FCP 4 - Startup failing at Audio Filters

Hi,
I've installed FCP 4 on a new Quad (with the patch by the way) but it always quits at the "Loading Audio Filters" stage. I know others have got v4 to work on the new machines and don't think it has anything to do with the patch as we're well past the "You need this hardware" dialogue. But I've also tried trashing preferences along with things like audio plugins.
This is a new machine, so there isn't an awful lot of 'rubbish' on there.
Any further ideas to get this going?
Cheers
Colin

Colin
You want to go to Mac HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components. That is where all the Audio Unit plug ins live. I have found that FCP does not play well with MANY Audio Unit plug ins. What I did was moved a copy of this folder to my dock and put another folder on the desktop that I keep all the plug ins in. So if I quit out of FCP and want to use my Waves plug-ins or what ever in Logic then I can just do a quick drag to put them in place. Just remember to take them out of the folder before you launch FCP again.

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