HMMM, that is strange. I see it load slow when no vst’s are even in the project or a new empty project is started. I removed half of the plugins from the plugins folder and it speeds up. When I say alot of plugins I mean like alot present in the vstplugins folder, several hundred at least. 7.0.1 on up must be looking at the vst plugins that are installed when the project or even an empty project is started.