Skip to main content
Inspiring
Sep 16, 2026 9:06 AM UTC
Needs More Info

VST audio effect not rendering in Premiere (Waves Clarity)

in the most recent september update of premiere (not beta), the VST effect Waves Clarity is not rendering in the final file.
I hear it working when editing, but on the rendered export the noise in the audio is not removed.

Rendering in Media Encoder DOES use the vst effect correct 
BUT media encoder does not burn in the subtitles…  that is another bug… 😬

  

    3 replies

    Inspiring
    Sep 16, 2026 12:51 PM UTC

    SOLVED: I had an empty 1st Subtitle Track, and my real subtitles where on track 2. But Media Encoder did not know that.

    Translate
    Amy the Stuv
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    Sep 16, 2026 12:46 PM UTC

    Hi again, ​@Christiaan1 

    I saw your other bug too and followed up on that chain, however, I think a good workaround could be duplicating your sequence for your export, so that you can select all your Caption Clips in the Text Panel, then when in the Timeline Panel, select from the top menu “Graphics and Titles” → Promote Caption to Graphics and see if that burns in on your Media Encoder. I have tested a 708 track on Mac M4 Tahoe 26.6.2 and had no issues, so knowing your system and caption specs may be the key to reproducing that issue in house.

     

    As for this issue, I would like to know a little more about your Clarity VX plug in. Is it the most recent version?  From the page it looks like it is an Audition plugin, not Premiere, so it’s possible that because Premiere is just reading information from Audition, the export from Premiere is not using the bridge between apps like Media Encoder does. Hence why I would suggest trying to make the subtitles work through AME to resolve this issue.

     

    System specs are still needed, but hoping this workaround helps in the meantime. Again, our preferred information is listed in How do I write a bug report?

     

    Best,

    Amy

    Translate
    Inspiring
    Sep 16, 2026 12:50 PM UTC

    So many thanks for responding. I found out that the subtitle where on subtitle track 2, and subtitle track 1 was empty. So Media Encoder probbebly just tried to render (empty) track one.
    When I removed the empty subtitle track, rendering was fine.
    But I have to say that selecting the second subtitle track was NOT an option in Media Encoder.

    About VST: this is a third party VST effect. From Waves: Clarity.

     

    Translate