How do I get plugins out of Pro Tools on startup? (2023)

How do I stop Pro Tools from loading plugins?

If you hold down Shift while opening a Pro Tools session the session will open with all its plug-ins inactive.

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Answer: A: It means that processing of audio by effect plugins will be ignored.

Select the tracks that the plug-ins are on (Command + click or click and then Shift-click the track names) and then hold Shift/Option/Command/Control and click them. This will activate all of the inserts in whatever slot you clicked on in every selected track.

A useful tip and an addition to the possibly better-known shortcut of Command+Click (Control+Click on a PC) to bypass plug-ins or sends simply by clicking on them in their insert slot. This variation bypasses all the plug-ins on a particular track up to the plug-in on which you clicked.

How do you enable the Smart Tool in Pro Tools?

To enable the Smart Tool, click the bar placed just above the Trim, Selector, and Grabber tools. Or, you can use the keyboard shortcut F7 and F8 simultaneously, or the command key plus the number 7.

What Is AAX? AAX (Avid Audio eXtension) is a plug-in format developed by Avid technologies in 2011, the company behind Pro Tools . AAX is Avid's own plugin format for use in Pro Tools and other Avid media software. AAX plugins can be instruments or effects, just like AU or VST plugins.

— Macintosh HD > Library > Audio > Plug-Ins > Components — this is where your Audio Unit plug-ins are stored. — Macintosh HD > Library > Application Support > Avid > Audio > Plug-Ins — this is where your AAX plug-ins are stored.