Final cut w/ soundtrack pro

When I try to send audio from a clip to Soundtrack pro, my "send to Soundtrack as an audio file' is greyed out. I can only send as a multitrack project. Why? and what should I do?

Do you have more than one audio clip selected? You can only send one audio clip at a time to STP as an audio FILE project. Any more than one is a Multitrack project.

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After reading the manual very carefully, I am still unable to send audio to SoundTrack Pro Effectively.
When I have Several clips in a sequence (or even just one) I can select "Send to Multitrack Project." However, even when selecting a single clip from either the browser, or on the timeline "send to audiofile project" is always greyed out, and at this stage in my audio work that's what I need to do! I'm trying to remove background noise, and do other various post work to individual clips.
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Why are you being forced to use the new version of anything... including the operating system?
If you are a professional then you always stick with what works and/or use what it takes to get the job done.
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I worry about you Mac folks.... the days of auto-upgrading to the latest and "greatest" are over, "It Just Works" only pertains to iMovie, Garageband and apps included with the OS.
Apple is a hardware company, their software is designed to sell hardware, Lion requires more memory and processing power as does FCPX.

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