Muffled when back in FCP

The audio had a lot of noise in FCP so I sent it to SndtrkPro. It sounds great here, so when I send it back or export it as an AIFF it sounds muffled again in FCP.
What gives? Fairly new to using Soundtrack Pro.
Thanks!

You do not want to limit Capture / Export File Segment Size - really, at all unless you are using an MSDOS/FAT32 disk drive, which you do not want to do. Virex was the likely cause of your problem. What I was suggesting was that you put a limit on Capture Now.
Also, you can cut David some slack for missing the detail about your LaCie - by and large, we're all professionals here and all volunteers. David spends a not-insignificant amount of time helping folks out in these discussions.
The new system for discussions asks that after you mark your question as answered, you take the time to mark any posts that have aided you with the helpful tag and the post that provided your answer with the solved tag. This not only gives points to the posters, but points anyone searching for answers to similar problems to the proper posts.
If we use the forums properly they will work well...
Patrick

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The habit you build now you'll use on a 30 minute show. 98% will suddenly overwhelm you. Build good habits now and you'll never have to break them later (or have your client break your fingers as the drop-dead deadline fast approaches and you're tinkering with the slip tool).
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