Audio Level Change to and from progr

When I get into even a simple program that i made that didnt go full screen my media player music (WMP ) quieted even though there is now visable change in any audio, also and most importantly is when I load up WC3 or WoW my volume gets lowered on the media player and once again no volume controls change so there is no visable change, I've also had times were there was no sound coming from the player or game, unless I minimised the program and restarted play back in some way but then right when i get back into the game it quits. Sound Blaster Adigy SE?even this simple program that i made changes my audio level soundhttp://thesite.mine.nu:8080/elipse%20test.exeMessage Edited by CTS_AE on 04-20-20072:02 AM

Just to back up Michael. The native sample rate for video is 48khz. To work at anything other than that is to ask for problems.
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Random Audio Levels Change Exporting STP to Aiff Master

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I'm fairly experienced in FCP Studio but getting a bit loony over this one, so hope you can offer some help. Please don't suggest using other software like Pro Tools for this mix. It has been working fine and I'm happy with 8 scenes. There must be something simple going on with the 2 odd ones.
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'It's not a question of becoming. It's a question of uncovering what you really are, of letting everything that is not yourself fall away'. - Journey to Ladakh
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Nick,
Maybe not very useful info here, but an advice...
Being a native user of æ, ø and å when it comes to talking and writing, I have learned long time ago that using such (æ. ø, å) in file names (or in anything purely computer related) is something that causes hick-ups now and then.
PS! "Half" when it comes to sound is -3 or -6 dB (dependent on sound power or sound level)
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I want to be able to do this at the end of my project(workflow) rather than individually adjusting each audio clip as i go, which wastes a lot of time.
I'm sure there has to be a simple way to do this but i haven't learnt it yet, so has anyone got the best/fastest method?

Well IMO "best" and "fastest" don't go together in a sentence very often!
However I think the key is in establishing a rock-solid set monitoring level (ie volume) for the speakers you mix on which never changes (at least while you mix). In professional mixing it's done with equipment to analyze the mixing room and calibrate everything to a nominal 85dB spl at the mixing position (for the cinema... which is quite loud!).
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