Issues in Final Cut Pro

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Final Cut Pro has raised several issues for us as producers, and our experience with it has not been overall very positive. The concerns and issues raised were the following:
1) Quality of the Sound
We had been working on the project, and after saving and reloading it the next day, Final Cut Pro had adjusted the audio we had inserted into the video. At a certain point in the video, the sound volume levels of the audio track increase noticeably. However, this was not something we were able to overcome without cutting this section out of the track. This would mean interrupting the continuity of the song and editing out lyrics that effected the narrative and over-all sync of the sound and visuals. Therefore, we had to leave it in. 
2) Rendering
A large proportion of the time we had devoted to editing the clips was spent on waiting for the clips to render. Every time we moved a clip, even if it were a second or two in front or behind its original placing, the clip, or sometimes several clips would need rendered. This was very time consuming and drew the editing process out longer than it needed to be.
3) Quality of the Visuals
When we inserted the clips into final cut pro, we noticed that the quality was dramatically reduced. However, when we watched the raw footage the quality was restored. We were limited with ways to overcome this without starting the whole project again with different editing software. However, we did not have the time or software that enabled us to do this. We were hoping that when we exported the clip back out of final cut pro into Quicktime player at the end of the production, the quality would increase, however, due to unknown circumstances, this was not the case, and the reduction in quality was something we had to accept.

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