Adjusting audio in Premiere Pro CS4

Question

I am trying to edit interview clips - the interviewer can be heard well but the interviewee can barely be heard. How do I adjust the volume of specific parts of the video? Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi lindsaydl, how's it going?
What the Wine Snob said is correct, but if you'd like to adjust the audio levels inside of Premiere all you need to do is add keyframes.
To do this, expand the audio track you want to adjust by clicking the little triangle just to the left of the track name.  This will open up the track for editing.  You can make the track taller, by pulling the bottom of it, just under the track title, down.  Now, you just place your cursor over where you would like to add a keyframe, hold down the control button, and click on the yellow line.  This will add a keyframe that you can pull up to make the volume louder, or down to lower it.
Use multiple keyframes to fade in/out, or you could also just cut the clip into pieces and adjust the volume of the separate pieces.  I actually prefer working this way, myself, because if I decide to make an additional change, I don't have to go back to Soundbooth or another app to make adjustments.  Although, one thing that I do is to clean up recorded dialogue before bringing it into Premiere in the first place.  I usually do this in GoldWave or sometimes in Audacity.
Hope that helps.