Audio level drop in FCP

[Tom Brooks]

When dual mono is captured, I think FCP default is to pan the channels center. This results in the -6 levels. If you pan the channel hard left or right it will be normal. Can you confirm this?

[Mark D’agostino]

Interesting. I’ll give that a try and let you know.
Presently I adjust a clip’s level either by simply raising it and/or adding compression and then copy that clip’s audio attributes to all the appropriate clips in that track in the sequence. It works beautifully but is an extra step I think should not be necessary.
Thanks for the input!

Mark D’Agostino
http://www.synergeticproductions.com