Chapter 9: Editing Audio; Overview Of Audio And The Audio Mixer - Adobe 25520388 - Premiere Pro - PC Using Manual

Chapter 9: Editing Audio

Overview of audio and the Audio Mixer

In Premiere Pro, you can edit audio, add effects to it, and mix as many tracks of audio in a sequence as your computer
system can handle. Tracks can contain mono, stereo, or 5.1 surround channels.
To work with audio, you must first import it into a project or record it directly to a track. You can import audio clips
or video clips that contain audio.
After the audio clips are in a project, you can add them to a sequence and edit them just like video clips. You can also
view the waveforms of audio clips and trim them in the Source Monitor before adding the audio to a sequence. You
can adjust volume and pan/balance settings of audio tracks directly in the Timeline or Effect Controls panels, and you
can use the Audio Mixer to make mixing changes in real time. You can also add effects to audio clips in a sequence. If
you are preparing a complex mix with many tracks, consider organizing them into submixes and nested sequences.
If you have Adobe Soundbooth, you can use the Edit In Soundbooth command to send an audio file to Adobe
Soundbooth for advanced editing. In Premiere Pro CS5.5 and later, you can use the Edit in Audition command.
Maxim Jago presents "Working with Audio in Premiere
Audio tracks in a sequence
A sequence can contain any combination of the following audio tracks:
Contains one audio channel.
Mono (monophonic)
Contains two audio channels (left and right).
Stereo
Contains three front audio channels (left, center, and right), two rear or surround audio channels (left and right),
5.1
and a low-frequency effects (LFE) audio channel routed to a subwoofer speaker.
You can add or delete tracks at any time. Once a track is created, you can't change the number of channels it uses. A
sequence always contains a master track that controls the combined output for all tracks in the sequence. The master
track's format, the number of audio tracks in a sequence, and the number of channels in the audio tracks is specified
in the Tracks panel of the New Sequence dialog box.
A sequence can contain two types of audio tracks. Regular audio tracks contain actual audio. Submix tracks output the
combined signals of tracks or sends routed to it. Submix tracks are useful for managing mixes and effects.
Although each sequence is created with the designated number of audio tracks in a Timeline panel, Premiere Pro
automatically creates new audio tracks when you drop an audio clip below the last audio track in a Timeline panel.
This feature 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. You can also add tracks by right-clicking a track header and choosing Add Tracks, or by choosing Sequence >
Add Tracks.
FAQ: "Why does audio not go to the track where I drop it?"
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