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P: Dragging multiple clips from the project panel to the Sequence ignores the audio track selectors

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April 10, 2022
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Dragging multiple clips from the project panel to the Sequence ignores the audio track selectors.

1. Select two or more clips with audio tracks in the Project panel.
2. Deselect the source-side audio selectors on the sequence.
3. Drag the clips from the Project panel to the Sequence.

Clips should land on the sequence without their corresponding audo tracks.
Unxexpectedly however, the audio track selector state is ignored and the clips land with both their audio and video tracks...even if clips have the same audio track config.

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jamieclarke

Community Manager

Hi @Mike Dziennik - I agree this is a bug, I will get this reported.

As a workaround you can hold shift and click your audio tracks locking them then select multiple video clips and drag them to the timeline

jasondecker

Known Participant

Issue - Dragging multiple clips into the timeline ignores source-target patching
Adobe Premiere Pro version number: 24.2.1 (though this has been an issue for awhile)
Operating system - Windows 11 Pro 10.0.22631 Build 22631
System Info: CPU, GPU, RAM, HD:
- CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
- GPU - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (Driver version: 31.0.15.5123)
- RAM - 64 GB
- Hard Drive - 1TB SSD
Video format: All formats
Workflow details: This is a standard sequence and standard 1V-2A media clips
Steps to reproduce - (Very important!) See the linked video. Basically:
- set Source and Target patching in the timeline
- select multiple clips in the bin
- drag those clips into the timeline
Expected result - the clips should arrive in the timeline lined up with the correct tracks as defined in the patching
Actual result - it defaults to a V1-A1&2 insert point or whatever variant of that matches the V drop-in track (i.e. V2-A2&3, V3-A3&4, etc.)

As you can see in the demo video linked below, I need to use this workflow regularly when I have to manually sync audio that wasn't well recorded in the field. Often times I need to bring in multiple clips that didn't auto sync in order to lay them into specific tracks for further manual lining up. When they don't go to the patched tracks, I end up with multiple steps to then bump them up or down the track list to get them to the proper place. This often necessitates creating new tracks so that already existing media doesn't get overwritten and, as I just learned today, if I do this within an already created Multi-Camera clip (which ocassionaly needs to be done) it can screw up flattening down the line.

DEMO VIDEO:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMlzhVvDJPOftWLICVrHemyc7wh8DX03Dff4AQtcYLbpR1c18TuNbz4OxC7cAyRuw?key=dV9vQzBJMzVnSFBSTnloTHEzSVpBcExQeENyaDVn

Ann Bens

Community Expert

I see the same behavior in 2023, 2024 and beta (24.3) Not sure if this is a bug or by design.

Workaround : select clips drag to video track, now hold down ctrl+shift you can drag the audio to the desired track.

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RAILND

Participating Frequently

Hello, can anyone offers some insight on this issue?
If I swap A1 and A2 in a timeline and I drag a clip on it, audio channels of said clip are correctly swapped in the timeline. However, if I drag two or more clips at the same time the audio channels in the timeline are not swapped.
Would you be able to help?
Thanks!

Warren Heaton

Community Expert

Hi @RAILND

Yes, when multiple source clip are selected for drag and drop, Premiere Pro favors the Audio Track that corresponds with the Video Track instead of the current source patching. I think it would be good feature request for this behavior to be the same for when one clip is selected or when several clips are selected.

I usually avoid this by inserting and overwriting from a Source Sequence (how I usually edit). A Source Sequence is any Sequence that is open in the Source Monitor.

While this is a workaround that should not be necessary, you could do the following: Drag and drop two or more clips to the tail of your edit; while the clips are still selected, right-click and choose "Nest..." (give the soon to be Sequence a descriptive name like "Temp for Inserts”); use Match Frame (f) to open the resulting, nested Sequence in the Source Monitor; set "Insert and overwrite sequences as nests or individual clips" to individual clips and then drag and drop from the Source Monitor to the Timeline; when done, delete the temporary, nested Sequence from the Project or Bin (which also deletes it from the tail of the Timeline).

Any method of placing clips in a Sequence and then opening it in the Source Monitor should work. For example, you could select the clips in the Timeline then right-click and choose “New Sequence From Clip” and open the Sequence that results from that action in the Source Monitor.

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Syd0808

Participant

Thank you for replying and linking this article. It does appear that audio for the entire original clip has remained on all of my clips, which is very strange considering the audio was removed before I even cut it.

However there isn't really a solution on that page. I still don't understand why I can't drag multiple clips without it forcing the audio in when I can for individual clips

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Syd0808

Participant

I'm editing a music video and I've run into a technical issue that could set me back a while. I can't drag multiple clips I've cut into the video only timeline.

It's not the typical issue of not having A1/V1 selected because I can drag individual clips on track just fine. However, if I try to select multiple clips and drag them onto the timeline, I end up with a weird situation where the 1-3 second clips aren't posting into the videos section but instead each clip imports the entire original uncut audio (over 4 minutes long) into the audio track in succession. I've done everything I could think of. I've deleted excess tracks, completely deselected all the audio tracks and locked them for good measure. Nothing is helping and I'm getting really frustrated

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janm10971648

Participant

Hey there,

I have some merged clips with multiple audio tracks. When I drag and dropa clip into my timeline I always put ALL audio tracks into timeline, even when my source patching is attached to speciffic tracks that I want.

When I use Insert and Overwrite ill all works fine (just the audio tracks that I want get into timeline), but I'm familiar with drag and drop, so I just want to ask if somebody knowes if there is a setting that make source patching work for drag and drop with merged clips, or is it just me making a mistake.

In the picture: left Clip in timeline, when I drag and drop; right Clip in timeline when I use Insert or Overwrite

Thanks for any advise!

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RobShultz

Community Expert

I don't think that this is currently an option. Source settings don't work with drag and drop as you described.

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