Help with very strange audio issues!!!

[DVX100Shooter]

I was working on a project last night with no issues. I go to work on the project today and all the audio sounds very distorted! Nobody uses my laptop but me. Then I couldn't get my audio out to my external monitor which is a flat screen tv. It was distorted there too. I hooked up my headphones and got complete silence!

I went into my TOP menu in FCP and selected VIEW then Audio Playback and this is what I found:

Audio Follows Video
- sounds horrible

Firewire DV
- sounds horrible

Built in Output
- sounds GREAT on Laptop/Headphones but dead silence on External

Default had the same results as Built in Output.


I have never ever experienced this issue before and need to know how to fix it. Like I said, I had clear undistorted audio that could be heard last night through my external and now it either is dead silent when I play something back or it is very distorted.

The levels on my meters are not even in the red zone however it sounds awful when I had it set to Audio Follows Video or Firewire DV. The other 2 options sounded great on the laptop but nothing externally. Video shows up fine.

It's not just the current project. I tried some other projects and I got the same results. I didn't make any Audio playback changes whatsoever before tonight.

 

[AwakenedFilms]

Did you check the audio mixer? Go to the menu: Tools/audio mixer. Choose window/arrange/audio mixing for a better view of what is going on. Could be that your master output has increased beyond 0db.

The master audio output is the master for all projects and sequences. I recommend never touching it and adjusting your audio on specific tracks only...Otherwise, its easy to forget it was boosted and then DISTORTION!

Hope that helps.


J

 

[DVX100Shooter]

I'll check it but I doubt that is what is causing it since I didn't mess with the master audio previously. Just seems real odd why this is happening. I hope I can figure it out before I need to export it out.