i am done with Pro Tools. its a nightmare of a "DAW" for a beginner such as "me" it's terrible! ...i a m using Pro tools First. and this not the first time i've had to type and search RUclips for the experts help. im obliged. the fixes for every issue or error that i encountered 10 out 10 times THE MENU ITEMS are NOT THERE. can't find the SHIT!! .... for example; in your instructions you said WINDOWS/NEW WORKSPACE/DEFAULT but on my verserion of Pro Tools, New Workspace is not on the menu..... (i did not understand what i was getting into) what is another DAW sofware that has less limitations set on the DAM menu? thank you for the video. it would have solved my issues but in another sense this video did help!!
I’m sorry to hear that pro tools is giving you such a hard time! The best part of making music in this modern era is that there are SO many good DAWs out there. Logic Pro, Studio One, Ableton, FL Studio, all great DAWs. Unfortunately missing menu items that you’ll find in a tutorial is going to be the case across the board - it’s hard to find a tutorial on the exact version or tier of the software that you are using, and they make updates all the time. Don’t let it get in your way of making music!
Thank you! I’m going to check those on reviews. I’m so very confused about what I was talking about with my first question. I mean I’ve seen this before where a person talks about how to fix something, gives clear instructions but with pro tools 1/10 times I hit a brick 🧱 looking for a menu option that is not there.
I've been using studio one for years just made the switch to pro tool if u want better quality go w pro tools hands down it's confusing at first but once u got the hang of it u making str8 bangers every time
Thank you for your help with this. It's not easy to see that there is a check box which needs to be clicked next to the volume folder for the linking to work and your video showed this clearly.
Thanks for the help, but it doesn't seem to be working for me. I also tried simply finding by name or finding by ID, but the files are still unlinked. Is there something else I can try?
Any advice for when files have already been emptied from the trash? I added a video to my session with the intention of only using the audio, but winded up ripping the audio online and converting it to an mp3. I've since deleted the video from my trash, removed the clip from my clip list, and ProTools is still attempting to relink the file and start video engine which is causing CPU overload and preventing me from moving forward in my session. If there's anything you can suggest to assist, I'm all ears!
Hm. I’ve not seen this specific situation, but you might want to consider importing session data from that session into a new one and don’t bring in the video track so the new session is a clean slate without it.
Thanks for watching! Happy you found it helpful. I don't currently have a video on mix prep for mastering, but that's a great idea -- happy to make that a future video!
In that case you may want to use auto find and relink. Make sure you connect all hard drives that your files might be on! Once they’re found, go to file, save copy as, and check include all audio files and save a new copy of your session
This procedure does not seem to work with PT 2024.3.1... the menus are different and the option to relink in the New Workspace popup when you right-click does not exist. What version of PT are you using?
Thanks for pointing that out! This video is a little older now so it was likely a previous version. I’ll try to make an update soon and link to it here 🙏🏻
I tried relinking manually and even selected the specific file but for some reason the file I try to relink is slower and with lower pitch and doesnt let me re link it correctly. But it is only slower when I her it though the pro tools relink, when I open the file regularly on windows its perfectly fine. Any suggestions?
Please help bro this happened to me when I imported beat stems, my session crashed once the import finished and when I opened up the project again all the tracked vocals were gone?
All my sessions are not relinking . When I launch Protools it says Protools “intro “ instead of studio . Is that the reason why my files are gone ? I can’t even duplicate a track
@@tinobianchi3090 I'm not entirely sure why this would happen, but if you're seeing Pro Tools launch as "Pro Tools Intro" instead of "Pro Tools Studio" that would explain the missing tracks. Pro Tools Intro has a maximum of 8 tracks per session and Studio can do over 2000 tracks. Could be a licensing issue or something like your iLok not being plugged in etc. I'd look into why your version of Studio isn't loading and that might take care of it! Good luck!
Here's one for ya...what if the files that you need to relink are in your session but aren't in your relink tab? Blank clips that aren't even registering as if they're there to begin with.
Hm, in that case you may want to go with the Automatically Find and Relink option. It'll take a lot longer, but if the files are on your computer it will find them. Be sure to plug in any external drives that you may have had the session on in the past. Sometimes files don't make it over in a copy, and so your missing files are still on an external drive. Hope you're able to find them!
Moved to a new computer...had astreiks in the track name of a few tracks. (whoops i guess) Opened up the new session and got 72 audio files with illegal names. Pro Tools cannot generate legal names.
I cant seem to do this on the new version of pro tools. In fact. after updating from 11, Pro tools kind of sucks. It constantly crashes. They changed things that didnt need to be changed. Its very slow sometimes and im running on 64 GB of ram i9.... Strongly considering switching to logic.
@@MichaelWuerth Yeah the audio files are there now and I'm getting a signal but can't here the audio. Whoever set the outputs just isn't working for me. When I click restore from session or default on I/O i still can't hear anything
Thanks for the feedback! This tutorial will show you how to relink files if they’re on your computer. If your files are truly missing, for example on an external hard drive that isn’t plugged in, then this will not help you find them.
Buddy why are you rushing though this. This is obviously a major issue and you are doing everyone a disservice by going about teaching in this manner. Its just as frustrating as the problem itself 😂. Come on buddy.
i am done with Pro Tools. its a nightmare of a "DAW" for a beginner such as "me" it's terrible! ...i a m using Pro tools First. and this not the first time i've had to type and search RUclips for the experts help. im obliged. the fixes for every issue or error that i encountered 10 out 10 times THE MENU ITEMS are NOT THERE. can't find the SHIT!! .... for example; in your instructions you said WINDOWS/NEW WORKSPACE/DEFAULT but on my verserion of Pro Tools, New Workspace is not on the menu..... (i did not understand what i was getting into) what is another DAW sofware that has less limitations set on the DAM menu? thank you for the video. it would have solved my issues but in another sense this video did help!!
I’m sorry to hear that pro tools is giving you such a hard time! The best part of making music in this modern era is that there are SO many good DAWs out there. Logic Pro, Studio One, Ableton, FL Studio, all great DAWs.
Unfortunately missing menu items that you’ll find in a tutorial is going to be the case across the board - it’s hard to find a tutorial on the exact version or tier of the software that you are using, and they make updates all the time.
Don’t let it get in your way of making music!
Thank you! I’m going to check those on reviews.
I’m so very confused about what I was talking about with my first question. I mean I’ve seen this before where a person talks about how to fix something, gives clear instructions but with pro tools 1/10 times I hit a brick 🧱 looking for a menu option that is not there.
I AGREE !!
I've been using studio one for years just made the switch to pro tool if u want better quality go w pro tools hands down it's confusing at first but once u got the hang of it u making str8 bangers every time
I was so mad I thought I’d have to re-record everything 🤦🏾♂️ thank you this was mad helpful 🙌🏾
So happy to hear that! Thanks so much for the feedback :)
DUDE!!
You saved me from having to redo an entire, all day reamping session!!
Thank you!!
🤘
SO happy to hear that! Reamping takes some serious time to set up haha. Happy your files were found :)
Thank you for your help with this. It's not easy to see that there is a check box which needs to be clicked next to the volume folder for the linking to work and your video showed this clearly.
Happy you found it helpful! Thanks so much for the feedback :)
Thanks for the help, but it doesn't seem to be working for me. I also tried simply finding by name or finding by ID, but the files are still unlinked. Is there something else I can try?
I literally had a heart attack because I thought that my recordings were gone, I got them back, thanks!
So happy to help!!
Thank you, you’re amazing. And your video is the first one that came up to. Obviously you’re helping people out. We really appreciate you bro
Thanks so much! That’s so kind of you. I appreciate you watching and hope it was helpful!
@@MichaelWuerth most definitely helpful
Very good Sir! My problem was slightly different than the one solved here and it still gave me the info that I needed. Thank you
SO happy you were able to find your files! Thanks for watching and for the positive feed back :)
Any advice for when files have already been emptied from the trash? I added a video to my session with the intention of only using the audio, but winded up ripping the audio online and converting it to an mp3. I've since deleted the video from my trash, removed the clip from my clip list, and ProTools is still attempting to relink the file and start video engine which is causing CPU overload and preventing me from moving forward in my session. If there's anything you can suggest to assist, I'm all ears!
Hm. I’ve not seen this specific situation, but you might want to consider importing session data from that session into a new one and don’t bring in the video track so the new session is a clean slate without it.
Session Audio Files folder is missing in the Workspace..?!
thanks!!! you have any video about the settings of a mix for getting ready for a mastering?
Thanks for watching! Happy you found it helpful. I don't currently have a video on mix prep for mastering, but that's a great idea -- happy to make that a future video!
What if you can’t find the location of where your files are.
In that case you may want to use auto find and relink. Make sure you connect all hard drives that your files might be on! Once they’re found, go to file, save copy as, and check include all audio files and save a new copy of your session
This procedure does not seem to work with PT 2024.3.1... the menus are different and the option to relink in the New Workspace popup when you right-click does not exist. What version of PT are you using?
Thanks for pointing that out! This video is a little older now so it was likely a previous version. I’ll try to make an update soon and link to it here 🙏🏻
great video! simple and on point, we love it
Thanks so much!
I tried relinking manually and even selected the specific file but for some reason the file I try to relink is slower and with lower pitch and doesnt let me re link it correctly. But it is only slower when I her it though the pro tools relink, when I open the file regularly on windows its perfectly fine. Any suggestions?
Hard to say exactly, but could it be a difference in sample rate?
Please help bro this happened to me when I imported beat stems, my session crashed once the import finished and when I opened up the project again all the tracked vocals were gone?
These steps can help you relink the audio files, but you’ll need to point it to the folder on your computer where you have the stems.
All my sessions are not relinking . When I launch Protools it says Protools “intro “ instead of studio . Is that the reason why my files are gone ? I can’t even duplicate a track
Only certain tracks are still there like my recent ones but all my old ones the files disappeared and I can’t even duplicate a track to record
@@tinobianchi3090 I'm not entirely sure why this would happen, but if you're seeing Pro Tools launch as "Pro Tools Intro" instead of "Pro Tools Studio" that would explain the missing tracks. Pro Tools Intro has a maximum of 8 tracks per session and Studio can do over 2000 tracks. Could be a licensing issue or something like your iLok not being plugged in etc. I'd look into why your version of Studio isn't loading and that might take care of it! Good luck!
@@MichaelWuerth thank you yeah I had a feeling it was a ilok thing.
@@tinobianchi3090 Let me know how it goes!
Here's one for ya...what if the files that you need to relink are in your session but aren't in your relink tab? Blank clips that aren't even registering as if they're there to begin with.
Hm, in that case you may want to go with the Automatically Find and Relink option. It'll take a lot longer, but if the files are on your computer it will find them. Be sure to plug in any external drives that you may have had the session on in the past. Sometimes files don't make it over in a copy, and so your missing files are still on an external drive. Hope you're able to find them!
Moved to a new computer...had astreiks in the track name of a few tracks. (whoops i guess)
Opened up the new session and got 72 audio files with illegal names. Pro Tools cannot generate legal names.
I cant seem to do this on the new version of pro tools. In fact. after updating from 11, Pro tools kind of sucks. It constantly crashes. They changed things that didnt need to be changed. Its very slow sometimes and im running on 64 GB of ram i9.... Strongly considering switching to logic.
Pro tools is so frustrating lol. I’m sorry to hear your going through it.
THANK YOU YOU ARE AWESOME
Most helpful video out there
Happy to help! Thanks so much for the positive feedback!
You saved my life ❤
Love to hear that!!
Thank you !
Happy to help! Thanks for watching
thx for solving my panic
You’re so welcome!
thanks friend! You're a friend
Thanks. You too!!
So is pro tools basically trash?
Ha. Nope. Missing files is a reality of any software that links to media. If that media gets moved sometimes you have to tell it where to look.
omg thank you sm
Dude, this is a tutorial and we're not all experts slow down and go step by step (PLEASE)!
You’re right 🫣 this one was quick. I appreciate the feedback - will def bring the pace down in future vids!
Let me know if you have any questions or if there is anything I can explain further!
THANK YOU
Happy to help!
Still doesn’t work for me !!! 😭😭
Ah I’m sorry to hear that! Is it possible your files are on another hard drive?
Bros, why does this happen?
Lots of ways this can happen. Usually when moving a session from one drive to another, or sending a session to someone else.
This is so unintuitive. It should do this all automatically the way GarageBand does
Did not help me at all
It’s hard to make a video that solves everyone’s specific problem. Hope you were able to find a solution to yours!
You went from explaining it well too extremely confusing right at the important part
Sorry bout that! Where’d you get stuck?
From 1:14, I was stupid and forgot to unzip it. Now I have an I/O issue 😞
@@Emtrax. No worries! Did unzipping help you track down your files? What are you having issues with regarding I/O?
@@MichaelWuerth Yeah the audio files are there now and I'm getting a signal but can't here the audio. Whoever set the outputs just isn't working for me. When I click restore from session or default on I/O i still can't hear anything
Set playback speed to .75 ✌
Yeahh this one was a little quick 😔 I’ll slow down future vids!! Haha
Too fast, thus confusing, and you don't explain everything.
Thanks for the feedback! This tutorial will show you how to relink files if they’re on your computer. If your files are truly missing, for example on an external hard drive that isn’t plugged in, then this will not help you find them.
Agreed. Slow it down while doing your videos bro
Thanks bro! I appreciate the feedback. Trying to find that sweet spot with the pacing 🙏🏻
Buddy why are you rushing though this.
This is obviously a major issue and you are doing everyone a disservice by going about teaching in this manner. Its just as frustrating as the problem itself 😂. Come on buddy.
Oh yeah definitely too fast 😆. Early vid of mine - finding my pacing. Appreciate the feedback though, bud!