Plug-in Doctor Alternative For Pro Tools

[ReynaldoPena]

Is there an alternative to Plug-in Doctor for Pro Tools? For some reason the demo I downloaded is asking for the file up at the top of the plug-in interface (as it does not detect anything) and when I add the plugins for it to detect (dragging it from the pro tools plug-in folder), it says that it does not recognize the file.

[unkJE]

DDMF’s Plug-in Doctor is only for VST, AU, VST3

For AAX:
Bertom Audio - EQ Curve Analyzer
https://bertomaudio.com/eq-curve-analyzer.html
- see above link for compatibility

“EQ Curve Analyzer is an analyzer and signal generator plugin to see the frequency response (magnitude and phase) of any plugin or hardware.
Insert the plugin you want to analyse between two instances of EQ Curve Analyzer, the first one set as a signal generator and the second one as an analyzer. Then adjust the latency if needed. That's it!
It is particularly useful as a learning tool to see what classic EQs emulations are doing for example. It also features a "group" system that enables to compare two analyses in real-time on the same graph.

This plug-in is provided under the Pay-What-You-Want system, including for free. Please consider paying for it.”

Bertom EQ Curve Analyzer - Frequency & Phase response of any plug-in or hardware [update]
https://youtu.be/3Nl_Gi1IYfE

[ReynaldoPena]

Hey, thanks for the prompt response. Good morning. How are you? Hope all is well. Check this out. Im I doing something wrong?

Have a good day

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K1L...usp=share_link

Originally Posted by unkJE

DDMF’s Plug-in Doctor is only for VST, AU, VST3

For AAX:
Bertom Audio - EQ Curve Analyzer
https://bertomaudio.com/eq-curve-analyzer.html
- see above link for compatibility

“EQ Curve Analyzer is an analyzer and signal generator plugin to see the frequency response (magnitude and phase) of any plugin or hardware.
Insert the plugin you want to analyse between two instances of EQ Curve Analyzer, the first one set as a signal generator and the second one as an analyzer. Then adjust the latency if needed. That's it!
It is particularly useful as a learning tool to see what classic EQs emulations are doing for example. It also features a "group" system that enables to compare two analyses in real-time on the same graph.

This plug-in is provided under the Pay-What-You-Want system, including for free. Please consider paying for it.”

Bertom EQ Curve Analyzer - Frequency & Phase response of any plug-in or hardware [update]
https://youtu.be/3Nl_Gi1IYfE

[unkJE]

Originally Posted by ReynaldoPena

...https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K1L...usp=share_link

BERTOM – EQ CURVE ANALYZER popup Message:

“UNEXPECTED BYPASS
Your DAW is preventing this plugin to work properly by suspending plugins processing.
It probably thinks there is nothing happening on this track currently.
As a workaround, please enable input monitoring on this track, or put a dummy tone generator in your chain … or anything else that would force your DAW to run plugins processing on this track.”

What workaround did you try and what was the outcome?

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by unkJE

DDMF’s Plug-in Doctor is only for VST, AU, VST3

Plugin Doctor itself has been available for AAX since last year. See here: https://ddmf.eu/plugindoctor/

What it doesn't do is support aax format for analysis even when Plugin Doctor is on an insert in PT. Only supports the aforementioned vst/au/vst3 formats.

[Roulette Records]

Originally Posted by musicman691

Plugin Doctor itself has been available for AAX since last year. See here: https://ddmf.eu/plugindoctor/

What it doesn't do is support aax format for analysis even when Plugin Doctor is on an insert in PT. Only supports the aforementioned vst/au/vst3 formats.

Ok, so call me crazy, but then what is the purpose of a Pro Tools, AAX plugin user using this for then if it wont analyze my plugins I want it to analyze ?

Furthermore why in the world would the developer even make a AAX version if all we can do is stare at it and do nothing with it ?

[DonaldM]

Originally Posted by Roulette Records

Ok, so call me crazy, but then what is the purpose of a Pro Tools, AAX plugin user using this for then if it wont analyze my plugins I want it to analyze ?

Furthermore why in the world would the developer even make a AAX version if all we can do is stare at it and do nothing with it ?

That does seem rather odd.

Having said that, most AAX plugins from 3rd party developers come in VST format as well, so wouldn't you be able to load the VST (or AU) version into the analyzer? Not the best solution for sure, but might give decent info.

[Roulette Records]

Originally Posted by DonaldM

That does seem rather odd.

Having said that, most AAX plugins from 3rd party developers come in VST format as well, so wouldn't you be able to load the VST (or AU) version into the analyzer? Not the best solution for sure, but might give decent info.

That is a great thought. Something I didn't think of. Curious of its accuracy at that point though. I will give it a try. Also wondering so how I do it, like ok I find and load a VST/AU version via the loading browser, but then to actually turn knobs etc I need to launch my AAX version in the session. How does the AAX one transmit what I am doing to the VST/AU one ?

Either way, I sure wish the manual explained more of this for us AAX users. I read it and I seem more lost on exactly what to do than before. lol

[smurfyou]

I don't use plugin doctor but the reason it can't load AAX is because Avid doesn't allow anything to load or host AAX plugins.

[Bob L]

Originally Posted by Roulette Records

<sniperoo> Also wondering so how I do it, like ok I find and load a VST/AU version via the loading browser, but then to actually turn knobs etc I need to launch my AAX version in the session. How does the AAX one transmit what I am doing to the VST/AU one ?
<snip>

It doesn't.

Option 1a: Save a preset on the VST/AU version and hope the AAX version allows an import.

Option 1b: Take notes of the settings and enter them manually into AAX.

Option 2: Load the VST/AU version into DDMF MetaPlugin or the like and use that. Note that VST/AU metadata used for Delay Compensation is not read when you do this, you'll want to be eagle-eyed (-"eared"?).

All of this begs the question - why would you be running a diagnostic application (Plug-in Doctor) as a plugin in the first place? If the reason is to see EQ curves, surely there are plenty of alternatives that show those natively. What is your use case?