Final cut to motion

am trying to "send to motion" a sequence (actually just audio) from fcp to motion and keep getting a "general error" message and motion wont launch. help please....

I've just trying this, and it seems to work but only if you send the video and the audio.
Otherwise it isn't a motion project.
Try sending the audio only to soundtrack
Are you using Motion 2 and Final Cut Pro 5 with latest updates?
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especially in the music video world where there is a lot of cutting to a beat.< </div>
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