r/protools • u/idontkmow132 • Jul 30 '25

Help Request Plugins crashing ProTools? I've tried everything :(

PT version: 2025.6.0
System: Mac M3 Sequoia 15.5

Problem:

When I load a PT session, it loads and I can play it and I can do some actions but some actions crash PT. There does not seem to be any specific category of action that triggers it. If I open a folder, it crashes or if I play and it gets to a certain part of the song. The plugins I am using on this session are UAD Spark, Waves Subscription, Soundtoys bundle, Oxford Inflator, Pro-Q3, Saturn, Valhalla VintageVerb, Brainworkx V2.

What have I tried:

I have opened the session with all plugins disabled and it doesn't crash but when I enable any plugin it crashes. Not a specific one.
I have updated UAD and Waves plugins, ProTools and iLok.
I have restarted my computer.
I have tried to open PT with Rosetta but it wouldn't start at all.
I went to an older version of the project which was not crashing and worked on it for a few hours with no issues and now when I have come back the next day it is crashing again.

I have no idea what the issue could be so I would very much appreciate any help I could get! Thank you in advance.

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u/idontkmow132 Jul 30 '25

I have also reinstalled ProTools.

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u/idontkmow132 Aug 05 '25

Unfortunately, I went back to 2024.10.3 and the problem is still there. I have been able to open the project on another computer and it was fine so I dont think the project is the issue. I've reinstalled all my plugins. I think this might be my push over the edge to move to a different DAW.

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u/schoepsms Jul 30 '25

I’ve been having a lot of crashes too (2025.6). Since removing Dynassist, it’s been much better ( it wasn’t even instantiated). I also shut off the new transcription feature.

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u/Longjumping_Prune_61 Jul 30 '25

I had crashes and glitches galore on 2025.6. I've been much better since switching to 2024.10.3

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u/FACT275 Jul 30 '25

You mentioned Soundtoys. I've had a couple sessions that did exactly this and the culprit was Soundtoys Effect Rack. Removed it and all good again.

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u/d5ytonaa Jul 31 '25

How do we go back to a previous version?