My friend, that's actually exactly what I was eventually doing too, and I appreciate the reminder. I have terrible memory issues and one pitfall is forgetting the dozens of little tricks required for a successful edit. Thanks for your response!
Please! I'm not a programmer, but it seems like it should be relatively easy to bring this ability to the AUDIO TRACK MIXER (not audio clips). It's all well and good when you add cutting-edge capabilities, but sometimes, basic functionality like this and functionality are what most people are looking for.
re: copy and paste track effects. This is great to know!
The reason I need presets is that we are often finishing 10s or 100s of versions which need different audio requirements etc. And going back into Audition and working there, its a little disconcerting to have things so spread out when you're conforming particularly audio effects, which arent' as easy to view as say graphics from AE. For instance, a -2 hard limiter than it is made in Audition isn't telegraphing in Premiere, but at least with AE I can see that the font is right etc.
also, if you bring the entire sequence in Audition and work there, you still have to output a mix file and then bring it into Premiere. That's great when you have time, but I've got 50 videos that need a few different custom limiters on them.
only via the essential sound window, which is only per audio clip, not channel on the mixer. Plus, lets say I just want a limiter, you can't just go grab a limiter you have to choose a preset and then edit everything etc. So.... I mean... you're not correct =/