Getting audio to play through computer speakers

Hi
Ive got an external NSTC monitor and im trying to get the sound to match up with the video on it. If i do audio follows video, then the sound comes out of the monitor which sounds like crap because it has bad speakers. If i make the audio come out of my computer speakers, then it is out of sync with the video on the external monitor. i guess i could get a bunch of cords from radio shack and get a splitter and plug the computer and the audio into my computer speakers, but i was wondering if there was a way within final cut to get the audio to play in sync but not through the external monitor's audio.

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Good speakers and good monitors for editing work usually aren't the same thing. In post work, either video or audio, the audio monitors need to have a flat response; they should not color the sound in any way. That's the only way you know what the true audio will sound like.
Most speakers, including computer speakers do color the sound; some quite a bit, especially in the low end.
Nearfield monitors do provide a flat response and are designed for use in recording studios and edit suites for critical listening. When working in FCP, the ideal setup is to ALWAYS monitor your audio and video through the same path out from the computer, converted to analog and then the video going to an properly calibrated external TV monitor and the audio going to the audio monitors.
-DH

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