Use as a pure audio editor?

The tagging and sorting options appeal to me. It looks like a great way to sift through a lot of audio and do rough mixes to get it ready for Logic. Will it work with .wav, .aiff, flac? I assume apple lossless as m4a is fine? Other than the video preview window wasting space are there any drawbacks? All my audio units will work?
There really isn't a good waveform editor on the mac IMO. Soundtrack Pro is EOL I assume and has always been crashy anyway, Audition is coming, but it's missing crucial features and it costs more. There's a chance Logic X will make things work great in program, but it might also ruin everything!
Thanks for any opinions!

hi,
for whats it worth, I'm beginning to like fcpx as an editor more and more. I just created two soundbeds and it was a lot smoother and faster than fcp. I have never liked making them in Logic, not sure why. Audio filter wise you have access to space designer reverbs, echos, eq, distortions, but they are a dumbed down set with limited access to control, but they may be enough. If you are editing on this the problem you will have is getting the edit across to Logic. The only was at present is to export a complete edit and import that. theres no omf support.
hth
adam

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