Any need to keep (.dpm duplicating .aax)

[DetroitT]

When there are both .aax and .dpm plug-in formats should the .dpm be moved out of the plug-in folder or it just leave it as is?

All avid aaxplugins install in both formats.

[ronwasserman]

I personally dump the .dpm files. No reason to have them imho.

[DetroitT]

This is also what I've done.

Just curious why when asked in the installer HDX or TDM (check box) the plug-ins aren't sorted out as well.

As Pt's gets (To me with 10.3) more stable, sensitivity to .dpm-only third party seems more touchy. (need to keep the mixture per/track of aax (native/DSP) and dpm native to a minimum).

The AAX re-codeing must be more complex than Avid described when this changeover began.

[Brandonx1]

Originally Posted by DetroitT

This is also what I've done.

Just curious why when asked in the installer HDX or TDM (check box) the plug-ins aren't sorted out as well.

As Pt's gets (To me with 10.3) more stable, sensitivity to .dpm-only third party seems more touchy. (need to keep the mixture per/track of aax (native/DSP) and dpm native to a minimum).

The AAX re-codeing must be more complex than Avid described when this changeover began.

You can keep the .dpm plug ins in the plug ins folder. When their are aax versions and tdm/rtas versions of the same plug in installed, pro tools will ignore the tdm/rtas in in favor of the aax version.

[alwaysmakingmusic]

Not to revive an old thread but I recently ran into an issue where a session consistently failed to open and eliminating duplicate *.dpm plugin versions solved the problem. More specifically I believe it was tied to FabFilter's mix bundle (now AAX compatible).

[JFreak]

DPM can hold either RTAS or TDM or both. AAXPLUGIN can obviously hold AAX whether native or dsp. So if you're on PT10 you may have both installed, but that's usually not a problem.

PT always chooses AAX first, so it you instantiate a TDM plugin it uses DPM plugin but if you instantiate a Native plugin then PT uses AAXPLUGIN if it's available.

As mentioned, there can be some weird incompatibility issues where trashing DPM may help, but it's a plugin problem and not PT.