Audio keyframe problems in FCE

Hi,
I'm working with FCE 4.0.1
I'm just about ready to export a project from FCE 4 containing various forms of audio: music from external sources (.aif, .caf, .mp3) as well as audio recorded on camera.
In the edit the audio has been keyframed so that the volume adjusts during the sequence. When playing the edit from the timeline however, the keyframes seem to be ignored at random - sometimes the audio is played as meant, othertimes it is abruptly stopped - there seems to be no logic to it. This happens to all sorts of audio, to the .aif as well as .caf or the audio recorded to camera.
I made a test DVD and the audio keyframes were ignored on this too. Where am I going wrong? Does FCE have a limit on the amount of audio tracks it can read well? (In some parts I use up to 12 tracks)
Does anyone have any idea what the problem is and how I can fix the problem?
Thanks!

The amount of audio tracks varies throughout the project, however to a maximum of 16.
In the user preferences I see: Real Time audio mixing 4 tracks, and audio playback quality low (faster). Would it make things better if I changed this to 16 tracks, and a high quality playback?
The sample rate of the aif files is 48khz, as is the audio rate for the sequence.
I have tried the mixdown function on a small part - and it seems to help! But I can't understand what exactly it is doing - can you explain this to me or advise me on where to find more info?
Thanks Tom!

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