I got myself a copy of Final Cut Express 2 a long while back, and just started using it now, so yea... I'm a n00b, I appologize.

Then captured audio seems just fine, so that's not the problem. On the other hand, when I drag in an .mp3, the audio is choppy.

I would presume this would go away upon final rendering, but alas; it's all the same.
That's even with 48 khz audio... and a mono feed.

Well, what should I do. It's annoying as hell and takes away the "quality" of my shorts.

Thanks guys. Haven't been here for about 4 months, and I hope your all still as helpful as you once were.

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Originally posted by Ademu:
Haven't been here for about 4 months, and I hope your all still as helpful as you once were.

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Really? Someone using your account posted 4 days ago, and two weeks ago, and a week before that, and another two weeks before that, and another week before that, and so on. Strange.

As for your problem: It's a sampling issue. What you need to do to any mp3 before you import it into FCE is convert it to a WAV or AIF. You can do that with quicktime pro if you have it (file>export>Sound to AIF (or Wave) with all the settings on automatic. Or, you can also do it with iTunes (a little work-around I discovered):
1. iTunes>Prefs>Importing Pane>Set import using to AIFF encoder and then click okay.
2. bring mp3 into iTunes, highlight it, and go Advanced>convert selection to AIFF.
3. When done converting, select new file in library and go File>Show song file. This will take you into your finder and show you where the file was created. You can then drag it into your project and import it into FCE.

So, I hope you own the rights to that mp3. Stealing music would also take away from the "quality of your shorts." Denim, right?

all the best

Well, I'm sure I haven't posted that much... lol, maybe I have... but I don't think so. But what I do know for a fact is, is that I haven't really acknowledged the forums much at all. I maybe have read the first couple topics in 'General Film Making' but aside from that...!

I have reviewed a couple films though...

Also, thank you.

And no. They're usually khaki.

.mp3's aren't that good in quality to begin with, and all the dumping of information they do to get the small file size actually can complicate your audio editing, so like joren said, convert it.

but the problem with converting is that although you'll get a better audio format, the new .wav or .aiff file might still sound poor because of all the information that was lost on the .mp3 file when it was created, so if you can get back to the original audio (from your camera or CD) and create an .aiff file from those, you'd have a great file to edit with and manipulate.