Master audio mix

Is there a way to control my audio output using one master output. For example. I would like all my final audio from all my clips to output to a single compressor as well as a limiter. I can't find any master mixer.

Make everything into a single compound clip and apply the effect to the compound.

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Premiere Pro 6/Mac - 5.1 audio mixer master channel order

The channel order of the audio mixer 5.1 master channel appears to be L, R, Ls, Rs, C, LFE. Can this be changed to one of the more common standards esp. L, R, C, LFE, Ls, Rs so that I don't have to reconfigure channels for every 5.1 clip I bring into the project.

Same thing here. See this post I made prior to seeing yours:
Output Mapping Preference for 5.1 Audio

Unable to perform multi audio tracks mixing with Audio Mixer

How do you get a simple multi track mix with the Premier Pro 1.5 Audio Mixer?
I got 2 audio clips, each sitting at the start of its own separate track (Audio 1 and Audio 2). I just want to mix them into the Master track. Simple enough.
So I go to the Audio Mixer. Position the CTI at the start of the tracks and hit the red RECORD button. The red spot starts blinking. Then I hit the START/STOP button expecting the tracks to start mixing into the Master track. Instead, I get this error message
"PLAYER ERROR: You cannot record without enabling at least one track for recording."
I get the same problem if I try the mix onto a submix track.
What am I missing? I combed through the Premiere Pro User Guide and J. Rosenberg's Premiere Pro Studio Techniques but to no avail.
Thanks for any help.
JB.

Jacques, I havn't seen 1.5 for a while, so I need to stress that what I'm about to say is more of an educated guess linked to a rough memory.
Each audio track in the mixer has a small chip (tickbox in 1.5??) that you click in order to enable that track for recording. In CS3 it's a little microphone.
Having said that, I DON'T think that's going to give you what you want, as the intention of the recording functionality in PP is to record audio FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE (like a microphone) straight to an audio track, say, when doing a Voice Over for some video.
You can't "mix down" to the master, as the master is not a track per se. It's just a "final" level control. The master will always be the sum of the active tracks, and THAT'S what will be rendered in the final output.
You can still "live mix" your audio with the faders, it's just that those movements get recorded as keyframes on each of the tracks you modify (including, BTW, the Master).
The advantage to this workflow is that every fader move you make is infinitley editable... a small error when riding the faders can easily be fixed by dragging keyframes.
HTH.
Matthew

Getting a good Audio mix

SPOILER ALERT - rookie here...
..it's getting better, but i've had some difficulties getting a good final audio output.   There are 2 tracks, dialog and "background" music,
and i basically mix to bring up the dialog sometimes, (while also reducing the music), or vice versa, depending on the clip.
I'm using the audio mixer with the "Touch" method of automation. Actually, my first burn had an acceptable "mix", although
the ENTIRE level was too low, so i remixed, turning down my computer speakers, and running each track a little hotter. I'm a little
confused as to which meter i should be watching - the master meter in the mixer, or the meter that appears alongside the
timeline, which seems to vary somewhat.   If i use the timeline meter, it's hard to get it UP to -12db, and the audio mixer meter
doesn't seem to be adjustable.    Often, the audio 1 dialog can be pretty high, but the output volume just isn't a lot.
I've also played with the normalize track feature, and discovered that if i set it at, say "-8db",
it churns for awhile and gives me an errmsg regarding having to go to 0db, therefore not possible. I've been through a few tuts
but not finding some of the fundamentals i think i need to get this right. In short, the mix is pretty good, it's just that the final output
level seems too low.   (I have to play it at about 85 % volume on the dvd player).   MAYBE this is much ado about nothing, and
it's all perfectly normal, but i don't know enough yet to know one way or the other.    After working with vectorscopes and RGB parades
for awhile, i find it comforting for the system to tell me if it's correct, instead of relying on my own observation, although i guess that's
what needs to prevail at the end of the day/

Using the audio gain feature is for sure the easiest method of turning an entire sequence up, just as Jim correctly described by nesting everything then turning the gain up.
One thing I'd really recommend though taking a look at using in the future is a compressor. Once I started using one for my audio levels I found that it made my life extremely easy. Once you have it setup correctly it will raise your lows and lower your peaks for you. Basically what it does is reduce volume once it reaches a certain threshold. Then using the makeup gain option it also adds gain to the audio. I generally just apply the dynamics effect to entire audio tracks. The other great part about the dynamics effect is that it has a limiter on it as well. Which is wonderful because you can set a limit of -10db for example and it won't allow anything to go over that point. So it makes it very easy to achieve consistent audio levels. So normally I always put a dynamics effect on my master track, with only the limiter enabled. So that nothing can go over whatever value I set. Then I use the dynamics effect using the compressor/makeup gain only as needed for the rest of the tracks. However depending on what your exact needs are that setup may or may not make since for you. I really think that it sounds like using this effect could be helpful for you though, so you might want to try it out.

5.1 Audio Mixer window

Can anyone tell me what the order of the meters are in a 5.1 project with a 5.1 audio master? The meters appear to be L, R, Ls, Rs, C, Lfe while the surcode plugin is looking for L,R,C,Lfe,Ls,Rs.
Is there any way to change the order of the audio mixer meter to ensure it matches with the surcode plugin?
Also, is there any way to send audio exclusively to the Lfe instead of to L,R,Ls,Rs and Lfe?
THX!

There are several questions and considerations here.
1. the order of the VU meters is predicated on the Audio Tracks (AT) in PrPro. At this stage of things, you place source material on the various AT's and then position them spatially. Effects (say a filter on an AT that you want to go to the LFE channel) also can play a role, but you make the decisions.
2. the "standard order of channels in say a WMA file, with the individual tracks set for stripping to discreet mono WAV elements, is as per below:
Track Number
Track Name
1
Left (front)
2
Right (front)
3
Center (front)
4
LFE
5
Left Surround (rear)
6
Right Surround (rear)
Now, with the SurCode DD 5.1 SS encoding, things change a bit. This does come into play if you go to a program, like Audition:
Track Number
Track Name
1
Left (front)
2
Center (front)
3
Right (front)
4
Left Surround (rear)
5
Right Surround (rear)
6
LFE
Hope that this helps. If you are Importing and placing "standard" discreet SS files onto AT's, use the first table. [I also rename each AT to reflect exactly what is going to be one it.] If you are Exporting, via SurCode to then plan on using table #2, when dealing with the discrete mono files.
Hunt

What to do when the client asks for changes after final audio mix?

Sometimes a client will want changes after the final audio mix has been done. That is, I've already sent the project from Premiere Pro to Audition, done a master mix, and sent it back to Premiere Pro. If I'm then asked to make changes to the video, I don't know of any way to preserve the work I've already done in Audition and just update it with changes. I find myself making the changes in Premiere Pro and re-sending the whole project back to Audition for a completely new mix. This isn't very time efficient, and I'm wondering if anyone knows if I can update a project in Audition with changes in Premiere Pro without having to start again?
Obviously it's best to have picture lock before doing the final mix, but things happen and people change their minds.
I'm working in CS6.
Thanks
Carolyn

"The only question I have is whether it is possible to save any of the work
I've done in Audition when I am resending back from Premiere."
A: Absolutely
"When I add more elements to my sequence and unmute the original track and export the
new sequence to Audition, I am basically starting on a fresh mix, right?"
A: Yes
"It's a new sequence?"
No. It's the same sequence. But without the tracks (stems) you previously had in it.
"The only option seems to be to overwrite. My question is whether I can save any of the work I've already done in Audition- there is often a couple of hours of work in already.
A: Before you do anything, save whatever work you've done in Audtion as a session.

Audio mixing in FCP: anyway to put a peak limiter on the entire mix?

I know how to apply audio filters and effects to individual audio tracks, but maybe I'm missing something obvious.
I come from a music production background, typically, we will have effects on the individual tracks, but then there will also be some effects on the stereo mix (master bus), such as a mastering limiter or peak limiter.
I haven't seen anyway to do something like this within FCP.
I have FCS, I have SoundTrack Pro, but I haven't used it yet - is this something you need to do with SoundTrack?

Thanks! Even though I've got nested sequences in my project, it didn't dawn on me to take the whole final timeline, and nest it all one more time, in order to get down to two tracks of audio and video. You're absolutely right, you can apply effects to the whole audio mix, then.
Of course, after spending the day playing with Sound Track, I'm seeing the possibilities there, it's a much more well-developed application for editing and tweaking the audio mix, more and better effects, but there is sort of a "disconnect" going on when you have to be going back and forth between the two applications.

Audio Mixer faders don't move during playback, but levels do change

Hi, I'm having this problem (FCP 6.06):
I've automated clip levels on my audio tracks with keyframes. Druing playback, all the audio mixing works fine, volumes go up and down like they are supposed to.
However, I wanted to watch it happen in the audio mixer. Expect, with the audio mixer open, none of the faders move, even though I can clearly hear the clips adjusting themselves properly.
If I stop the playback, and click around in the timeline, then the faders move to show the correct levels. But during playback, they will not move at all!
I tried changing the audio mixer Source menu, from auto, canvas, viewer, etc. No effect. I tried enableing the "Record audio keyframes" button, the downmix buttone, etc. No effect. Any ideas?

Hi,
I have the same problem.
I figured out, that the failure occures for sure if I speed up the video to > 1000%. The funny thing is that the video plays fine, only audio (musik track) stopps...
The audio track of the video (therefore also speed up to 1000%) is muted, and shouldn't be rendered, right? But if I delet this speeded up audioclip the problem is gone!
Another problem is the master-audiometer. It stopps working sometimes while audio is still playing. Changing the sequence and changing back again helps solving the problem for some minutes... boring.
What should we do?
I don't think that my pc is to slow. i7 980X, 24GB Ram, GTX 680, Raid0 SATA3, SSD.
Grüße
Johannes

Audio Mixer FCP X

I have a project that I do on a regular basis. It is a dance recital where i have live sound picked up from a mic on the stage for audience participation and tap sound in my left channel.
The right channel is a direct connect to the sound board main out that is only music.
Currently I am using FCP 6. FCP 6 has a audio mixer where I can adjust the left channel and right channel independently so that I have a good mix between live sound where the tap is not too overbearing and the music. Different dances require different mixes and there may be 70 different dances. Some are 1 person tap, some are 30 peron tap. you can imagine how loud 30 tap dancers can be. Thank god for my mixer.
Even though my left channel may be way lower than the right channel, the Output left and right are balanced, even. I am not sure why, but I believe that my mixer treats each channel as an input. It has a master output where i am able to get the master outpus equal in volume. This has been working great.
I am now testing out FCP X and all I can see is a panner for each channel. OK, I can pan BUT I am left withwide differnce in left and right channel output levels.
I have been looking for a mixer plug in but I cant find anything.
Anyone know of a good mixer plugin??
Thanks

DO you want a mixer or just to see both channels. If the clips are set to dual mono and you use the expand audio components function, you'll see both channels and be able to control them independently.

No Master Audio buss?

I've just spent the last hour or so trying to get something done using it.... no luck - total waste.
This is gonna sound like a rant so I apologize ahead of time... it's not directed at anyone in particular. I'm just venting frustration that Apple has clearly aimed this product at newbees and left us pros out in the cold.
There is not even an stupid 'save' button... so EVERYTHING I 'try' ends up being saved and their do/undo scheme does NOT work for everything!
So if I want to 'try' using an audio option it starts a stupid 'background process' and I cannot kill it... even if I choose to 'undo' what I chose to do that caused the background process to start.
Oh, and by the way... no master fader? Come on! No master mixer access? Really Apple? How is one to 'optimize' the audio level for a project? Adjust each and every audio channel in the project and bring them up or down to have the master level be high enough?
Or are they gonna force me to export my project to some 3rd party app and expect it to 'compress' and 'limit' the master audio signal?
This should be able to be done within the program without having to go elsewhere.
How about at least giving me the option to using VST plugins?
I'm giving up on FCPX for now as it's too buggy and clearly not ready for prime time (IMHO).
Maybe when the next update comes out it will address some of these issues.

in GB's prefs set the Output popUp menu to "built-in"

Audio mix troubleshooting

Why doesn't Premiere Elements 10 save changes to audio mix after I click save?

Here is a look at both the Audio Track, and Audio Mixer in PrE 11.
Audio Mixer can work in two ways:
If one is at the beginning of the Timeline, and it is not playing, an Audio Track, including the Master, can be adjusted. That change should stick, until changed in some way.
With the Timeline playing, adjusting the Sliders will add Track Keyframes to the Track, and those changes should also stick.
To test the second method, play back the Timeline, and the Slider (for the Track that you adjusted) should move on its own.
Good luck,
Hunt

Master Audio Level Not Showing

My individual audio levels show but the master is on and off. When I get it, I can't figure out how I got it. Any ideas?
Scot

with me, I was trouble shooting Premiere CC 2014.2's inability for proper 5.1 sound mix.
I can hear all audio tracks fine, and all tracks display in the audio mixer except for the master is displayed intermittantly. It makes for trouble shooting Premiere's inability 2014.2 to properly map the Lfe channel pretty tough when the master 5.1 track will not display.
WIth 2014.2 the Lfe bleeds into the left front track.
I have trouble shot this (along with many others) before and got nowhere. A recent awakening of one of those threads had me retrace my frustrating attempts. Further frustrated when I could hear the Lfe being bled into the front left channel, knew it was bleeding, but could not see any channel in the master output, only could see input channels.
my trouble shooting was diverted into just getting the master audio track to display the 6 channel output of the 5.1 audio.
After actually locking in the master audio output display, all attempts were futile to achieve proper 5.1 audio mapping.
I paste a link to one of the many threads here.
https://forums.adobe.com/message/7508799?et=watches.email.thread#7508799

__is there a way to save a preset for audio mixer settings...??

I have CS5
Looking to speed up the process so that I don't have to redo the audio mixer settings for every project - rather just tweak where needed.
So wanted to setup the audio mixer how I want it - and just have it set as default for all projects or have some automated way to apply the same audio mixer settings to each new project.
What's the best way to do this my people ?
Thanks!

I agree with Jim Simon. Creating your own template is a good workaround to what would be a good feature.
The ability to save audio presets (and more) is in my feature request list for Pr:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4392211#4392211
Please add your voice to the chorus requesting this feature, and any (or all) of the other useful features on my list. Adobe listens. Strength in numbers. Here's the feature request link:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
Bookmark it.

5.1 Surround audio mixing

Does anyone have some recommendations for a good 5.1 surround audio mixing program?

You might be interested in my post from the Compressor forum on exporting from FCP to Compressor 2 for Dolby Digital:
Here is my procedure for a basic 5 channel project consiting of one stereo pair for the front speakers, a mono track for the center, and a stereo pair for the rear speakers.
First make a copy of your FCP surround project and name it as such.
i.e. My Project saved as My Project_surround
This will leave your original project untouched as a two channel mix should you wish to provide the user of your DVD with a seperate mix optimized for stereo only playback.
We will now be changing audio track assignments.
"My Project_surround" will now not play all tracks in your stereo audio monitoring environment unless you have a soundcard with at least 5 outputs.feeding a surround speaker set-up.
(or you use the Audio Mixer from the Tools drop down to monitor a downmix to two channels)
Open My Project_surround.
Let's assume that your timeline has a stereo pair "A1/A2" for the front L/R speakers, a mono file "A5" for the Center, and a stereo pair "A3/A4" for the rear speakers, Ls, Rs.
Use command "0" (zero) to open the project properties.
Go to the Audio Outputs tab.
Choose 6 from the Outputs Tab.
in the 1/2 grouping choose stereo (leave downmix at "0").
in the 3/4 grouping choose stereo (leave downmix at "0")
in the 5/6 grouping choose "dual mono" (turn off 6 using the downmix drop-down)
Click OK. (ignore the warning that pops up)
In your timeline we will assign your tracks to the appropriate output channels.
In the empty gray area next to the lock icon on track A1 right click, or control click, and you will get a dropdown menu
In the audio outputs sub menu choose 1 & 2.
Do the same for A2. (choose 1 & 2)
For A3 and A4 use the same procedure now choosing outputs 3 & 4.
For A5 choose 5.
Save the project.
In FCP export menu choose Export/Audio to AIFF(s)
(create a new folder on your media drive to hold your exported files)
You will get four files named after the project appended by: 1-2, 3-4, 5 and 6.
Delete "6" as it is a dummy/empty file.
Close your project.
Close FCP.
Open Compressor. In the batch window click on the speaker icon to open the "import surround sound group".
In the graphical interface either drag the file with the 1-2 suffix to the left speaker icon, or click the icon and choose the file.
Compressor will intelligently assign the left channel of the file.
Repeat by dragging or choosing the same file for the right speaker.
Compressor will intelligently assign the right channel of the file.
For the mono center file either drag the file with the "5" suffix to the center speaker icon, or click the icon and choose the file.
Use the same procedure for the Ls and Rs assignments.
Once done click OK.
Click to select your new group in the Batch window and from the dropdown menu choose "audio formats/Dolby 5.1"
Setting up your Dolby settings as a preset for this project is now up to you.

Audio Mixer Won't Slide

We are currently editing a project that has lots of sound fx. When I open the audio mixer I can only adjust the level slider on 3 of my tracks. All of the other tracks say -inf, and they won't move. Even if I enter a number in the box it stays at 0. Any ideas?

You have to have your playhead in the timeline parked over what you want to adjust. If there is no audio where the playhead is located, the audio mixer will behave like you describe.
In order to adjust audio where your playhead is not, highlight the clip/s in the timeline and use modify -> audio -> gain +/-

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