5 Tips for Better Audio with Enhance Audio in Premiere 27.0

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Ever recorded a great interview, only to discover that background music, air conditioning, or room echo is competing with the dialogue?

Enhance Audio in Adobe Premiere 27.0 helps you clean up and rebalance recordings without leaving your timeline. Instead of treating everything as one audio signal, it separates dialogue, music, ambience, and sound effects so you can adjust each element independently.

Here are five tips to get started.

1. Think Beyond Noise Reduction

Enhance Audio isn't just about removing unwanted noise. It's also about deciding which sounds you want to keep.

For example, you might lower background music to make an interview easier to hear while preserving some natural room ambience.

To get started, select a clip in the timeline, open the Properties panel, and choose Enhance Audio under Audio. You can also access it from the contextual menu or Clip menu.

2. Start with the Dialogue Controls

Once Premiere analyzes your clip, try adjusting the three dialogue controls:

Volume: Adjusts dialogue independently of other sounds.
Enhancement: Controls the amount of speech cleanup applied. At 0%, the dialogue retains its original sound.
Reverb: Reduces room reflections affecting the dialogue.

Start with modest adjustments and listen carefully. Stronger enhancement isn't always better, especially when you want to preserve the character of someone's voice.

3. Choose the Right Enhance Speech Model

Enhance Audio includes two speech enhancement models:

Enhance Speech V1: Runs locally, includes source separation, and doesn't use generative credits.
Enhance Speech V2: Uses Adobe Firefly cloud processing for higher-quality voice enhancement and costs two generative credits per minute.

Consider starting with V1 while editing, then testing V2 when you're ready to finalize your mix.

You can choose a default model in Preferences or switch models for individual clips in the Properties panel.

4. Take Advantage of Audio Handles

Enhance Audio automatically includes five seconds of additional audio on either side of the analyzed clip.

That means you can trim or extend the enhanced clip within those handles without reprocessing.

If you extend beyond the handles, Premiere processes only the newly added material. When using V2, additional speech enhancement consumes generative credits.

This can be especially useful when you're still refining your edit.

5. Split the Audio When You Need More Control

For everyday cleanup, the Enhance Audio controls may be all you need.

But if you want to edit individual audio elements, select Split into Clips.

Premiere places dialogue, music, ambience, and sound effects on separate tracks, allowing you to move, edit, and mix them independently.

This is particularly helpful when replacing background music, rebuilding a mix, or preparing audio for another editor or sound mixer.

Give It a Try!

Enhance Audio opens up new possibilities for working with production sound, whether you're editing interviews, documentaries, podcasts, or event footage.

Have you tried Enhance Audio in Premiere 27.0? Which controls have made the biggest difference in your recordings?

Share your experiences and tips in the comments!

Learn more: Enhance Audio overview | Apply Enhance Audio to clips