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hellopaul4
hellopaul4
Inspiring
Feb 20, 2026 4:42 PM UTC
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Can't link stereo & mono audio tracks

I considered sending this as a feature request, but the inability to link mono and stereo audio tracks feels more like a bug than anything else. There seems to be no reason why I can’t link different types of audio tracks, but if I have a video track, a stereo track and a mono track, PPro refuses to let me link them, for no apparent reason.

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    IanB_360
    Community Manager
    IanB_360Community Manager
    Community Manager
    Feb 21, 2026 1:30 AM UTC

    Hi ​@hellopaul4 
    How are you trying to link the audio tracks? Are you attempting to merge or link separate audio stems? Any example videos or a screenshot will help. I'll check back in on Monday and see if there's any more info I can get from you. In the meantime, can you send the information that we have on our Report_a_Problem link?
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    Ian

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    hellopaul4
    hellopaul4Author
    Inspiring
    Feb 21, 2026 8:59 AM UTC

    Hi Ian,

    The process is this: 

    The shoot was a series of interviews. The rushes are video with stereo audio from the camera's mic, plus a mono track from a lav mic. 

    I then create a new sequence (drag the video file from the project panel onto the New Sequence icon, so I then have video on V1 and stereo audio on V2.

    I then drag the mono audio (from the lav mic) on to A2. I then shuffle it around to sync it up (the interviewee's sync clap).

    I then select the video & stereo audio and do ctrl-L to unlink them. I then select the video, stereo and mono audio tracks, and press ctrl-L to link them ALL... But nothing happens. Premiere cannot link stereo and mono tracks, for no apparent reason.

    I can presumably edit the stereo audio to be dual mono instead of stereo and it might sync, but this just seems an unnecessary step. I do not see any technical reason why it's not possible to sync up mono, stereo and video tracks - all that's presumably happening is that Premiere is keeping the timecodes synced; why should what those timecodes refer to (stereo, mono or video) be of any relevance?

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    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    Feb 21, 2026 4:42 PM UTC

    Why aren’t you using the multicam process, which is the intended method for joining separate recorded sound to the video tracks?

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    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    Feb 20, 2026 4:59 PM UTC

    What do you mean by “link” them? 

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