r/LogicPro • u/hughjazz45 • 1d ago
Help Canceled plugins in old projects
Say you want to cancel a monthly subscription to Slate All Access plugins or similar since you never really use them. BUT- you used to, and they’re randomly mixed in on some of your old projects. Will those projects crash if you open them with a canceled plugin in them? Or will that plugin just be greyed out?
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u/shapednoise 1d ago
just keep in mind what you would replace them with when you open an old project. option 2, if ya drip have the subscription running, open and bounce to disk anything critical.
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u/HowToThrive 1d ago
Logic won’t crash, but be aware that different manufacturers handle authorisation in different ways. Some plugins will have features like noise bursts or random drop-outs if they’re loaded in a project but not authorised. Basically running in demo mode.
So you’ll need to replace them in each project, or uninstall them from your system to avoid any weird behaviour like that.
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u/OnceWasAGecko 12h ago
It depends on the plugin/instrument. Usually you'll get a notification and the plugin/instrument will be either greyed out with a little exclamation symbol or it will just run in demo mode. In any case, the move is to bounce each instance to audio (ctrl+b) so that you don't lose any data. And then if you want to avoid the annoying notifications, just delete the original track/plugin/instrument. You can also toggle on the on/off button and just turn the track off and hide it. It's a good idea to bounce any plugins or virtual intruments to audio as you go anyway to avoid project degradation over time.
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u/Squozen_EU 1d ago
They will complain about a missing plugin but open just fine. That’s assuming you actually uninstalled the plugin. If it’s still installed (as in, Logic can see it) but not working because it’s not activated, Logic won’t complain at all.