Soundbooth a disappointment

As much as I would have wanted to like all that CS5 has to offer...after exploring Soundbooth I find it is quite a disappointment. It really cant compete with Soundtrack Pro. Thats a shame becuase I keep hoping that the speed and interactivity of Premiere / After Effects would be reflected in the professional capabilities of a;; the other apps in CS5. But that is not the case with SB.

I have to agree - I was hoping for some more new features, but if it's more stable, then that's always a good thing. Soundbooth has always been great (for me) at what it was created for - audio for video people who don't really know audio. I would still love (either in Audition or Soundbooth) the ability to import a PPro project and have all the separate audio tracks there to work on, much like you do in ProTools...THAT would be nice!
I'm looking forward to playing with Sb CS5 and seeing what's changed....

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