I hate that Avid still hasn't fixed these issues, but I'm so glad the video was helpful for you! Maybe someday they'll get around to it, but I'll probably just leave this video up forever just in case 😁
3 years later, and option 4 was what I had been searching for for months. Sad because the solution was right under my nose. Thanks again for sharing this!
Nice! I have a project with close deadline with a very very mad protools, like 25 corrupted backup and a session that won't open, you just saved my life!
Thank you so much for the help! Just using "SHIFT" to get in and start fixing was all the help I needed. Also I'm a seasoned drummer using ProTools in my studio. Let me know if I can help you. lol Not an ad, just reciprocation
I'm glad to hear that worked for you! Sometimes just getting back in there helps sort out what's going on. Checked out your channel, great work! I'll definitely be in touch, I appreciate it!
I swear there are little computer gremlins just waiting for the worst time to strike 😂. I'm glad you found this video useful, thank you for checking out my channel!
Thanks so much!!! Worked perfectly for me, enabling all plugins seemed to do it, even though it was just one track and two plugins. Thanks for all the bad experiences condensed into this great lesson!!!
I'm so glad this video was helpful for you! Unfortunately Pro Tools has given me plenty of bad experiences to pull from haha. I'm glad to turn it into something positive and helpful though. Thank you for checking out the video and for taking the time to comment!
Thank you so much bro , it worked!!!! ( also it was because I installed WAVES 10 and it had some error , I unistalled it and then opened it the way you explain by holding shit and all good! )
So glad one of the methods worked for you! Thanks for sharing your experience here. I know it can be one of a million different things going wrong so I'm sure your post will be helpful for someone else having the same issue.
@@8dparalleluniverse717 sorry to hear that! It may be time to reinstall Pro Tools then. I'd double check your computer operating system and your Pro Tools version first to make sure everything is compatible.
When this is happening I’ll hold down shift to open the session with all plugins disabled and enable one at a time to try and find the culprit. Once I hone in on the plug-in causing the crash, I’ll go see if there is an update available. If not, I’ll at least do a fresh install of that plug-in to see if that helps. I’ll also check to see if there is a Pro Tools update. Lastly, if you’re on a Mac, this fee app is great for trashing Pro Tools preferences: petegates.com/pgptprefs.html I hope that helps! Some of these problematic sessions take a lot of time to sort out but there always seems to be a way 👍🏻
I’m gonna try all these tomorrow. I just upgraded my computer and used a time machine back up. I assume it won’t run because of the new OS but I’ve seen people run it through Rosetta. Mine won’t even pop up the little splash window; so frustrating
I'm both happy that it still works and sad that after all these years Pro Tools still has these issues 🤣 Once you get a functioning session with frozen tracks, have you tried to save a copy of that session and see if that one will behave better? Hopefully there's a way to get it back up and fully running for you.
All your ideas were really great ones, thank you so much for your video. Unfortunately, the problem in my case seems to be the Waves´ Plugins, so I had to uninstall all of those for my session to reopen (be it the original, the copy or the one with imported data). I´m checking if re-installing them makes them available and active again. If not, I´ll just have to proceed with other plugins that are not Waves´.
I'm glad you've been able to narrow down the problem to the Waves plug-ins! If they still won't work after re-installing just check to see if your version of Pro Tools or Operating System are compatible with the version of Waves you're using. Good luck! Keep me posted, I'll be glad to help you sort it out.
@@SeawellStudios So, I uninstalled Waves plug-ins, then re-installed them (which took on four hours and two failed attempts), opened the session using shift (I was too scared to try to open it without it), and still the plug-ins were inactive. But with your infallible Ctrl+Cmd+Clic they activated! I´m not very concered about if this could happen again or if the plug-ins can inactivate again. Would you happen to know? A thousand thanks all the way from Mexico!
@@pauc.f.8146 so glad to hear they are working now! Hopefully they will stay that way for a long time now. Thanks so much for checking out my channel and I'm so glad this video was helpful!
When there’s a specific plug-in causing the crash, I delete that plug in from the plug-ins folder(or just move it to the unused plug-ins folder). That usually fixes it .
Sorry, but I haven't run in to that particular problem. I would try to reinstall the plug in and/or trash preferences and restart your computer using this free program: petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html
@@SeawellStudios I have a similar problem. Downloaded 2 plugins from avids website and the folder is empty? Its an UFS file that i dont know how to open , so i heavent installed all my plugins. I opened it with winrar but the folder is empty?
For some reason, every time I open my session and press "Play" it crashes and shows the rainbow wheel. Everything in the session looks fine so I don't understand why its crashing 🤔
I am having a problem when I attempt to open a "Project". It is a collaboration session I have with someone cross country. When I go to open a few of the projects, it is essentially non responsive. The Mix and Edit window options are greyed out, the task manager doesn't show any activity. I was literally listening to them last night and now I cant access them at all. Have you ever encountered anything similar to this?
Sorry to hear that man! I haven't figured out any rhyme or reason to the issues I've had with Pro Tools projects thus far. The only thing that has seemed to help at all for me is to sign out and back in. Try File > Sign Out(this will close the project) then File > Sign in, reopen the project and see if it fixes it. Sometimes I'll go to File > Sign Out, completely quit Pro Tools, relaunch Pro Tools, sign back in and then open the project. If nothing is working a computer restart is always worth a try. To be honest though, I think Pro Tools Cloud Collaboration just doesn't work very well yet. Good luck, let me know how it goes!
Ah man, it happens! I've done that before and even though it takes quite a bit of work, you can downgrade your Mac OS. Here is a link describing how to do that, good luck! mackeeper.com/blog/downgrade-macos-monterey-to-big-sur/
how do i fix this i cant create any projects "Could not create a new document because The system cannot find the file specified. (2) c:\Users\*****\Documents\Pro Tools\Project Cache\Ldgf-kdLdn4SE-wswKB64a\dy4tYnBkjH-SClVFQ1tU8a.ptproject."
Problem: I just update to Cat. on my mac mini and pro tools tragically stop working right after.. It's been about 3days and I can't it to open for nothing, should I delete all the Pro Tools files and re-download it or try to go back to Mojave?? Help please..
Which version of Pro Tools are you on? I would first try trashing all the prefs & restarting your computer using this free app: petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html
When it's totally broken like that. I'll do the following; Trash Prefs and re-boot with this free program(Mac): petegates.com/pgptprefs.html Re-Install Pro Tools and/or see if there is a Pro Tools Update See if there is an iLok License Manager Update See if there is a Mac/Windows OS Update Go through your plugins and see if there are updates available. Good luck! Let me know if I can help!
Is it happening while it’s scanning the plugins folder? If so, try and see which plug-in is causing it and delete that one until you can get PT to launch successfullly. Another option would be to trash and delete prefs, then reboot your Mac using this free program: petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html
I have protools first because I wanna know how to use it before I buy , but it won't even load up at all lol I have a late 2012 intel core i5 so that should meet the requirements to be able to load up right ? lol
Seawell Studios I’m using macos catlalina 10.15.6 and Ik my computer can run it because I use Logic Pro everyday for my studio and masterd it btw I just wanna upgrade to pro tools to persue a engineering career , has this happend to anyone else ?
@@lowkeyvibes5427 your computer should definitely work with Pro Tools First. I had a student a couple of years ago that I was training in Pro Tools and we had all kinds of issues with Pro Tools First(and she had a brand new MacBook Pro at the time). What we did was run a trial version of Pro Tools to see if she wanted to move forward with it and as soon as we ran Pro Tools(not first) all the issues we were having went away. Check out a trial if you haven't yet of either Pro Tools or Pro Tools Ultimate and I think you'll get a much better feel for how to software should work. Good luck, keep me posted!
That actually happened to me last week! This is what fixed it for me: avid.secure.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Troubleshooting/Pro-Tools-quits-unexpectedly-while-loading-plug-ins-on-launch
@@bennyypr if you aren't able to see that folder you may want to try trashing pro tools preferences with this free app and then restart your computer: petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html . Another thing that has worked for me in the past is that if Pro Tools crashes while scanning the plug ins folder, I would watch and see which plug in name comes up when it freezes and either delete that plug in or see if it happens to have an update available.
I haven't run into that particular error but if you're on a Mac, gives this free preference trasher a try: petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html?fbclid=IwAR0-2XPowwcb2tlA4ML7Je5Zflc8vC2KzJ0i-ADuB4-H-QDR65pcG7uNoHQ . I'd run that and then reboot. If you're still having the issue, I've read about some others that fixed it with a clean OS install. I hope one of those works for you!
If Pro Tools doesn't do anything when you click on it, try trashing the prefs with this free app(Mac only): petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html . If you're on Windows you can follow the steps here: www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/how-do-i-trash-my-pro-tools-preferences/ After trashing the prefs, restart your computer and in a lot of situations that will resolve any issues you're having. If not, I'd make sure your operating system OS and your Pro Tools version are compatible. If so, maybe a fresh install of both would be helpful too. I hope one of those sorts it out for you!
My session gets stuck loading in the snare and doesn’t go any further. I get the rainbow wheel of death. Other sessions open just fine. I can even open up a back up file just fine, but it’s been heavily revised since then, and I need the current one to work for a deadline. When I try to hold shift while opening up the session It takes me to a page asking to rescan my plugins, I click it, and the. protools immediately crashes. Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated because I really need to finish this song ASAP!! Thank you in advance for you time.
Sorry to hear that man! For really stubborn Pro Tools issues, I always resort to this free app to trash all the preferences, then reboot the computer. Give that a shot! petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html
@@SeawellStudios hey man this REALLY saved my tail. Thank you so much for helping me out. I figured out it was trigger that was crashing the entire session and every session I have that plug-in enabled on. Thanks again man. Subbed to the channel.
Hi, Do you have a solution of this kind but for Pro Tools | First??? I cannot open my existing projects despite it letting me click 'open'. When I click 'open' the screen goes blank. Please can you help? Would happily purchase some merch in return!
@@JonnyMuir Ok, thanks for the further info! It looks like the latest version of Pro Tools First 2020.9 only officially supports Catalina 10.15.6 at this point. I would try this first and see if it helps: petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html Trashing all prefs with that app and then restarting your computer can really help with unusual issues like that. If that doesn't fix it, I would see if you could boot your Mac in recovery mode by restarting and holding command the command and r keys right after you hear the start up sound. In recovery mode, you hopefully can re-install your OS to an older version than 10.15.7 so you can be fully compatible with Pro Tools First. Definitely do a time machine back up first though! It can be a pain to downgrade your OS but I've had to do it before to get Pro Tools up and running. Best of luck, let me know how it goes!
@@SeawellStudios thank you for your speedy reply! Just before I trash the preferences using the link, are you confident it wouldn’t delete any of my projects on my PTF dashboard that I have not yet bounced out & saved on my Mac? Thanks again- nice to know there is help out there!
I would try trashing the preferences and restarting your computer by following the steps here: @t. If that doesn't clear it up, make sure your windows version and the version of Pro Tools you're using are compatible and you may even want to reinstall Pro Tools.
I haven't run into that particular issue but hopefully one of the solutions here will fix it: www.soundonsound.com/techniques/resolving-hard-drive-problems
Hey Ben, anytime I run into an issue like that I'll use this free program to trash all the preferences: petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html. After that, restart you computer and relaunch Pro Tools and hopefully that will help clear up that issue for you!
@@notar7192 You're very welcome! You can definitely do the same on Windows, sweetwater has instructions on how to do that here: www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/how-do-i-trash-my-pro-tools-preferences/
When that's happening, watch closely and see which plug in is trying to scan when it crashes. Once you see that, you can go check and see if that particular plugin has an update available. I'd also make sure you're on the latest version of iLok license manager. If you update the plug in(if there's an update available) and it still crashes, worse case just delete that plug in entirely and do a full reinstall of it. If it happens to be a plugin you don't really use, you can just delete it altogether.
Just bought a scarlett 2i2 and tried installing/uninstalling protools first multiple times and it keeps crashing when opening any project even brand new blank ones. Right after crashing when I try to reopen a project that wouldn't even load the 1st time it says to find a latest version but I literally just downloaded it 4 times
@@MrCreditMoneyBudget Ok when that's happening, watch closely and see which plug in is trying to scan when it crashes. Once you see that, you can go check and see if that particular plugin has an update available. I'd also make sure you're on the latest version of iLok license manager. If you update the plug in(if there's an update available) and it still crashes, worse case just delete that plug in entirely and do a full reinstall of it. If it happens to be a plugin you don't really use, you can just delete it altogether. Let me know if that sorts it out for you! Good luck 👊🏼
2 years later and this video still a life saver. Thank you🙏🏼
I hate that Avid still hasn't fixed these issues, but I'm so glad the video was helpful for you! Maybe someday they'll get around to it, but I'll probably just leave this video up forever just in case 😁
I was losing my mind, thank you for saving me from my suffering 🙏
I’m so glad the video was helpful! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, it’s very much appreciated!
3 years later, and option 4 was what I had been searching for for months. Sad because the solution was right under my nose. Thanks again for sharing this!
You’re so welcome! I appreciate you taking the time to watch & for letting me know one of the options worked for you 👍🏻
You're doing God's work brother😃
Thank you! It worked. You calmly walked me through a stressful moment. Bravo!
I'm so glad to hear that! Thank you for checking out the video and for letting me know it worked for you.
Nice! I have a project with close deadline with a very very mad protools, like 25 corrupted backup and a session that won't open, you just saved my life!
I'm so glad to hear the video was helpful! I hope your project goes smoothly the rest of the way, cheers!
Thank you so much for the help! Just using "SHIFT" to get in and start fixing was all the help I needed. Also I'm a seasoned drummer using ProTools in my studio. Let me know if I can help you. lol Not an ad, just reciprocation
I'm glad to hear that worked for you! Sometimes just getting back in there helps sort out what's going on. Checked out your channel, great work! I'll definitely be in touch, I appreciate it!
dude. so on point with when these crashes happen. thank you for this.
I swear there are little computer gremlins just waiting for the worst time to strike 😂. I'm glad you found this video useful, thank you for checking out my channel!
You're a life savior. Thank you!!
I'm so glad the video was helpful! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, I really appreciate it.
Ran into this exact issue recently. Holding shift worked like a charm! Thank you so much for posting this video 🙏🏽
I'm glad one of the methods worked for you! Thanks so much for checking out the video and for taking the time to comment.
Holy hell! THANK YOU SO MUCH! This literally saved my project I spent weeks working on!
I’m so glad it saved your project! Thanks for checking out my channel, I hope you’ll find some more content here that’s useful 👍🏻
Man... Just saved my day! Great Video!!!!!!!! Totally forgot about shift hold option damn
Thank you, I’m so glad the video was helpful!
that worked great. I have been having real trouble with this lately. Thank you.
You're very welcome, I"m so glad it worked for you John!
Thanks so much!!! Worked perfectly for me, enabling all plugins seemed to do it, even though it was just one track and two plugins. Thanks for all the bad experiences condensed into this great lesson!!!
I'm so glad this video was helpful for you! Unfortunately Pro Tools has given me plenty of bad experiences to pull from haha. I'm glad to turn it into something positive and helpful though. Thank you for checking out the video and for taking the time to comment!
@@SeawellStudios Oh yeah!! Pro Tools has a lot of material to cover in tutorials for fixes hahaha. Thanks to you again for the solution!!
I love u bro first step helped me so much homie, god bless for that, ur the man!, I subscribed
Protools was crashing before I played the vocal
Thanks for the sub! I'm so glad this video was helpful! God Bless.
Thank you so much bro , it worked!!!! ( also it was because I installed WAVES 10 and it had some error , I unistalled it and then opened it the way you explain by holding shit and all good! )
So glad one of the methods worked for you! Thanks for sharing your experience here. I know it can be one of a million different things going wrong so I'm sure your post will be helpful for someone else having the same issue.
Thank you. You just saved my life and my session!
So glad to hear it helped! Thank you for checking out the video.
THANKS BRO ... ALL THE SEST ...😄
You're welcome! Thank you for checking out the video 👊🏼
Thanks a lot. Holding shift key worked
I'm so glad to hear one of the methods worked for you! Thanks for checking out the video.
@@SeawellStudios Well. The problem started again. It's crashing again and again. What can be done?
@@8dparalleluniverse717 sorry to hear that! It may be time to reinstall Pro Tools then. I'd double check your computer operating system and your Pro Tools version first to make sure everything is compatible.
Saved me from raging. Thank you so much!
So glad I could help! Thanks for checking out the video 👊🏼
Holding shift the whole time it loads worked for me to get going.
Thanks for sharing which method worked for you!
The freezing worked for me but some plugins are causing it to crash it seems. I've had this problem ever since I updated my Mac to Ventura.
When this is happening I’ll hold down shift to open the session with all plugins disabled and enable one at a time to try and find the culprit. Once I hone in on the plug-in causing the crash, I’ll go see if there is an update available. If not, I’ll at least do a fresh install of that plug-in to see if that helps. I’ll also check to see if there is a Pro Tools update. Lastly, if you’re on a Mac, this fee app is great for trashing Pro Tools preferences: petegates.com/pgptprefs.html
I hope that helps! Some of these problematic sessions take a lot of time to sort out but there always seems to be a way 👍🏻
@@SeawellStudios I’ll try this thank you. Man you’ve helped so much and thank you for replying so quickly! Gotta do this mix revision. Great video!
@@EDawg_32 You're so welcome man, keep me posted! I'll be glad to help in any way that I can.
REALLY Helpful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so glad to hear that! Thanks for checking out my channel 👍🏼
I’m gonna try all these tomorrow. I just upgraded my computer and used a time machine back up. I assume it won’t run because of the new OS but I’ve seen people run it through Rosetta. Mine won’t even pop up the little splash window; so frustrating
Thanks! Works for me!
Awesome! Glad one of the methods worked for you.
Thank you. You are THE MAN !!!
Thank you for checking out my channel! I'm so glad it was helpful.
THANK YOU (you just saved me)!
I’m so glad to hear that! Thank you for checking out the video, I appreciate it.
u a live saver bro
I'm so glad it was helpful!
This method still works! I just tried it. However once i unfreeze the tracks it crashes again. I guess there’s no way to get it back completely
I'm both happy that it still works and sad that after all these years Pro Tools still has these issues 🤣
Once you get a functioning session with frozen tracks, have you tried to save a copy of that session and see if that one will behave better? Hopefully there's a way to get it back up and fully running for you.
All your ideas were really great ones, thank you so much for your video. Unfortunately, the problem in my case seems to be the Waves´ Plugins, so I had to uninstall all of those for my session to reopen (be it the original, the copy or the one with imported data). I´m checking if re-installing them makes them available and active again. If not, I´ll just have to proceed with other plugins that are not Waves´.
I'm glad you've been able to narrow down the problem to the Waves plug-ins! If they still won't work after re-installing just check to see if your version of Pro Tools or Operating System are compatible with the version of Waves you're using. Good luck! Keep me posted, I'll be glad to help you sort it out.
@@SeawellStudios So, I uninstalled Waves plug-ins, then re-installed them (which took on four hours and two failed attempts), opened the session using shift (I was too scared to try to open it without it), and still the plug-ins were inactive. But with your infallible Ctrl+Cmd+Clic they activated! I´m not very concered about if this could happen again or if the plug-ins can inactivate again. Would you happen to know?
A thousand thanks all the way from Mexico!
@@pauc.f.8146 so glad to hear they are working now! Hopefully they will stay that way for a long time now. Thanks so much for checking out my channel and I'm so glad this video was helpful!
@@SeawellStudios New subscriber, thanks a million times!
You are genius and my hero!!!!! Thank you so much for saving my life and time 😃❤
I'm so glad I could help! Thank you so much for your kind words.
Great tutorial. Suddenly, PT doesn't open on my MAC. During the opening process, it gets stuck at the SciFi plugin. How do I solve this issue?
When there’s a specific plug-in causing the crash, I delete that plug in from the plug-ins folder(or just move it to the unused plug-ins folder). That usually fixes it .
Thank you Soo much bro!! Lifesaver❤️🔥
I’m so glad it was helpful! I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment.
OMG!! You saved my work!!! Thank you!
You're so welcome. Thanks for letting me know it worked for you! I appreciate you checking out the video.
this was a lifesaver! thank you!
You’re so welcome! I’m glad it was helpful for you.
Thank you SO MUCH 😊
You’re very welcome! I’m so glad it worked for you!
Thanks this worked!!
You’re so welcome! Thanks for checking out the video.
Thank youuu!!!🙏
You're so welcome! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment.
man this has been driving me nuts! Cannot start any work all day long.
Sorry to hear that! Any luck with one of the solutions in the video here? If not, let me know more about your set up and I'll do my best to help.
Thankyou so much bro
You're so welcome! Thank you for checking out the video 👊🏼
Have you experienced opening a plugin (instrument or effect) that would appear white blank? and PT just hangs up? DO you know a fix on that?
Sorry, but I haven't run in to that particular problem. I would try to reinstall the plug in and/or trash preferences and restart your computer using this free program: petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html
@@SeawellStudios what does this free program do?
@@SeawellStudios I have a similar problem. Downloaded 2 plugins from avids website and the folder is empty? Its an UFS file that i dont know how to open , so i heavent installed all my plugins. I opened it with winrar but the folder is empty?
still a god send
So glad it has been helpful!
Yo bro thank!!!
You're very welcome! Glad it worked for you and I appreciate you checking out the video!
For some reason, every time I open my session and press "Play" it crashes and shows the rainbow wheel. Everything in the session looks fine so I don't understand why its crashing 🤔
THANKS!!!!
You're very welcome! Thanks for checking out the video.
I am having a problem when I attempt to open a "Project". It is a collaboration session I have with someone cross country. When I go to open a few of the projects, it is essentially non responsive. The Mix and Edit window options are greyed out, the task manager doesn't show any activity. I was literally listening to them last night and now I cant access them at all. Have you ever encountered anything similar to this?
Sorry to hear that man! I haven't figured out any rhyme or reason to the issues I've had with Pro Tools projects thus far. The only thing that has seemed to help at all for me is to sign out and back in. Try File > Sign Out(this will close the project) then File > Sign in, reopen the project and see if it fixes it. Sometimes I'll go to File > Sign Out, completely quit Pro Tools, relaunch Pro Tools, sign back in and then open the project. If nothing is working a computer restart is always worth a try. To be honest though, I think Pro Tools Cloud Collaboration just doesn't work very well yet. Good luck, let me know how it goes!
Seawell Studios thank you for your time and response. I will try everything I can and hopefully once I resolve it, I’ll let you know what I find out.
Saved my life bro
I’m so glad to hear it worked for you!
God bless your soul
🙌🏼
Like a dummy I upgraded my Mac OS to Monterey and completely screwed myself. Protools will not boot up. Any suggestions?
Ah man, it happens! I've done that before and even though it takes quite a bit of work, you can downgrade your Mac OS. Here is a link describing how to do that, good luck! mackeeper.com/blog/downgrade-macos-monterey-to-big-sur/
how do i fix this i cant create any projects "Could not create a new document because The system cannot find the file specified. (2) c:\Users\*****\Documents\Pro Tools\Project Cache\Ldgf-kdLdn4SE-wswKB64a\dy4tYnBkjH-SClVFQ1tU8a.ptproject."
You are my god😀
Problem: I just update to Cat. on my mac mini and pro tools tragically stop working right after.. It's been about 3days and I can't it to open for nothing, should I delete all the Pro Tools files and re-download it or try to go back to Mojave?? Help please..
Which version of Pro Tools are you on? I would first try trashing all the prefs & restarting your computer using this free app: petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html
I can't even open prtools any thoughts
When it's totally broken like that. I'll do the following;
Trash Prefs and re-boot with this free program(Mac): petegates.com/pgptprefs.html
Re-Install Pro Tools and/or see if there is a Pro Tools Update
See if there is an iLok License Manager Update
See if there is a Mac/Windows OS Update
Go through your plugins and see if there are updates available.
Good luck! Let me know if I can help!
Mine crashes 1 minute after I click the protools app … what could be the problem I have a Mac
Is it happening while it’s scanning the plugins folder? If so, try and see which plug-in is causing it and delete that one until you can get PT to launch successfullly.
Another option would be to trash and delete prefs, then reboot your Mac using this free program: petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html
I have protools first because I wanna know how to use it before I buy , but it won't even load up at all lol I have a late 2012 intel core i5 so that should meet the requirements to be able to load up right ? lol
Well Avid isn't making a very good first impression here, huh? :) What version of Mac OS is running on your computer?
Seawell Studios I’m using macos catlalina 10.15.6 and Ik my computer can run it because I use Logic Pro everyday for my studio and masterd it btw I just wanna upgrade to pro tools to persue a engineering career , has this happend to anyone else ?
@@lowkeyvibes5427 your computer should definitely work with Pro Tools First. I had a student a couple of years ago that I was training in Pro Tools and we had all kinds of issues with Pro Tools First(and she had a brand new MacBook Pro at the time). What we did was run a trial version of Pro Tools to see if she wanted to move forward with it and as soon as we ran Pro Tools(not first) all the issues we were having went away. Check out a trial if you haven't yet of either Pro Tools or Pro Tools Ultimate and I think you'll get a much better feel for how to software should work. Good luck, keep me posted!
Can u tell me why @ not work when im trying to write my email
My pro tools every time I try to open loads but stays stuck on scanning plugins. Any help?
That actually happened to me last week! This is what fixed it for me: avid.secure.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Troubleshooting/Pro-Tools-quits-unexpectedly-while-loading-plug-ins-on-launch
@UCFARo6XdGjvlWRzpAOOsgNA Im in a mini Mac. Will it work the same?
@@SeawellStudios it won’t show the avid folder?
@@bennyypr if you aren't able to see that folder you may want to try trashing pro tools preferences with this free app and then restart your computer: petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html . Another thing that has worked for me in the past is that if Pro Tools crashes while scanning the plug ins folder, I would watch and see which plug in name comes up when it freezes and either delete that plug in or see if it happens to have an update available.
@@SeawellStudios how do I watch to see which plug-in shows up?
I am having with my protools 12 crashed ! Now wouldn’t open . Showing me this message ..>>
“ an error occurred while reading the document”
I haven't run into that particular error but if you're on a Mac, gives this free preference trasher a try: petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html?fbclid=IwAR0-2XPowwcb2tlA4ML7Je5Zflc8vC2KzJ0i-ADuB4-H-QDR65pcG7uNoHQ . I'd run that and then reboot. If you're still having the issue, I've read about some others that fixed it with a clean OS install. I hope one of those works for you!
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What should i do if it crashes before pro tools even open
Does it start scanning the plug ins folder or where is it crashing exactly?
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"wont open" to me means the app doesn't open..your app is actually opening then crashing.What to do when the app does nothing when you try to open it?
If Pro Tools doesn't do anything when you click on it, try trashing the prefs with this free app(Mac only): petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html . If you're on Windows you can follow the steps here: www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/how-do-i-trash-my-pro-tools-preferences/
After trashing the prefs, restart your computer and in a lot of situations that will resolve any issues you're having. If not, I'd make sure your operating system OS and your Pro Tools version are compatible. If so, maybe a fresh install of both would be helpful too. I hope one of those sorts it out for you!
My session gets stuck loading in the snare and doesn’t go any further. I get the rainbow wheel of death. Other sessions open just fine. I can even open up a back up file just fine, but it’s been heavily revised since then, and I need the current one to work for a deadline. When I try to hold shift while opening up the session It takes me to a page asking to rescan my plugins, I click it, and the. protools immediately crashes. Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated because I really need to finish this song ASAP!! Thank you in advance for you time.
Sorry to hear that man! For really stubborn Pro Tools issues, I always resort to this free app to trash all the preferences, then reboot the computer. Give that a shot! petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html
@@SeawellStudios hey man this REALLY saved my tail. Thank you so much for helping me out. I figured out it was trigger that was crashing the entire session and every session I have that plug-in enabled on. Thanks again man. Subbed to the channel.
@@Aguitfilms awesome man, so glad to hear it worked out for you! I really appreciate the sub!
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Hi, Do you have a solution of this kind but for Pro Tools | First??? I cannot open my existing projects despite it letting me click 'open'. When I click 'open' the screen goes blank. Please can you help? Would happily purchase some merch in return!
Hi Jonny. I'll do my best to help! Let me know what computer/operating system you're running when you get a chance.
@@SeawellStudios thank you!
I’m on a MacBook MacOS Catalina version 10.15.7
Probs worth mentioning I’ve tried to sign out / sign in / change my playback engine / try opening offline etc and all with no luck
@@JonnyMuir Ok, thanks for the further info! It looks like the latest version of Pro Tools First 2020.9 only officially supports Catalina 10.15.6 at this point. I would try this first and see if it helps: petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html
Trashing all prefs with that app and then restarting your computer can really help with unusual issues like that. If that doesn't fix it, I would see if you could boot your Mac in recovery mode by restarting and holding command the command and r keys right after you hear the start up sound. In recovery mode, you hopefully can re-install your OS to an older version than 10.15.7 so you can be fully compatible with Pro Tools First. Definitely do a time machine back up first though! It can be a pain to downgrade your OS but I've had to do it before to get Pro Tools up and running. Best of luck, let me know how it goes!
@@SeawellStudios thank you for your speedy reply! Just before I trash the preferences using the link, are you confident it wouldn’t delete any of my projects on my PTF dashboard that I have not yet bounced out & saved on my Mac? Thanks again- nice to know there is help out there!
Hey im on windows and if i try to launch it doesnt open what could i do?
I would try trashing the preferences and restarting your computer by following the steps here: @t. If that doesn't clear it up, make sure your windows version and the version of Pro Tools you're using are compatible and you may even want to reinstall Pro Tools.
Why am I suddenly getting a can't create bounce files because "Macintosh HD" is not an audio playback volume?
I haven't run into that particular issue but hopefully one of the solutions here will fix it: www.soundonsound.com/techniques/resolving-hard-drive-problems
Hey seawell I have a problem where I try opening protoolsand takes extremely long to load and majority of times it crashes
Hey Ben, anytime I run into an issue like that I'll use this free program to trash all the preferences: petegates.com/pg-pt-prefs.html. After that, restart you computer and relaunch Pro Tools and hopefully that will help clear up that issue for you!
@@SeawellStudios thank you so much this helpedalot also is there a method for pc
@@notar7192 You're very welcome! You can definitely do the same on Windows, sweetwater has instructions on how to do that here: www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/how-do-i-trash-my-pro-tools-preferences/
Mines won’t even get past the loading screen
When that's happening, watch closely and see which plug in is trying to scan when it crashes. Once you see that, you can go check and see if that particular plugin has an update available. I'd also make sure you're on the latest version of iLok license manager. If you update the plug in(if there's an update available) and it still crashes, worse case just delete that plug in entirely and do a full reinstall of it. If it happens to be a plugin you don't really use, you can just delete it altogether.
How to get pro tools session to open if the session icon is gone
Try Command + O keys together if the session open dialogue window has disappeared.
Just bought a scarlett 2i2 and tried installing/uninstalling protools first multiple times and it keeps crashing when opening any project even brand new blank ones.
Right after crashing when I try to reopen a project that wouldn't even load the 1st time it says to find a latest version but I literally just downloaded it 4 times
Sorry to hear that! What operating system are you on?
@@SeawellStudios I have an HP envy with windows 10 and a 16GB Ram
@@ma-tv3207 can you check to see if your windows 10 is on build 1909?
@@SeawellStudios 19041
@@ma-tv3207 from what I understand Pro Tools First will only work with build 1909. Is there anyway for you to downgrade to that version?
didn't work for me. But helpful for others.
Sorry to hear that, if you can share some further details of the issue you're having, I'll do my best to help troubleshoot it.
Bro, you sound EXACTLY like Sean Divine.
I just looked him up, he's got a great channel going so hopefully I'm in good company :) Thanks for checking out the video!
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Yo I need help bro
Let me know more about what's going on and I'll do my best to help!
my pro tools won't even fully load up
Is it crashing while scanning the plug ins folder by chance? Give me some more info when you can and I'll do my best to help get it sorted out!
@@SeawellStudios that’s exactly what’s happening.
@@SeawellStudios it literally just started happening. I’m looking for the plug in folder now.
@@MrCreditMoneyBudget Ok when that's happening, watch closely and see which plug in is trying to scan when it crashes. Once you see that, you can go check and see if that particular plugin has an update available. I'd also make sure you're on the latest version of iLok license manager. If you update the plug in(if there's an update available) and it still crashes, worse case just delete that plug in entirely and do a full reinstall of it. If it happens to be a plugin you don't really use, you can just delete it altogether. Let me know if that sorts it out for you! Good luck 👊🏼
@@SeawellStudios thank you will do. I’ll get back to you.
I’m on windows with A #Crac Version
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exactly worst possible time hate this program
You stopped a month of frustration 🤛 bump.
I’m so glad to hear that! Thank you for checking out my channel, I hope you’ll find more useful content here 👊🏼
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Man, i hate this damn stupid software, works like shit
I feel your pain bro! 😫