As of version 10.2., audio imported from a SONY FX1k (tape-based camera, has extremely poor quality once in the browser or on the timeline. It sounds a little like phone calls over the internet at very low bandwidth. The last time I imported from the SONY FX1 was under version 10.1 and the audio was fine. When i play back the imported clip in QTPlayer 10 directly from the Original Media folder (via ...fcpbundle > Package Contents > ...), the audio is fine!! When I duplicate a clip from the Original Media folder to a folder outside of the package and then "re-import" it, audio again becomes terrible.I tested this with older tapes i still have and imported without problems in older versions of FCPX. But in 10.2., that footage now has extremely poor sound quality.Anybody else with this issue? Any ideas what could be going on?

FCPX 10.2 audio extremely poor from HDV import

As of version 10.2., audio imported from a SONY FX1k (tape-based camera, has extremely poor quality once in the browser or on the timeline. It sounds a little like phone calls over the internet at very low bandwidth. The last time I imported from the SONY FX1 was under version 10.1 and the audio was fine. When i play back the imported clip in QTPlayer 10 directly from the Original Media folder (via ...fcpbundle > Package Contents > ...), the audio is fine!! When I duplicate a clip from the Original Media folder to a folder outside of the package and then "re-import" it, audio again becomes terrible.

I tested this with older tapes i still have and imported without problems in older versions of FCPX. But in 10.2., that footage now has extremely poor sound quality.

Anybody else with this issue? Any ideas what could be going on?

iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Apr 24, 2015 6:22 PM