Audio levels not integrated?

Question

Hey everyone.
I've been using soundtrack pro for some time now along with FCP 5 and Motion 2. Unfortunately I can't get past one minor problem in Soundtrack Pro: when initially adjusting the volume levels in the waveform and then attempting to move the soundclips to different positions on the timeline, the volume-adjustments just created doesn't seem to stick with the audiofile itself but rather to the track! Somehow a feature must have eluded my attention. I prefer to think that this idiotic behaviour cannot be a regular programming mistake on behalf of the Apple crew - no one is that stupid!!!
So what am I doing wrong? Which little keyboard command am I overlooking? I'd be very grateful for any help whatsoever.

Answer 1

when
initially adjusting the volume levels in the waveform
and then attempting to move the soundclips to
different positions on the timeline, the
volume-adjustments just created doesn't seem to stick
with the audiofile itself but rather to the track!
Unfortunately, this seems to be a "feature" of the way STP does non-destructive editing. As far as I can tell, all actions are linked to the track timeline rather than to the audio itself, and the only way to tie what you've done directly to the audio is to flatten track.
Doing somethink like a delete earlier in the file after you've made other changes later on will screw up the placement of all the later actions.
I'd like to be wrong about this, and find ways of tying actions to places in the audio rather than to the track timeline, so if anyone has a different take on this, please let us know.
Ralph