Kohlson, thanks for trying.
The camera has a dual mic set up but on this project I only had one mic on. Regardless, the inconsistency of sometimes the audio being two channels and sometimes one doesn't make sense to me.
I shot the subject for several minutes, and either paused or stopped recording periodically. Viewing the SD card on the computer I see the various clips. I converted a long clip using the above software, then trimmed that clip into a smaller section. I repeated this step using the original converted clip for several more trimmed sections. I know the first trim has stereo (two channels). Not sure, but I think the subsequent trims do not. Could multiple trims be the culprit?
RE; Duping the channel, In FCE I tried splitting the mono track in half on the timeline, dragging the second half below it, then expanding them both so they were they same length and in sync with the video. In playing the clip however, the audio is still only on one side. What am I missing here?
Thanks, Kay