Audio clip in FCP to STP

I'm following both the FCP DVD tutorial & Larry Jordans tutorials. Both show that in FCP you can select a single audio clip and "send to " STP Audio File Project for repair. However, this option is Not available (not highlighted). Only Multitrack & Pro script are highlighted. What is the deal?

Hi Lecover,
The media that you send to STP as an Audio File Project has to come from a single source media file. If you have more than one source media file, then you need to send to STP as a multitrack project.
See this for more info: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302805
I hope that helps.

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