Rename audio clips within merged clips

Hi there,
In premiere CS5.5, is it possible to rename the audio clips that are within a merged clips ?
I mean, with each video, I have several audio tracks from ambient and 2 booms.
In order not to mess up with those when editing sound in ProTools later, I need to know which one is which.
Thanks.

If you only want the sound clip for a set period of time, drag it on top of one of the video clips near the beginning that will prevent the audio from becoming a 'background music clip'. Grab the title bar of that clip in the Project window and drag it until the whole background area changes from purple/green to the normal dark grey color of the Project window. Same would apply to your voice clips as well, just drag those sound clips right on the very middle of the thumbnail image of the video clip, and then slide it around to where it needs to be by dragging it to the left or right.

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