Where's my Elastic Properties?

[Reesho]

Mac 10.5.8/PT8

Never used it before so perhaps I'm missing something but it appears that my Elastic Properties may not be installed even though it exists in my plugins folder.

symptoms:
When I right click on a selected region there is no Elastic Properties... Conform to Tempo etc. section in the drop down menu. There is also no menu in the edit window track list (next to the samples/ticks button) to select a property that will enable a track with Elastic Audio. It's just blank.

Am I being obtuse?

[basslik]

Originally Posted by Reesho

Mac 10.5.8/PT8

Never used it before so perhaps I'm missing something but it appears that my Elastic Properties may not be installed even though it exists in my plugins folder.

symptoms:
When I right click on a selected region there is no Elastic Properties... Conform to Tempo etc. section in the drop down menu. There is also no menu in the edit window track list (next to the samples/ticks button) to select a property that will enable a track with Elastic Audio. It's just blank.

Am I being obtuse?

see if this can help. YouTube - Pro Tools: How To Use Elastic Audio

[Reesho]

Originally Posted by basslik

see if this can help. YouTube - Pro Tools: How To Use Elastic Audio

Thank you for that link. But as I stated in my post the Elastic Audio plugin is not showing so I cannot select it's properties. When I click where the tutorials tell me to click there's nothing there! I don't get the menus. I'd love to sink my teeth into this plugin if I can get it to show itself in the PT user interface but it just isn't there. That's why I'm asking "Where's my Elastic Properties?"! Very puzzling.... I may try reinstalling PT8 unless someone has another suggestion.

Any Help would be greatly appreciated.

***UPDATE: The problem seems to be isolated to the session in question because the EA properties do appear in other sessions.

Also I just noticed that "Enable Elastic Audio on New Tracks" in Preferences/Processing is greyed out and not selectable!

[Reesho]

Here is the workaround if you find yourself with SDII tracks:

Save the session as a copy changing the audio format from SDII to WAV. This solves the problem. EA appears as normal in that new saved copy.

I came across this solution in this thread:
http://duc.digidesign.com/showthread...+Elastic+Audio

Turns out it's in the PT8 Manual on page 247.

[Craig F]

it's not a work around.

SD2 files are legacy and should not be used.

[tamasdragon]

Oh no! SDII ruins our globe! Convert it asap!

[Reesho]

Originally Posted by Craig F

it's not a work around.

SD2 files are legacy and should not be used.

I consider it a workaround if your stuck working with an old session that was recorded in the old format SDII. We shouldn't just trash old audio files just because they're legacy right?