Recording using Stereo Mics in Final Cut Express

Hey guys, I'm a complete newbee to recording video and was wondering if anyone could offer some help. Basically, I'm trying to record a music videos to upload on to you tube. I have a Macbook Pro, a Cannon HF100, 2 x CS1000 mics, FCE and an Mbox audio card.
I want capture the video through my camera, and the stereo audio through my external microphones, and edit it all within FCE.
What would be the best way of doing this? At the moment, I'm comletely stuck.
Many thanks in advance.
Lee.

Hello, and welcome to the FCE forum!
The only good way to do this is connect the mics to your camcorder when you do your filming. You can do this with a Y-cable (2x XLR-> 1/8" mini stereo) or a mixer. The video & audio will be recorded together, perfectly sync'd, and when you Log & Transfer from your HF100 into FCE they will remain sync'd in your clips.
You can't simultaneously capture (log & transfer) video and audio from independent sources.
It is possible to record video and audio separately, and import them separately into FCE, but then you have the problem of sync'ing them in FCE.

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