Pro Tools hanging on startup at "Loading Plugins"

[Eric Gale]

Hi,

I am using Pro Tools 5.3.1 on a Digi001. I downloaded the trial version of Autotune a while ago and it timed out.


When I start Pro Tools now, the software hangs at the "Loading Plugins" stage with the "Auto Tune 4 RTAS-5.dpm" filename visible on the screen.

At this point, I can't do anything because the software stops at this screen.

Is there a way to keep Pro Tools from trying to load this plug-in at startup?

How can I get this working without a complete re-install?

Thanks,
Eric

[dmm]

What version of Windows are you running?

try this

That link came from the general trouble shooting thread.

Hopefully that info will work with 5.3.1.

Good Luck.

[KingFish]

Remove BOTH (if there are 2 *.dpm and *.rsr) Antares Auto-Tune plugin files, from C:/Program Files/Common Files/Digidesign/DAE/Plug-Ins folder, and Pro-Tools won't load that plugin when launched.

[Eric Gale]

Hey,

I am using WIn XP.

It worked! Pro Tools is loading.

Thanks,
Eric