I have an old setup and sometimes that happens but not always with the most heavyweight plugins.
MT Power Drum Kit 2 for example isn't very heavy but it took very very long to load for each instance.
I don't think Reaper is the problem because it performs very well even on not powerful computers.
I suggest going through some of the many guides to optimize your computer for audio production that can be found online, just to rule out any of those issues.
Also, if I remember well, Reaper never worked well with VST3 plugins, but that may have changed.
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Originally Posted by msundh
I had Synth1 loaded with lots of libraries and it took forever
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Is there a way to avoid this? I liked Synth1 very much but it really takes ridiculously long to load with the libraries. I'm surprised it takes so much praise for its performance.