Can't render audio - General Error

I've gotten the message in other areas too, so you can imagine how frustrating it gets when I don't even get any sort of explanation or number to reference so I can troubleshoot... just "General Error".
This time around, FCP refuses to render any MP3 audio I drop into the sequence. Not much else to say. I've tried several different songs (including ones that have worked fine in the past), different sequences, different projects, restarting FCP... nothing changes.
Please help! My workload is frozen until I can figure this out!

I will try that, but it will be a huge hassle if I have to do this for all future projects. This is the first time in 4 years this has ever been an issue for me, and I'd really like to avoid adding another step (conversion) to the process if at all possible.

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