In my expeirience Garage Band is a little 'clunkier' to use, lacking a full browser (and it's ergonomically not as 'quick.') Other than that, these notes are right on. The program's best features should have been combined. John In a message dated 1/21/04 5:43:41 AM, MacProAudio at lists.themacintoshguy.com writes: << 1. Do you want to use a MIDI keyboard or guitar amps? If yes, you need Garage Band, because Soundtrack lacks MIDI input and guitar features. 2. Do you want to do video scoring in the same program as you're assembling your audio and loops? If yes, you need Soundtrack, because Garage Band doesn't support video scoring. So you COULD wind up wanting both programs. >>