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Dominic Witherow
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November 22, 2017
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15db warning every time I normalise clip in PP before editing in Audition

  • November 22, 2017
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Since the update to CC2018, every time I normalise an audio clip in PP (to say -12db), prior to editing the multitrack in Audition, on opening Audition I get a warning to say I'm trying to use a clip set to more than +15db and that Audition needs to mess with it to take it down to +15db.

Once it's then open it plays absolutely as normal.

I'm sure I'm just being dumb somewhere, but can anyone explain this, or is it a bug?

The audio in question is recorded on my Sennheiser radio mics, with the sensitivity set to -30db. I then have to normalise the clips up so that they are audible without putting my amp volume up to 11.

Computer is MacPro 5,1 6core 3.33GHz, 48GB RAM, GTX680 Mac GPU, OSX 10.13.1 (High Sierra), Adobe CC fully updated to latest versions. My Mac is very solid and High Sierra is working very well for me.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Dominic

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    Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

    We've had a discussion about this fairly recently, and I can't say that I'm surprised at this behaviour at all. Guess what? It's all PP's fault. It doesn't handle audio at the same levels on each track, apparently. There are any number of posts about people having continuing difficulties with this - here for instance: Re: Audio levels in exported video [Premiere Pro CS6] - but it's very much a PP issue; Audition is absolutely consistent in what it does, and it tells the truth about these levels, too.

    When it comes to the issues of round-trip performance, I'm not sure how this is going to be resolved. Audition is absolutely correct in the way it handles audio, but altering PP to be correct as well is going to screw with a lot of peoples' existing work...

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    SteveG_AudioMasters_
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    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    November 22, 2017

    We've had a discussion about this fairly recently, and I can't say that I'm surprised at this behaviour at all. Guess what? It's all PP's fault. It doesn't handle audio at the same levels on each track, apparently. There are any number of posts about people having continuing difficulties with this - here for instance: Re: Audio levels in exported video [Premiere Pro CS6] - but it's very much a PP issue; Audition is absolutely consistent in what it does, and it tells the truth about these levels, too.

    When it comes to the issues of round-trip performance, I'm not sure how this is going to be resolved. Audition is absolutely correct in the way it handles audio, but altering PP to be correct as well is going to screw with a lot of peoples' existing work...

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    Dominic WitherowAuthor
    Inspiring
    November 22, 2017

    Thanks very much Steve.

    It's the first time I have encountered this, as I usually make a point of not messing with audio outside Audition or iZotope. On this occasion, the recording conditions were such that I needed to set the mic sensitivity so low that it was inaudible in PP without boosting with normalisation. Should have put it back to original prior to roundtrip.

    Best,

    Dominic

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