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I've recently switched from DV-NTSC editing to HD (set-up for HDV 1080i60 in FCP). At first I had problems getting Final Cut to capture the video, but read a thread that suggested to trash my Final Cut preferences folder. I did, and it corrected my capture problem, but now I have a new problem. When I import .aif (or AIFF however you want to call it) it sounds fine when I play it in the FCP viewer, but when I drag it into the timeline it sounds choppy, a bit slow, distorted, and it's peaking bad. I made sure my QT conversion to AIFF is 44.1 kHz 16 bit Sterio, but doesn't make any difference. I've messed with levels, the audio playback settings, and a few other things that haven't helped. I've spent hours on discussion threads, and finally gave up to ask you experts out there. I would appreciate any advice!
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8) Final Cut Pro 5.0.4, QT 7.1.3

Even at 48kHz, 16 bit Stereo...same issue. To me, Final Cut shouldn't really be that finicky with whether the AIFF is mono, sterio, or even the bit rate for that matter. The big question to me is, why didn't Final Cut care when my default setting was NTSC DVPRO, but now it cares when my default setting is HDV 1080i60? I see that my 1080i video (audio) is at 48 kHz, 16 bit sterio (which plays fine in the sequence) but the imported audio (same format) does not. I'm stumped.

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