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This proved to be a persistent problem, so I started to investigate what was happening, or not happening, using the Console application, which you will find in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder on your Mac boot drive. However, on my next Pro Tools boot-up, it took forever to set the audio outputs. With some of the older, established names in the plug-in world being slow to move to AAX, it's the 'boutique' manufacturers who are setting the pace. In my case, there were only a few, but they included my favourite pitch-correcting plug-in, Pitch Doctor from Sound Toys. All the sessions I tried opened, although you can no longer use any TDM-only plug-ins. When you open existing sessions, Pro Tools intelligently converts any old TDM plug-ins that have no AAX alternative to RTAS native versions and, where appropriate, changes other plug-ins to native, to optimise voice usage by not having AAX DSP and RTAS native plug-ins on the same track. It took a long time to load, as it needed to scan my plug-in folder and perform a firmware update for my HDX card, but eventually all was well. Only once I was happy that all my plug-ins were up to date was I ready to run Pro Tools 10 HD for the first time.

On opening an older HD session in Pro Tools 10, any TDM plug-ins that don't yet have AAX equivalents will be converted to RTAS where possible. This database is kept up to date by crowd-sourcing, but even so, it told me that a number of v10 plug-ins were out of date when I ran it, so I will be updating the online database. So, yet again, I turned to Mark Trombino's Plug Tools ( ), which compares the plug-ins in your system with an online database. The Avid site is getting better for providing this information, but still doesn't provide an exhaustive list.

Obviously, it's a good idea to make sure all your plug-ins are up to date before you upgrade. As this move also introduces a new plug-in format (AAX), there are also important issues of software compatibility, which I'll look at this month. Last month, I discussed some of the hardware issues that can arise when you upgrade to an HDX system running Pro Tools 10.

Mark Trombino's invaluable Plug Tools utility can help you keep your plug-ins up to date. If you're not careful, you could find that your Pro Tools HDX upgrade leaves you without your favourite plug-ins.

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