Need advice on what to purchase:FCE,iMovie09,Soundtrack,Garageband.

Deciding best purchases.I am attracted to moving up, seeking a better visual experience for editing. Looking at Final Cut express, Soundtrack, Garageband, ilife09 with iMovie09. The more I read the more confusing it is. I am often lining up educational audio to video for hiqual pro product (voiceover mixed with 1 track of music-usually only 2 track audio). I am experienced somewhat in Audacity. I might need noise clean later. With multi versions out there and changes to stuff (this dropped this added) what should I do. This all started because I was told I should/could be using garageband instead of Audacity and then importing my iMovie06 into it. But then I can't export it back as project tro iMovie06 I think. I was told move up to iMovie09 since FCE is too complicated for now. But it appears FCE allows visual tie in of audio and video but then I don't know what version of FCE to get (Soundtrack was dropped form latest version FCE). Do I still need to use garageband with FCE for audio editing?

+" ... Do I still need to use garageband with FCE for audio editing? ..."+
It depends on what you need to do. Audio can be edited in FCE, which includes a good set of audio filters & effects. I've done some pretty extensive audio editing in FCE and even when I did have SoundTrack I never used it. If you're adding voiceovers or additional audio tracks then I'd say FCE can do what you need and you don't need an external audio editor. (Except perhaps for sound cleaning, for which I suggest SoundSoap.)
Overall, I'd suggest spelling out exactly what kind of video & audio editing you think you need or want to do. Then with those requirements you can figure out which software is best suited to your needs.

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