Soundtrack Pro editing

I was just wondering if it was possible to actually edit a song in this program or if it is directed more at creating your own music. If so, then what kind of software lets you take apart the instruments of a song, speed it up, cut out lyrics and leave the instrumentals, slow it down, create your own party mix or techno version? I have figured out how to make the music file sound of a large music hall, but not really much else. I have just played with the effects basically not knowing exactly what I am doing...If this program can actually edit songs I would love some help! Thanks.
Adam

depends on what you mean by "edit". STP sort of walks a weird line between a waveform editor and an arrangment/mixing/sound design tool. as far as waveform editing goes, it's the best out there in my opinion. does a great job and has tons of workflow features. as far as arrangement or composition goes; it's a bit more limited. it doesn't have any musical MIDI capabilities and can't host any virtual instruments. it can however host Audio Unit effects plugins and comes with all of the Logic plugs which are top notch. the Space Designer reverb used to cost hundreds just by itself, as an example. it does have fairly extensive audio cleanup and EQ features, some of which you could use to do some of the things you describe such as trying to isolate or remove frequency ranges or instrument sounds from a mix. and it does allow for multitrack arranging and mixing, but you can only record a single track at a time. for remixing or composition i think it really shines when working strictly with loops. you can do all sorts of elastic time stretching etc as well. i also have Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Reason and a ton of soft synths etc that i use for actually composing original tracks. i use Soundtrack Pro strictly as a wave editor at this point, and only for compositions made from Apple Loops.

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