

I have no idea what causes the instrument track bug and I don't expect it'll ever be fixed.

This bug is so common that I expect at least one instrument track to be greyed out when I open any old Pro Tools session that is over a certain age (Pro Tools 10 era). This is a very common Pro Tools bug on my system. This article lists a handful of problems that I encounter from time to time when I open old Pro Tools sessions (Pro Tools 7 - 10) in more current versions of Pro Tools 11/12. Those are the main reasons why I keep all my Pro Tools Sessions. I've never had a client complain, in fact, they are delighted to find out that I've kept their work for 6+ years.

My clients are made fully aware of this service when they work with me. I don't charge for storage but I do charge my clients for this service when they actually need me to find their files. I charge clients a small one off rate per song retrieval. If I want to get "that sound" from "that song" then I simply open up that old Pro Tools session and save out the plug-in settings.
PRO TOOLS 12.8.3 OS X 10.12 NOT READING ILOK ARCHIVE
Over the last ten years, I have kept every single Pro Tools Session stored on an archive hard drive.
