More control over peak files

Peak files are the biggest drain on my workflow. The process uses a chunk of Premiere's capacity, so I often have to import media into a project in the evening and let it generate all night - which sucks.

I work with people who deliver me clips with 8 audio tracks, 5/6 of which are usually empty. Premiere seemingly still automatically scans every single track of audio on every single clip, when usually I either only need one track from one camera or no audio at all as it was recorded externally. (E.g. a two-camera interviews with 50fps overlay. One camera has audio input, the other is just generating audio tracks, and the 50fps footage doesn't record audio but empty tracks still appear to be scanned.)

Of course you can turn off automatic peak file generation, but then there is a long-standing bug where you then can't even manually generate the peak files. All or none? Of course I choose all, as waveforms are crucial.

I don't think it's too much to ask to have just a little bit of control over generating peak files. Let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions.

Cheers,

Max