Audio garbled on import from Canon XA10 to FCPX

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Audio garbled on import from Canon XA10 to FCPX

I'm running the current FCPX on the current Yosemite OS on a maxed out Late 2012 Mac Mini. Just bought a Canon XA10 and recorded HiDef clips to the internal HD. During recording I monitored the audio on headphones and it was good. When I play back the clips on the camera, again the audio is good. But when I import them to FCPX the audio is garbled. You can make out the sync comments but the audio is terrible, not anywhere close to what I heard outside of FCPX. First I imported all 12 clips. Then I tried just importing 1 clip to a different Library. Even tried exporting a .mov from the project and playing it on Quicktime. Always same result. Canon, Mac or FCPX problem? Thanks!

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Posted on Mar 25, 2015 5:24 PM

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Alchroma

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Mar 25, 2015 6:20 PM in response to flushme06

Can you provide specific info on the type of clips the XA10 records and also the Project settings in FCP X please?

Al

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flushme06 Author

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Mar 25, 2015 6:43 PM in response to Alchroma

Thanks Al. I recorded HD in 30p 24Mbps, Canon's MXP 1920x1080. Then I imported the clips into a FCPX SD project, 720x480 29.97. I think this is a Mac issue not FCPX since I opened the Canon file on my desktop and copied the entire AVCHD file. When I play back the clips on Quicktime, I get the same audio problem as I get in the browser and project in FCPX.

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