Final Cut Pro Audio Problem

We recently had a problem with mastering a digital beta tape using FCP 3.1.
The final audio mix was brought in as a wav file. Playing the file through quicktime, worked fine, however there were very specific sound FX that would not play back through final cut or our system. I even exported the clip from FCP and made a movie in the Black Magic Decklink codec. That file played the auido just fine from the desk top, however when I brought it back into FCP, and tried to lay it off to tape, the same SFX dropped out of the sound track.
So we isolated the sound that wasn't working, and brought it in. The same problem persisted. We then exported the sound file so that instead of having audio in only one channel of a dual channel audio file, we just made it a monochannel sound, and put it in one channel only of our time line.. and THIS WORKED!
So I have a fix, but its the problem that we dont understand. We need to make sure that this sort of thing doesnt lead to larger problems in the future and would really like to get to the bottom of it. If anyone could help us out with this please do!
-A

Betcha dollars to doughnuts it's a phase problem. This explains the reason it works in one channel and not in both.
Suggest you invite your audio guy over and play it for him on your system. And let him fix it for you.
WHERE in the chain of events this originally occurred is the tricky part. But it ought to be fun sort of mystery to unravel if you've got the time before deadline to get it properly sorted.
Good luck with it. Let us know.

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