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I am using all the usual tools, Hush, Clear, DX Revive Pro, Extract:Dialogue, but still find myself needing to use RX Spectral denoise from time to time.

I'm still on RX 9 Advanced, has there been any improvements to the Spectral Denoise in RX 10-11, or any other tools that do this kind of noise reduction better?

I updated Pro Tools like an idiot from an older 2024 version to 2025.12.1, and now iZotope is broken. It's not rendering handles, and the whole File button and Handles section are greyed out. Anyone having issues with this on Windows? I know iZotope broke in a similar way a few years ago.

I'd also like to ask how you go about saving a track preset with current plugin settings, but without automation saved to it. I've saved a few times and even unchecked "Plugin Settings and Automation" to see if it would at least stop saving automation, since I can always redo plugin settings, but automation is still saved to the track preset on export regardless of settings.

I've never had this issue in the past when exporting track presets, so maybe I'm doing something wrong in this new version.

I'd revert the update, but I'm currently working on a show for someone and can't risk rolling back until next week.

Windows 11

Pro Tools 2025.12.1

Hi All,

Apologies if this is glaringly simple and I’ve missed the forest for the trees… Any advice would be appreciated.

I want to set up a Control page with a few buttons so that I can quickly jump my edit window view (and S1) to my master track folder of choice. I.e. for an audio-post session, I would have a few different buttons for: Dialogue, SFX, Foley, Ambiences, Music, etc. Of course, each of these master folders contains many sub tracks that feed into it. I am trying to figure out how avoid having to scroll/page through all the tracks in my entire session just to view and select each folder/master fader. So that I can access the master fader/folder for a given section (i.e. click “SFX” button in control and edit view/S1 jumps to “SFX Master” folder).

So far, I know I can do this by:

CMD+CTRL+clicking a folder/track in the TRACKS window.

on keyboard, "page down" and "pg up" to jump page by page through the session rather quickly (still takes a while, cumulatively).

swiping repeatedly and pawing like a kitten at my ipad in the control app to find the desired track.

...but with hundreds of tracks per session, this would be much easier if I could just create a few buttons for my “master faders” in Control, then hit a button and be taken directly to focus on it, just like "CMD+CTRL+click”.

Is there a specific category I should be looking for in the Eucon customization menu?

If I am already paying for a Pro tools Ultimate annual subscription is it redundant to also be paying for the Avid Complete Plugin Bundle or does the bundle provide access to tools I wouldn't have by default with PT Ultimate?

PT Version 2025.12

iOS Sequoia

I'm working on a movie as a sound editor and we are having issues on the mix stage with the relink window. Everything eventually relinks by file name and ID, but it took 24 searches this last time we had to relink. Each search found 10-20 more links until all links were found. We had every folder fully opened in the the finder view in the relink window.

Has anyone ever encountered this? Is there a solution? It wastes a lot of time and is very annoying.

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I will uncheck the "consolidate clips" box and commit and insert and when it finishes, all the clips are consolidates as one clip.

Hey!

Just wondering if anyone has any little tricks they have in general in Pro Tools? Always looking to improve. For example, I have a bunch of go to chains saved as track pre-sets so if I need an amp sim I have a clean/Distorted/Crunchy etc pre-set and it just loads the chain fast.

Or I used Keyboard Maestro to create shortcuts for Beat Detective so I can analyze, separate, conform etc without touching the mouse. I use that all the time!

What are your tricks?

I’ve mainly been working on this sound design project on the go with my headphones plugged directly in, but I sat down to do some work at my desk finally. It automatically switched the wrong playback device so I manually switched it to my Volt 1 and now I can’t get playback at all. I think I’ve seen this problem before at a studio, but the studio manager fixed it without showing me how or telling me what exactly the problem was.

TLDR: I can move the cursor manually so it’s not like it’s stuck, it just won’t play.

Pro Tools: 2025.12.1

System: macOS Tahoe 26.3.1

I tried moving all third party plugins to the "unused" folder, and also all the plugins that came with Pro Tools, no luck. My buffer size is at a high setting, I get no errors while the freeze is happening, audio still plays while the UI freezes. I also tried completely reinstalling pro tools and its plugins with no luck. This happens in all of my sessions suggesting it isn't a corrupt session. I updated Windows itself, no change. I checked if my interface driver is up to date and it is. Anyone got any ideas for what else could be the problem?

System Specifications:
Windows 11
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
32GB DDR4 2666mHz
AMD Radeon RX 6600
M-Audio M Track Duo

Hi, I'm new to pro tools, and I am having a lot of problems with delay compensation. I'm attempting to record vocals and I'm using a usb mic plugged into my computer which has a significant amount of delay, around 100 milliseconds from when the mic picks up a sound to when the computer receives and processes it. My headset has a non-negligible amount of delay too. So of course, when I try to record vocals when listening to the backings of my song, the vocals end up being way behind/delayed.

I've heard that a way to measure this delay is to record one track into another, and then measure the difference between them. So I try this, I set a click to play in one track, then put my headset directly on top of my microphone so it will pick up that click and record it to another track which is not monitored to my headset. But no matter what I do, Pro Tools will not record that click. It is clearly loud enough for my microphone to pick it up, and the volume bar shows that pro tools IS receiving the click through my microphone. However, it doesn't ever record it. I'm assuming that there is some kind of automatic anti-feedback system or something which prevents sounds which are being played from being recorded? If this is the case, how do I turn this off so I can measure my delay?

My second problem is with actually applying delay compensation. I used another, less precise method to record that my delay was around 113 milliseconds. But I can't find any way to manually compensate for it. I go to setup > I/O > HW Insert Delay and add my delay amount in both of the boxes which appear. But it has absolutely no effect. I also try setting it to a much higher number to ensure it is noticeable, and it still changes nothing. I've also tried going into the Mix Window view, enabling Delay Compensation view, and editing the number in the +- field for my vocal track. That also has no effect. What am I doing wrong?

I'm using Pro Tools Artist version 2025.12.1 on Windows 11.

I like how my clips randomly color. If I record 10 takes, they each have their own colors. But as soon as I drag one track down or up, the clips change color. Why would anyone want this? How do I keep the clips the same color while dragging tracks?

Hey all

Simple question, and I think the answer is unfortunately no, but just to check in case I'm missing something, is it possible on the mix window to rename the little label for your inserted plugins.

Specifically, I use StudioVerse to insert some VST3's, but if I have a lot of stuff added over a mix, they're all labeled with just Studo Verse and it can be hard sometimes remembering what I've inserted where, which one has which VST etc.

It would be handy to be able to rename the little label on the insert point to match which actual VST is inside StudioVerse, or any other VST wrapper.

Kev