Multicam with external audio. Audio disappears on timeline

I'm doing what I've done a hundred times before: Two cameras, external audio.
But this time I'm doing it under Mavericks. Hmmmmmm.
1. select cam-a, cam-b and audio track, make multicam file.
2. double click to reveal on screen. Everything's fine, you can see waveforms, plays...everything's normal.
3. Open New Project on timeline.
4. hit "e" to advance multileg file to the timeline.
5. No external audio. It's there in the angle editor, but no waveform, no sound.
I've looked at everything I can think of. Stumped......thoughts?
Thanks,
/john

It doesn't look as though the audio file synced with the other angles.
Open the multiclip in the angle editor from the event broswer. Is the external audio present?
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