View time in audio time units, Making quick audio adjustments, Working with clips, channels, and tracks – Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 User Manual
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Editing Audio
Last updated 11/6/2011
View time in audio time units
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In the Audio Mixer, Program Monitor, Source Monitor, or Timeline panel, choose Show Audio Time Units from
the panel menu.
To see more volume detail when viewing an audio waveform in a Timeline panel, increase the track height. To see
more time detail, view time in audio units.
Making quick audio adjustments
Although Premiere Pro includes a full-featured audio mixer, there are times when you may not need many of the
options. For example, you might be creating a rough cut from video and audio captured together from DV footage,
output to stereo tracks. In such a case, follow these guidelines:
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Start with the Master meters and volume fader in the Audio Mixer. If the audio is too far below 0 dB or too high
(the red clipping indicator appears), adjust the level of clips or tracks as needed.
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To temporarily silence a track, use the Mute Track button in the Audio Mixer or the Toggle Track Output icon
in a Timeline panel. To temporarily silence all other tracks, use the Solo button in the Audio Mixer.
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When making audio adjustments of any kind, determine whether the change should be applied to the entire track
or to individual clips. Audio tracks and clips are edited in different ways.
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Use the Show/Hide Tracks command in the Audio Mixer menu to display only the information you want to see
and save screen space. If you aren’t using effects and sends, you can hide them by clicking the triangle at the left
edge of the Audio Mixer.
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Working with clips, channels, and tracks
Map audio channels
Mapping the audio channels in clips determines the type and number of audio tracks in which they appear in a
sequence. Also, mapping channels determines their destination channels within the master track, and therefore in the
final output file. For example, if you map channels 1 and 2 in a stereo clip to the Left-Front and Right-Front channels
in a 5.1-channel master track, the two source channels appear as a single 5.1-channel track when placed into a
sequence. They feed the Left-Front and Right-Front channels of the master track. When the final output is played
through a 5.1-channel surround sound system, the original two channels play through the Left-Front and Right-Front
speakers, respectively.
To learn more about mapping audio channels, see the video tutorial, Audio Channel Mapping In Premiere Pro CS3