FCP 7 :Audio

Hello All,
So I am finishing up my video project and for some reason I am unable to hear the audio for my project... The mute buttons are not checked so I am not sure what the issue is, when I open another one of my projects the auido plays but for this one it isn't.. please help, I have a deadline to meet by Monday and need to have this done.
Thanks in advance!

Check that under the Audio/Video Settings (alt + command+Q) the audio playback is set to Built-In Line output
Jim

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