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Donn Shoots
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December 11, 2020
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Premiere won't allow me to have more than 3 audio tracks

  • December 11, 2020
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Hi all,

 

I'm doing sound design on a video sequence and Premiere will only allow me add 3 audio tracks to the timeline. If I add audio to the 4th track then it crashes. I've tried adding the audio clip directly to the sequence and also creating the track first and both resuly in Premiere crashing. I updated to the latest version this morning to make sure that wasn't the issue, but it's still crashing. 

Please help,

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Correct answer Donn Shoots

Thanks Neil. I found the problem. There were 2 plugins active in my COntrol Surface. Once I took them out, then problem resolved. Thanks for your response. Quick question, what's DAW?

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Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
Legend
December 11, 2020

Good morning, Donn,

There is a bug with control surfaces and/or plug-ins which act as control surfaces. Sorry for the terrible inconvenience. You may want to roll back a version or move forward into the beta version if you want to be clear of the bug.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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    Donn ShootsAuthor
    Participant
    December 11, 2020

    Thanks Kevin. As these plugins aren't mission critical and I can make use of one of them inside After Effects, I was simply able to remove them and continue on with the edit. I'll test the waters with the different versions and see how I progress. Thanks again 🙂

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Ann BensCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 11, 2020

    The latest version is not a version: which build are you using?

    neil wilkes
    neil wilkes
    Legend
    December 11, 2020

    What are your system details, please? If you could be as detailed as possible, and include the actual project settings as well this might help to isolate the cause of the trouble.

     

    I must confess that Audio has ever been the achilles heel of Premiere - it just doesn't work very well - and I always prefer to do any & all sound design & mixing in a DAW and then import that into PPro for the final renders.

     

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      Donn ShootsAuthorCorrect answer
      Participant
      December 11, 2020

      Thanks Neil. I found the problem. There were 2 plugins active in my COntrol Surface. Once I took them out, then problem resolved. Thanks for your response. Quick question, what's DAW?

      neil wilkes
      neil wilkes
      Legend
      December 11, 2020

      DAW = Digital Audio Workstation.

      Audition, Nuendo, Cubase etc.

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