Text-Based-Editing Doesn't work with multiple audio channels

@Kelly33690385ej9j,

This is an old thread. I posted above about the multichannel transcription option that was released for both mono and stereo channels late in 2023. See this help page:

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere/desktop/edit-projects/edit-video-using-text-based-editing/multichannel-audio-support-in-text-based-editing.html

See my post that discussed some of the other issues in doing multichannel work:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-ideas/audio-track-selection-for-source-media-transcription/idc-p/14284739#M12271

Stan

Second this! like come on Adobe any professional editor would obiviously need to text base edit off of more than one audio track

@philipt1146149,

> what does that even mean?

I'm not sure which post you are asking for clarification on. But this thread started before transcription handled multichannel audio files. And that has changed the workflow and recommendations. And when you have multiple, overlapping audio tracks, that effects whether you see the transcript from all the sources or not.

Which part are you asking about?

Stan

What part don't you get?

here's what I do, which is similar to what other people here are doing. 

when I have all of my raw footage in a timeline,  export that full thing as an mp3, reimport it into premiere and back into that timeline on a track below everything else synced up so it matches. Turn the level on that clip all the way down so you don't get that bonkers doubled audio effect, then go to the text panel , and the transcription panel, and JUST transcribe that mp3 clip that you created , nothing else! You'll have to uncheck everything but that last channel. Let it transcribe , and boom, you're done. Just keep that track below your footage as you cut so it stays lined up and useful as a searchable transcript. 

lmk if you need more guidance!

and adobe, Fix this!! You're already looking stupid with Final Cut coming out with their new ai cutout tool! 

English please.... what does that even mean?

This is still an issue and my current workaround is to mix down a single file with all participants and drop on my sequence as the "transcript reference track".

@wonderfulcolor,

> this is still broken. (transcribing multiple tracks of audio on the same timeline like a podcast with multiple mics)

I think transcribing multitrack mono and stereo source clips is working as intended in Release 24.2.1. But it is true that multitrack audio text-based editing has its challenges. And your workaround works for some use cases.

I summarized some of the challenges last December regarding the Beta version. I think Release 24.2.1 is consistent with the comments.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-ideas/audio-track-selection-for-source-media-transcription/idc-p/14284739#M12271

The main problem is how to "see" all the transcribed tracks without a lot of muting etc.

Stan

this is still broken. (transcribing multiple tracks of audio on the same timeline like a podcast with multiple mics)

my personal workaround is exporting the whole sequence , all the track of audio, to an mp3, reimporting it, putting it on its own track on the timeline matching it up to the original , then only transcribing that, then turning the audio all the way down on that track. and keeping it there as basically the 'script track'

very weird . thought this would be fixed by now.

@nbechere I can confirm that it does indeed work in the beta!

Fantastic news, thank you!

Thanks for posting - this is because in 24.0 we targeted the most common use case which is multi mono (coming from e.g. multiple mic recording). Since your file consists of muliple stereo clips it will not give you the option to transcribe a specific clip. 

But... We are aware of this and have improved the system in Beta already. Could you try this in the latest beta and let me know if it works for you? If it still doesn't - could you upload this clip somewhere so that I can take a look?