Stop Adobe Premiere from Auto-Applying Essential Sound Settings When Auto-Tagging Audio

Premiere Pro often auto-tags audio clips as “Dialogue,” “Music,” etc. when importing or editing. When it does this, it silently applies settings in the Essential Sound panel—like Enhance Speech, Loudness Auto-Match, Repair Noise, etc.—without telling the user.

This is a problem because:

• It changes the sound of the audio without consent

• It can break carefully mixed clips or cause confusion during editing

• There is no clear way to disable or configure this auto-tagging behavior

• “Remove Attributes” doesn’t clear these hidden settings either

Feature request:
Please give users the ability to:

• Turn off auto-tagging of audio clips entirely

• Customize what (if anything) gets enabled when a clip is tagged

• Prevent auto-enabled features like “Enhance Speech” or “Reduce Noise” from being applied without user action

This would make Premiere’s behavior more transparent and give editors full control over their audio workflow.

Thanks!