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seanmcnally98
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January 24, 2023
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Display waveforms for audio clips while dragging

  • January 24, 2023
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Very simple idea, while dragging audio clips on the timeline, continually show the waveform rather than showing a blank box. This functionality is present in Audition, and is incredibly useful for manual synchronization. See attached gif for further explanation of what I mean by the "blank box".

I'm aware you can sort of already achieve this by "nudging" the audio clip, but it would be great if this were always available when dragging. Thanks!

33 replies

Known Participant
January 24, 2023
Yes, this is kind of ridiculous.

This was something that Sony Vegas had like 10+ years ago.
Known Participant
January 24, 2023
In my opinion, this is one of the fundamental things to fix,
but what chance is there that it can be done? it's strange that upon request for this feature, no one from Adobe will answer, on the request from two years ago 😞
I have a hope that these basic fixes will be done by Adobe programmers.
Inspiring
January 24, 2023
This occurs when not only dragging clips, but also when scrolling the timeline. I guess it was not expected of us to edit audio at the sample level. That's what Audition is for, right? But I do it all the time in Premiere and the refresh rate is horrible. The waveforms (,pkf) flicker on and off all the time.
Decreasing the .pkf creation time would also be a benefit. I'm tired of "Generating Peak Files" taking forever. But that could be a separate item.
seanmcnally98
Known Participant
January 24, 2023
Nope, Premiere still doesn't have this function. Here's hoping Adobe catches wind of this thread!
Participating Frequently
January 24, 2023
So, I am assuming this didn't make it into 13.1? Disappointing.
seanmcnally98
Known Participant
January 24, 2023
Update...more than six months after Premiere Rush was launched with this functionality, Premiere Pro still doesn't have it. Really hoping this changes soon, please keep passing this around so it gets more exposure!
Inspiring
January 24, 2023
How logic! This should be normal!
Blake Alley
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January 24, 2023
This would be so helpful for manual synchronization! I have to add markers to contrasting points and then line those up, but syncing would be so much faster if clips wouldn't have to be re-drawn.

I originally started editing in iMovie 8 years ago and even a low-end program like that has this feature, so not re-drawing audio (possibly video, but mainly audio) clips would be extremely helpful for synchronization.
seanmcnally98
Known Participant
January 24, 2023
An update on this...just learned that Premiere Rush, a mobile-focused, slimmed down version of Premiere that Adobe launched last week actually has this functionality. So hopefully, the developers are working on bringing it to the main version of Premiere!
Inspiring
January 24, 2023
This would be huge. Much of my work deals with some precise audio timing across many layers of audio (sfx and msx). Being able to drag a still see particular waveform moments would be great.