!! Sound Studio / AIFF / FCP : Poorly rendered files in timelilne

I will try to describe my problem the best I can...
-Imported AIFF audio files into FCP (these files were generated in Sound Studio).
When I drag these files into the viewer, they sound fine.
-Pulled these audio files into my time line.
-Rendered them.
-The rendered audio files are barely audible. When I open the rendered audio clips from my time line in the viewer, they still sound awful whereas the unrendered files, which are still in my browser, sound OK.
Any idea why this would be happening?
Thanks for your help and please let me know if you need more details.
Maryam
IMAC 5,1
Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz processor
2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
150 GB Drive (79.5 GB remaining)
OS 10.4.10
FCP 5.0
Sound Studio 2.1
Panasonic PVGS200 Camera
Quick Time 7.2.0 (player version 7.2)

Here's the info on the particular audio clip that's troubling me:
-Audio rate: 44.1 KHz
-Audio format: 16 bit integer
-Data rate: 172.3 k/s
What's strange is that I have music files with the same audio rate (44.1) that render and play normally. Only the audio format is different:
-Audio rate: 44.1 KHz
-Audio format: 32 bit floating point
-Data rate: 45.8 k/sec
Any idea how I can "convert" the troublesome audio clip? When you say " they will need to be rendered" I assume you are referring to a different type of rendering and not FCP's typical rendering (Sequence/Render/Render all)?
Thanks for your help so far. I really do appreciate it.

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