Please change audio waveform scaling back — it’s breaking music editing

Hi Adobe team,

I’ve been using Premiere for over 15 years, and I’ve never had to write one of these posts — but this new update with dynamic audio waveform scaling is really causing issues.

Right now, if I lower the volume of an audio clip in the timeline, the waveform visually shrinks with it. On paper this might seem useful, but in practice, it’s completely counterproductive for anyone trying to edit to music or match cuts to beats. Lowering the level of a track shouldn’t erase the waveform. I need to see those transients, regardless of whether the audio is set to -3dB or -30dB.

This might work for people doing rough cuts or basic dialog editing, but for music editors, or anyone doing precise rhythmic cutting, it breaks a fundamental part of the workflow. I now find myself raising clip volume temporarily just to see the waveform again, which is ridiculous.

At the very least, there should be a proper preference toggle that decouples the waveform from volume keyframes. Turning off Dynamic Waveforms altogether isn’t a real solution either — then you can’t see gain changes at all, which creates a new problem.

Please consider reverting this behavior, or making it optional. I can’t think of another NLE that handles waveforms this way — and there’s a reason for that.

This isn’t just a preference, it’s about usability and clarity. Editors rely on visual waveform data to make creative and technical decisions. Hiding it based on volume settings makes no sense.

Thanks for reading — I genuinely hope this gets addressed soon.