Export to FCP - tracks appear as single AIFFs instead of clips

Hi
We're using Soundtrack Pro (2.0.1) as a way to get an audio OMF from Avid Xpress Pro to Final Cut Pro 6. The OMF (consolidated and linked) imported fine into Soundtrack, where I have 8 tracks, each with individual clips clearly laid out.
However, I can't find a way to bring those tracks, with its clips, into FCP. When I use Export - All Tracks, and Send Files to Final Cut Sequence, I get a new sequence, with 16 tracks (each track is doubled-up for stereo, I guess, which is fine, I can delete the others), but each track has a single AIFF for the whole sequence. No individual clips.
The audio is originally from a 30fps sequence, and our project settings are 24fps, but that shouldn't create this issue, surely?
We need to be able to edit the clips within Final Cut. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!
Matt

Soundtrack is supported to export clips individually, right?
Not if you're doing a multi-track project (which is what it seems like you're doing). The idea behind STP is that you'd send clips, and get back tracks.
Only with STP Audio File projects (where you send a single clip back and forth) is this applicable (even then, STP send back a replacement file to FCP).

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