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Inspiring
January 24, 2023
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mute source audio button

  • January 24, 2023
  • 31 replies
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A simple audio mute button on the source monitor.

It's REALLY time consuming to have to turn the volume down every time I want to scan source footage with audio. If you forget, it blares noise at you and you clients. Ever shoot in a factory or loud crowd or sporting event?

31 replies

Community Manager
November 20, 2025

Hey @jblo we just pushed in Beta a new Global and Contextual audio mute functionality. 🙂 Let's us know what you think!

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-beta-discussions/now-in-beta-global-and-contextual-audio-mute-in-premiere/td-p/15599969 

Inspiring
May 29, 2023

The solution to this is very simple. I switched to Davinci Resolve, it has a mute button.

TiminatorX
Participant
January 24, 2023
I too, have wanted this feature since I started editing 5 years ago. "Its probably in the next update" - I'd tell myself. Now I find myself in the fetal position rocking back and forth in the shower until this gets added.
Participant
January 24, 2023
Definitely a must when scrubbing through a ton of b roll.
Known Participant
January 24, 2023
How the (@$#% hasn't this been added already?! It's such as SIMPLE request, and it's so easy to understand the benefits of this! While you can mute the Source Monitor using the Audio Clip Mixer, that window takes about 1000x more screen real estate than a tiny mute icon in the Source Monitor would. Furthermore, if the clip has several audio channels, it should be possible to mute individual tracks so that you can focus on the track that has the relevant audio.
Participant
January 24, 2023
WHEN
Inspiring
January 24, 2023
Very frustrating that Adobe has yet to implement this simple but necessary functionality.
Participating Frequently
January 24, 2023
I need this desperately, not muting the whole app, not disabling scrubbing audio, not turning down all my clips audio, just... simply... muting the source panel audio ONLY! Dear lord why can't adobe do this, how many years have customers been requesting this?!!!
January 24, 2023
Have you ever heard timecode blasting through your ears? Would be nice to have "Audio Channels" button in source monitor so you could mute (Tentacle Sync) timecode written on one of the two stereo channels. Would def. increase ease of use while going through dailies and drag 'n drop on the timeline.
Kevin-Monahan
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 24, 2023
Love it. Big customer request.
Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio