After just a night playing with Home Studio 2002, I realized that SF could beat this product pretty easily. Just re-create Vegas Audio and dump it in with Acid. Take all the Acid functions, Take all the audio functions from VV3, and make one product that has the full capability of both. The user interface is better, and with the combined power, plus a cheapie version of Sound Forge, this would be a killer audio app. As it is, to do what can be done in Home Studio takes both products, and must be swapped back and forth. I have avoided the fray of Audio Vs. Video apps, but clearly the audio strengths of Vegas could put Acid over the top. Call it Acid, or call it Vegas Audio, or call it Sonic Foundry Audio Tools, or call it late for supper... but by putting world class audio tools into Acid, the killer app would sell itself. Keep VV just like it is, killer audio and video. Make Acid/whatever a combination of midi/loops/ multi-track/editing/mixing, and the two could serve different customer bases, even though multi-track audio is included in both. The Video dudes would be happy, and the music dudes would be happy. The technology is there. The features are there. The user interface is there. Everything is there except the app.

RiRo

P.S. I just got Acid Music 3, VA 2 NR 2 and SF 6. I am a SF customer, but I must admit, having the audio tools in one package, albeit not as good as SF, is a nice touch for Home Studio 2002.