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June 26, 2025
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prioritize the audio waveform .pek files for the sequence I'm working on

  • June 26, 2025
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[This is a reiteration of the Idea at this URL: https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-ideas/peak-files-generating-without-priority/idc-p/14967972#M17609

Please make Premiere prioritize building audio waveforms (.pek files?) for the sequence I'm working in, maybe even for the part of the sequence where my playhead is. 

 

As an Assistant Editor, there have been many times when I've needed to see the waveforms for a section I'm working in (i.e., to see where two clips might sync together; to see where a sentence starts & ends, etc.). There are many work situations where I'll need to move to a different computer on which the .pek files will need to be rebuilt. In a big project with tens of thousands of source clips, it is frustrating to see, in the bottom right corner, a progress bar saying that Premiere is busy building a .pek file I don't need rather than prioritizing the .pek files I need right now. This can be especially frustrating when a producer or director is sitting next to me and thinks I don't know what I'm doing because I'm not able to work as fast as I would if the waveforms were available.