About Channels In Audio Clips - Adobe PREMIERE PRO 2 Manual

ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 2.0
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User Guide
Sequence audio can contain two kinds of tracks. Regular audio tracks contain actual audio. Submix tracks output the
combined signals of tracks routed to it. Submix tracks are useful for managing mixes and effects.
Although each sequence is created with a default number of audio tracks in the Timeline panel, Adobe Premiere Pro
automatically creates new audio tracks as needed. This is useful if the number of audio clips that you're stacking
exceeds the number of available tracks in a sequence, or if the number of channels in an audio clip doesn't match the
number of channels in the default audio tracks.
Adobe Premiere Pro creates a new audio track to match the channel format of a clip dragged to the Timeline panel.
See also
"General settings" on page 25
"Working with submixes" on page 192
"To add tracks" on page 113
"To delete tracks" on page 113
"To rename a track" on page 113

About channels in audio clips

Clips can contain one audio channel (mono), two audio channels—left and right (stereo), or 5 audio surround
channels with a low-frequency effects audio channel (5.1 surround). Although a sequence can accommodate any
combination of clips, all the audio is mixed to the track format (mono, stereo, or 5.1 surround) of the master track.
Adobe Premiere Pro lets you change the track format (the grouping of audio channels) in an audio clip. For example,
sometimes you may want to apply audio effects differently to the individual channels in a stereo or 5.1 surround clip.
You can change the track format in stereo or 5.1 surround clips so that the audio is placed on separate mono tracks
when the clips are added to a sequence.
Note: You can change a master clip's track format only before you add an instance of the clip to a sequence.
Adobe Premiere Pro also lets you remap the output channels or tracks for a clip's audio channels. For example, you
can remap the left channel audio in a stereo clip so that it's output to the right channel.