Import iPhone footage audio question

Hi,
I'm doing tests on importing iPhone footage. The audio is in mono, so I can't actually hear it in my project without separating it, then creating a left and right channel. I also don't see a control that converts mono to stereo.
What is the preferred method to getting audio to work in FCP X projects?
thanks,
Dave

Are the meters moving when you play back the clip?
I can hear the audio in the clip but not the project.
That's confused me. You mean you hear the audio when you play back the clip in the browser, but you don't hear it when you put the clip into a project? What are your project properties exactly?

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I have gone back and reread your whole thread. I think the light bulb may have lit here and that I bypassed the following.
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All that are fully showing are the pictures... ALL The Videos are located in a "BLANK" box on that same screen.
Again,   If I select the "make movies" option   the videos are able to be dragged down to the timeline, where they fully appear. However, I cannot view them in the selection area
On my re-read of your thread, it appears that your blank box is not in Project Assets in the Expert workspace of Premiere Elements 12 Editor. It is in the Elements Organizer 12 which is part of Premiere Elements 12. Is that correct? If it is,
a. if you double click the blank thumbnail in that Elements Organizer 12, can you play back the video file there?
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