tools which less experienced users can find frustrating.
Updated for 2021, in this article we collect together Pro Tools tips for everyone from beginners to more experienced users. If you’ve ever wondered what the keyboard shortcut to create new and duplicate playlists is or whether you should automate that volume using clip gain or volume automation, and what to do if you’ve made the wrong choice, these tips will help.
I’m sure most of us found half speed playback before we knew it was a Pro Tools feature. For many it’s just one of those things in Pro Tools you only get reminded of by accident but it can be really useful. Julian explains.
In this week’s Pro Tools Tip we have two related features, which both combine MIDI data but at different levels.
Learn Pro Tools In 5 Shortcuts? Maybe not but these 5 shortcuts are a great place to start if you want to speed up your editing.
When working in grid mode with material recorded to a click, dropping new clips into your session in time is easy. When editing material which doesn’t have a meaningful grid to quantize to things aren’t as easy but they are still very simple. A really easy way to drop clips to the right place is to position your cursor and then use these shortcuts to place them at the cursor.
In a new format we are producing videos offering tips and solutions to common problems in under a minute. In this free video tutorial we show you how easy it is to colour tracks and clips in Pro Tools.
Many people use the Suspend Groups shortcut (Control+Command+G on Mac or Control+Start+G on PC) when they find they need to tweak the relative levels of the tracks in a group of tracks. Although this works it isn’t the only way, why not try this instead, you might find it works better for you.
In this free Pro Tools tip, Pro Tools Expert team member Julian Rodgers shares a method for quickly identifying the MID CC number of an encoder on a MIDI controller.
Pro Tools groups are one of the most powerful tools available when mixing in Pro Tools. The ability to nest groups of tracks within multiple, overlapping groups offers control far beyond that available using submixes and the addition of VCA faders brings huge control. Something which many overlook is the presence of little dots next to the groups in the groups list. What do they mean? Watch the free video and see the difference in action.