Adjusting volume levels – Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 User Manual
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Adjusting volume levels
Monitor volume level from Timeline, or Program Monitor
Monitor volume level while capturing
Specify whether to play audio while scrubbing
Adjusting gain and volume
Normalize one or more clips
Normalize the Master track
Adjust track volume with keyframes
Apply a volume level to several clips
Adjust volume in Effect Controls
Set track volume in the Audio Mixer
Mute a track in the Audio Mixer
Mix tracks in the Audio Mixer
Monitor volume level from Timeline, or Program Monitor
You can monitor audio levels for clips in a Timeline panel.
1. If the Audio Master Meters panel is not open, select Window > Audio Master Meters. In Premiere Pro CS6, choose Window > Audio Meters.
2. Select the Program Monitor or a Timeline panel.
3. Do one of the following:
Press Space,
In the Program Monitor, click the Play Stop Toggle (Space) button .
The Audio Meters panel displays the audio level for the Timeline.
Monitor volume level while capturing
You can monitor audio levels while capturing DV or HDV footage.
1. If the Audio Meters panel is not open, select Window > Audio Master Meters. In Premiere Pro CS6, choose Window > Audio Meters.
2. Capture video from a DV or HDV source.
The Audio Meters panel displays the audio level for the captured footage.
Specify whether to play audio while scrubbing
By default Premiere Pro plays the audio when you scrub any clip or sequence containing audio in the Source Monitor, Program Monitor, or a
Timeline. You can change this setting, if you prefer silent scrubbing.
1. Select Edit > Preferences > Audio (Windows), or Premiere Pro > Preferences > Audio (Mac OS).
You can assign a keyboard shortcut to the Preferences > Audio command. See
2. Check or deselect Play Audio While Scrubbing, depending on the option desired.
3. Click OK.
Adjusting gain and volume
Gain generally refers to the input level or volume in clips. Volume generally refers to the output level or the volume in sequence clips or tracks. You
can set gain or volume levels to make levels more consistent among tracks or clips, or to change the volume of a track or clip. Keep in mind,
however, that if the level of an audio clip was set too low when it was digitized, increasing the gain or volume might simply amplify noise. For best
results, follow the standard practice of recording or digitizing source audio at the optimum level; this practice allows you to concentrate on
adjusting track levels.
You use the Audio Gain command to adjust the gain level for one or more selected clips. The Audio Gain command is independent of the output
level settings in the Audio Mixer and Timeline panels, but its value is combined with the track level for the final mix.
You can adjust the volume for a sequence clip in the Effect Controls or Timeline panels. In the Effect Controls panel, you use the same methods
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