Final Cut Express incompatibility with Final Cut Studio 2

I recently upgraded to FCS 2. I have several projects created with Final Cut Express HD 3.5.1. I can open all projects created with FCE in Final Cut Pro 6.0 without difficulty. The problem occurs when I "round trip" a clip from Final Cut Pro 6.0 to Soundtrack Pro to remove audio problems. When the edited audio file is returned to the Final Cut Pro project, the audio is out of sync. This only happens when the project was created with FCE HD and opened in Final Cut Pro 6.0. If I make a new project starting from scratch in FCP 6.0 , use the same media, and perform a similar "round trip", the problems dissappears. I would hate to recreate all projects in FCP 6.0. Any solutions?

chuckz33 wrote:
Frame Rate to 8000
Frame rate is fixed to 29.97 ot 25 in FCE. What do you plan with 8000 frames/second?
HD1920X1080 is a frame size, what is the CODEC used (like H.264,MPEG2, QT animation, etc)?
Michel Boisssonneault

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