Audio low during Capture

Hi this may be a dumb or easy question, but I am pulling my hair out trying to figure out a fix. I capture video with good audio levels but when it is captured into FCP the levels are really low. Using gain to +12 does not help. Any suggestions? Thank you!

How do you know the audio was recorded with good levels to begin with? From the meters on your camcorder or through headphones?<</div>
I used both to determine the levels are good.
And how do you know the audio level is too low in FCP? How are you monitoring the audio out of FCP? What's the average level showing on FCP's audio meters?<</div>
I played the video back and listen through the computers speakers, I also look at the audio levels in FCP.
When playing back the tape in your deck or camcorder, do the meters show the same levels as FCP's meters when you play back the clip in the viewer or Timeline? If not, how did you capture the clip?<</div>
No the levels are higher on the deck. I used a DV deck directly into the Mac.

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