A colleague asked me the question below. If FCE could solve his problem, he would upgrade from iMovie. He records a lot of weddings and similar events. Because I often shoot in extreme sound situations where controlling both right and left audio is impossible, I use a mono microphone plugged into an XLR jack either right or left. In iMovie, I don't have the option of either making the sound stereo or mono across both sides on my DVDs so that the same sound will play out of both speakers. Do you know if there is a mono option in Final Cut Express or even in Final Cut itself? Does anyone have any thoughts or advice for him. Mary Ann Janosko