Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - Manual (Page 201)

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Last updated 11/6/2011
Chapter 9: Editing Audio
Working with audio
About audio
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 Adobe Soundbooth command to send an audio file to Adobe
Soundbooth for advanced editing.
More Help topics
“ Specify the default audio device ” on page 44
“ Specify ASIO device settings (Windows only) ” on page 44
Audio Basics
Working With Audio
“ About recording audio ” on page 211
“ Adjusting gain and volume ” on page 216
“ About channels in audio clips ” on page 196
“ Set sample-based audio In and Out points ” on page 208
“ About editing audio in Adobe Soundbooth ” on page 234
About audio tracks in a sequence
A sequence can contain any combination of the following audio tracks:
Mono (monophonic) Contains one audio channel.
Stereo Contains two audio channels (left and right).
5.1 Contains three front audio channels (left, center, and right), two rear or surround audio channels (left and right),
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