Now in Beta: New Preference to Control Automatic Track Creation on the Timeline

Editors have long expressed that automatic track creation can disrupt their editorial flow because it can upset intentional track setups, in particular when the source has more audio channels than the editing sequence. This new preference allows you to stay in control of your timeline and keep your tracks organized. 

Now you can go into Settings/Preferences → Timeline → Turn off “Add tracks automatically when editing source clips into the Timeline.” 

This update directly addresses the feature request here: 

Thanks to everyone who took the time to share feedback and use cases -- your input helped shape this improvement. Please try it out and let us know if you see any issues. 

Preference on

This screenshot shows what happens when the preference is on. When you drag a track with ten audio channels into a sequence with four audio channels, it automatically creates them. 

Preference off (new)

This screenshot shows what happens when the preference is off. When you drag a track with ten audio channels into a sequence with four audio channels, it maintains the limit of four audio channels.