Auditioning wav loops at correct tempo

Hi Forum
I have been a Protools user for several years, but because of all the usual annoyances with PT I have decided to join the Logic camp, just today in fact.
However one feature I am immediately missing is the protools equivalent of "Calculate Elastic Analysis" in the workspace browser. If you are not familiar with PT, this enables you to preview wav loops at the correct tempo for your session.
In Logic I can navigate to my loops via the browser, but previewing them just plays the original tempo of the loop, not at the tempo of my session. I can of course drag it into the arrange window and fix it, but I miss the immediacy of the PT approach.
PT has a process called "Manual Indexing" that goes through all of your sample collection and extracts metadata such as tempo to make this process work. Is there perhaps an equivalent in Logic I haven't found yet? Do I have to convert all of my samples to Apple loops perhaps? but how would I do that?
Hope someone can help.
DH

DavidParker wrote:
Do I have to convert all of my samples to Apple loops perhaps? but how would I do that?
With the *Apple Loops Utility.*
http://documentation.apple.com/en/logicpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=30%26se ction=2%26tasks=true
and
http://documentation.apple.com/en/appleloopsutility/usermanual/#chapter=1%26sect ion=0
Good luck!

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