Thanks for the tips guys. I haven't tried the stand alone version, but I might. Re: the waivering click trk...I don't quite understand how that happens either. I bought some mp3 backing tracks, and the website says some of the tempos waiver; however, they're songs that the tempo shouldn't waiver at all. At any rate, I've got to have Melodyne help me with those. I did watch a bunch of tutorials, and read a lot of the manual.
I used to have 8.5.3 until a couple of months ago when I realized I had to upgrade while the price was right. I checked that chart, and you may be right that it doesn't support this particular type of tool. I'm going to call support Monday to get the real skinny.
Tnx.