Tape has 12nit sound - how can i match this up in fcp?

Question

Im trying to capture a tape with 12bit audio
Im using a dv pal sequence, dv tape,
audio presets appear to only allow 8bit, 16bit or 24bit how can i change the seq settings to match the tape - the tape is capturing out of sync.
Also, when playing back the tape on my cam, the fps are running oddly (viewable on cam lcd screen)- erratic - usually you can clearly see a steady 1234567891011...... whereas it seems to pause slightly, get faster, slower, etc... WEIRD!

Answer 1

your all comic geniuses, ive now sprayed all the nits. not as itchy as before which is nice.
As for my 12bit prob....
have used user '
DitzlerPhoto' from post - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5800262&#5800262
which is
"Here is my solution...
#1 - Confirm that the audio is in 12bit. Put tape in camera and play it back with it not connected to the camera. Turn the "display" on so it shows the details of the recording over the video. The camera should be able to show you the bit depth of the audio.
#2 - Capture the clips with 12 bit audio with Apple iMovie. Save out the project and quit out of iMovie
#3 - iMovie will save one file to your hard drive. This is actually a folder with the details of your iMovie and the raw footage. Right clip on your iMovie file and select "Show Package Contents". This will open up the folder and then in the "Media" folder you will see the raw clips captured.
#4 - open the clips in Quicktime Pro. Go to the "get info" and confirm the clips are captured with audio as "DV, Stereo, 32.000 kHz".
#5 - convert audio only to 16 bit 48 kHz You can do this with Quicktime Pro or with another sound utility.
a) with Quicktime Pro with your original video clip open select Window > Show Movie Properties. Then when that is open select the sound track and click Extract. This will open a new Quicktime window with only the audio file in it.
b) now "export" this new audio file as 48 kHz 16 bit stereo
c) open the new audio file and select all of the file with the play head then do a command "C" to copy it all
d) go back to the original movie file and with the properties window open select the audio file and click on the delete button at the top of the window.
e) position the playhead at the begining of the clip and select Edit > Add to Movie. This will paste your 48 kHz 16 bit audio in with the video track.
f) save this movie out and import this into FCP
so far ive captured using imovie which has saved the captured file and its all in sync (YAY!)
SO all i would have to do is import into fcp, and render in timeline or export the audio as aiff - 48khz