Ozone 5 crashing PT 2019.5

[SoundByLaura]

I've found a few workarounds for this issue and am going to post them here in case anyone else needs it.

This is working on PT 2019.12 on OS 10.13.6 High Sierra.

Workaround #1:

1. Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrkkx67-KBY&t=8s
   
2. Buy SoundRadix 32 Lives and DDMF Metaplugin2 to open and use Ozone 5 in a Pro Tools session.

Workaround #2 (for sessions that already have Ozone 5 on tracks)(this is the simplest workaround):

Make sure your Ozone 5 instance is active. Don't click on the plugin.
Instantiate or click on any other plugin and leave the interface window open.
Click on an Ozone 5 and the first plugin window will be replaced by the Ozone 5 window and you can use it.

Similarly, you can make an instance of Ozone 5 inactive, click on the plugin to open the window (it will say "Plugin Inactive"), then make it active and it will open the interface and work.

Workaround #3:

You can't instantiate Ozone 5 onto a track. But you can use Import Session Data to import a track from another session that has Ozone 5 on it, drag-to-move or option-drag-to-copy Ozone 5 onto whatever tracks you like, then use the method above to access the Ozone 5 plugin window.

You might consider creating a session that has a track/tracks with Ozone 5 on it and set that aside as sort of a template for using with Import Session Data. Or, import a track with an inactive O5 into your existing template(s).

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Now I can work on old projects if necessary, and I can access Ozone 5 long enough to try to replicate some of my presets in Ozone 8.

(Yes I know I can open Ozone 5 presets in Ozone 8 but it doesn't always sound the same. Now I can work on that.)

[b mcgibney]

The video is no longer working but there are some great workarounds there. Thanks B