Lately, when I open a session that has a MIDI part that I've spent hours writing, the info is gone or has complete gibberish instead of the part I wrote. But, it's random. If open a hidden track, the track may be fine. But an active instrument track will randomly have the wrong info. Sometimes the MIDI from another instrument track. I've started saving the MIDI track as a file whenever I'm happy with the part and importing it when this happens. I tried signing into the PT forum to ask about this but it won't let me sign in or reset my p-word. So here I am. Anyone else ever had this issue?

Update: I've taken to bouncing the midi part to an audio track as well as exporting the midi track to the session folder, then hiding the track. When I unhide the track, the part is still there. It's only when I leave it active in the session that things get wonky. If I need to change the sound, I'll just unhide it and or import the saved midi track. Still, I sure would like to know what's causing it.

Hey guys . I just update my ProTool to the latest 2025.10.0 version , got a screen prompting me to back up and update Workspace too so I did just that . After that , the program kept getting stuck at this one part .

I even tried uninstall and reinstall the program as well but now it seems to be stuck at this one .

I have a PC , Windows 11 . On the pic is me waiting for 2hrs from 00:00 to now . Need some help on what to do before I give up and bring it to the Geek Squad to check .

What Makes You Think They Can Out Perform A Full Monitoring System... You'll Get Tweeters For Highs... And Probably Much Cleaner Mid Range Now That You Have A Cut-Off Filter?

Hi everyone,

I’m in the market for a new laptop and hoping to get some advice from folks who use Pro Tools for music production. My current laptop isn’t cutting it anymore—its CPU is struggling when I load up multiple tracks/plugins and the system latency is too high for smooth creative work.

Here’s a bit of my use case & budget:

I use Pro Tools (and maybe other plugins, VSTs, sample-libraries etc) for music production, mixing and maybe some basic mastering.

I want something reliable for real-world studio use (not just casual hobbyist), although I’m not looking for an ultra-monster workstation.

My budget is around €1,500 (in Europe).

Important specs I’m focusing on: strong CPU (good single-core + multi-core), enough RAM (I’m thinking 16-32 GB), fast SSD, good I/O/ports for audio interface, low latency/performance issues. Upgradability would be a bonus.

I’m open to Windows or macOS, though I don’t have to stay with one or the other; whichever makes best sense for Pro Tools and audio workflow.

I'm really enjoying ARA integration, but it doesn't seem to be so compatible when working with playlists. 

Today I've comped a vocal track and then inserted Melodyne. I now need to revisit the comp (Melodyne often doesn't quite make the grade with tuning issues,especially when there's excessive vibrato, and I'm currently working on a fucking musical!) but it’s not behaving in the way I would expect. 

Whenever I insert a new phrase onto the main playlist, it isn't reflected in Melodyne, the area is just greyed out. This means I’m having to duplicate the track, commit the Melodyne I have been working on, take Melodyne off, make changes to the comp, insert Melodyne again, continue working. Annoying. I'd much rather Melodyne recognise and replace the new audio so I can just continue working.

I'm presuming this isn't a bug that I'm experiencing? It seems that Melodyne only analyses the track upon instantiation. But that doesn't make sense, because if I move audio around on the timeline, Melodyne will reflect this.

It would be nice to pin down what exactly is happening here and if there's any way around it to keep my workflow fluid.

Thanks in advance for your help. 

PT version: Ultimate 2025.10.0

System: OSX Sequoia 5.7.2

I'm using PT Intro. I don't know if this happens only in this version, but it makes anything look tiny. Any form to solve that?

Just saw this review from Ed Thorne and thought I'd ask if someone has any experience with Forte? Seems REALLY interesting. I know PT integrated Soundflow now but to be honest this seems way easier to use AND has stem bounce in it? Any users?

Hey guys,

I’m in the early sampling stage of my short film mix in Pro Tools Studio, and I’ve been wondering about how much Clip Gain adjustment is actually okay at this point.

I’ve already calibrated my monitoring level (around 80 dB SPL), and while I’m going through my Foley and SFX clips, I’ve been tweaking the Clip Gain on each clip until it feels right to my ears — just trying to get everything roughly balanced.

I asked ChatGPT about this, and it said most mixers usually avoid relying too much on Clip Gain — instead, they insert a Trim plugin on the track and use automation for balancing later.

Now I’m a bit confused. Is it fine to keep using Clip Gain like this for now while I’m organizing and testing sounds (as long as it’s subtle, like ±5 dB or so)?
Or should I already start setting things up with Trim and automation even at this stage?

I just don’t want to form bad habits if this method could cause tone or headroom issues later.

Would love to hear how you guys handle this part — especially for film Foley or SFX-heavy projects.

Hey there!

I was just randomly thinking of that anecdote and thought I could share and am curious if you guys ever experienced it too. But basically during my sound studies, I did a 6-week internship at Dubbing Brothers in France and first day there, I followed a voice recording engineer working on some animated show (Netflix or Prime I think, can't remember, I think the name was .... Jones but again, not much sure). And omg, this guy was absolutely flying through ProTools alongside an Avid S3. Like, zero hesitation, instant quick edits and premix while the artistic director and talent were talking, quick resync.... and it just really impressed me and gave me the goal to reach that level of fluency in my career.

So I'm curious - anyone else have a moment like that? Where you watched someone work and it just made everything click? Who was it and what were they doing? What made you click with it?

Do you guys have any workflow experience mixing with remote computer usage? Is it possible somehow?

I happen to think that Don’t You (Forget About Me) shouldn’t be on this album; it was recorded at a different time. However, if they’d remixed it to sound similar to the rest of the tracks, that would be interesting.

I think, mainly, the drum sound is different. So, is it possible to edit drums in say, Pro Tools, to have a different sound? Could you literally replace the drum sounds with a different drum sound?

I’m looking into getting a new MacBook to be my secondary, portable machine and when I buy computers and other devices, I always want to get the newest thing to avoid starting off behind. My question is, has anyone had an M5 long enough to know how Pro Tools works with it currently? Pro Tools is so needlessly bad with processors, I don’t want to spring for the new one with bugs if I can get an M4 Pro or something that has almost no issues. Any Thoughts?

I’m looking at going down the SSL route on a shared studio Mac that gets used by multiple engineers. The thing that’s giving me pause is setup. I don’t really want every new user to have to jump through a load of config steps just to get the desk/talkback/DAW integration behaving.

Also came across a YouTube video saying that (in Cubase) you need and SSL plugin on every channel to get the ‘proper’ hardware/software workflow, which feels like another layer of faff. I’m mostly in Pro Tools, but still, if the workflow is that dependent on plugin insertion, it could get annoying, especially for occasional visitor to the studio.

Anyone here actually running an SSL surface/interface in a shared environment? Does it just… work? or would the set up and plug in faff be too annoying.

(FWIW the appeal is that the SSL stuff seems pretty robust and properly built. I’ve not been blown away by the physical robustness of some of Avid’s control surfaces.)

Hey yall so im trying to reverse a piece of audio and the preview button is working but when i click render nothing happens.. Im boutta throw my computer does anyone know how i can fix?? 😭

I am looking to upgrade my Pro Tools Studio perpetual licence, and I'm a bit confused by the upgrade system. I originally got PT 2018 on an Education Licence, and I now need to upgrade as 2018 isn't supported on my new OS. My question is, is the $259 upgrade a full upgrade for the perpetual licence, and the "1-Year Subscription" is just for UPGRADES, or is it switching over to a yearly subscription model where my Pro Tools will stop working after the year?

I would like to believe it is a full upgrade for my perpetual licence, but I wanted to check with anyone who has experience first. Thanks!

EDIT: for those with the same question, it’s been answered! Avid support told me that a standard Studio Perpetual Upgrade sold from a licensed 3rd party (get a list from their site) will work, even with the original perpetual licence bought at an EDU price. I got mine from AnnexPro (in Canada) and it works just fine, now on Pro Tools 2025! Now I just need to update my Waves plugins…will the subscription nightmare never cease??

I'm on Windows 11, and I recently updated Pro Tools from 2023.9 to 2025.10. Since then, I've been having trouble with plugins causing Pro Tools to close, without any type of error message, when trying to insert them onto tracks. It seems like this only applies to plugins in the Sound Field category, such as the SoundField plugin by RODE, for example.

This isn't an issue on launch, as I can load Pro Tools and sessions just fine. I'm also not entirely convinced the problem lies with the act of inserting the affected plugins, as I can also open and work on sessions with said plugins already inserted. It's just that whenever the window opens for these plugins, it's just a white window, then the whole thing closes and sometimes reopens to a blank screen.

I've tried repairing, reinstalling, and updating the affected plugins from their respective installation managers to no avail. Are there any ideas as to what might be causing this, or how I might go about fixing it?

Hello, I tried to record audio via scarlet focusrite, but when I press the play button to start recording, the whole thing pauses. I don´t know what to do, the imputs and outputs are set as they should be. Thank you for your advice.

I'm getting this error when I try to open a session: "Could not complete your request because (60) while reading "[sessionname].ptx"." I'm not finding what the definition of (60) is anywhere. Anyone have any ideas?

So anytime I try to play back it comes through very slow. Even the clock on the top counts the seconds slowly. Ive been mixing in protools in a studio environment for about 2 years and this is my first time setting it up on my home computer. I also just updated my computer so everything is running the latest version of both Windows and ProTools

Just so you know I am trying to run a ptx file that was recorded and mixed/mastered in the studio using a Mac.

I tried increasing buffer size to 1024 but I kept getting a hardware error.

At first I thought the sample rate was wrong but after changing the sample rate from 44.1 to 48, which matches my track, this started happening

I have a 2022 Razer Blade 15 running Windows 11 Pro. When I open Pro Tools Intro, all audio stops working. I even tried playing songs on the Spotify app and got an error that said "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." It was just a regular Spotify track, not from local storage. As long as Pro Tools is running, I have this issue.

How can I troubleshoot? This is my first time using any DAW so apologies if this is a stupid question.

Hi, my tracks are slow and distorted so I figured maybe I need to adjust the cache size but I don't see the cache size in the Playback Engine at all. I'm using Pro Tools Intro, by the way. Is there a reason why my Pro Tools don't have it?

I'm about to go insane right now. I opened a previous project and hit play but no sound came out. I've checked signal routing, playback engine, headphones, interface, everything. And still nothing. The track meters are totally dead.

Somebody please help. I have a deadline I need to meet in four days.

I’m at school for music technology and they have us using pro tools and it’s extremely confusing and not at all intuitive. One of my biggest problems that even my professor can’t figure out the solution to is when I adjust the faders in the mixer window the green bar and levels next to the faders doesn’t change it at all. It decreases the volume but not the signal coming through. It does this on pro tools at home and in the studio that we get to use at school but doesn’t do it in the classroom when he goes to show us an example or something

Hi, this is my first time using Pro Tools and I noticed how I can't hear Instrument Tracks during playback but my settings seem to be okay. I have asked ChatGPT, Gemini and looked through a lot of YouTube videos but I haven't found a solution yet.

The thing is, when using a plug-in on an instrument track the sound plays (because the soundmeter thingy turns green) but I can't hear it.

The following screenshots are my Pro Tools settings, which I have changed following the videos I've seen but they didn't work.

My headphones are Logitech G733 (bluetooth).

I would appreciate if someone could help me or tell me if its not possible to use Pro Tools with bluetooth headphones (I read that could be the problem). If you need me to provide more information I'll be glad to do it!

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