Bass distortion

Hey guys, I've got a little problem with the audio on a video I'm working on. In the video, I have several very low bass sounds (LFE, or low-frequency effect). Kind of like those sounds you hear in dramatic movie trailers. Because the volume of the LFEs was too low, I boosted it and it sounded fine while playing it back in FCP. However, when I export the video, the LFEs become very distorted. I tried adjusting a few audio settings, but to no avail. Does anyone know a way that I can export this video with undistorted LFEs?
Thanks!
Jordan

when I export the video, the LFEs become very distorted. I tried adjusting a few audio settings, but to no avail. Does anyone know a way that I can export this video with undistorted LFEs?
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Welcome to the family, Jordan.
You have not specified what codec you used to export. It's most likely the codec cannot support that kind of audio data. It's also possible that your playback settings into your audio amplifier must be tweaked.
To get truly huge wide freq response from a digital file usually requires Dolby 5.1 and that gets really complicated. You can find some information in the online help systems for FCP and DVDSP.
Hope you get better advice.
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