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morphinapg
Inspiring
May 28, 2023
Question

Rear speaker audio is too quiet when playing 5.1 audio on a stereo setup. Any way to change this?

  • May 28, 2023
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I've noticed while editing video game footage with 5.1 sound, that characters speaking in the rear speakers are very quiet when I'm editing with headphones, but when I export the video, everything sounds perfectly clear when I play the video back in various media player apps (as well as when I listen on 5.1 speakers)

 

It seems that Premiere is decreasing the volume of the rear speakers when downmixing for stereo playback, but I can't seem to find any way modify the way this downmix works. I don't actually want to modify the rear channels, because like I said, when exported, everything sounds fine. I just want to modify the way it sounds when I play it back in the editor, while using a stereo output device.

 

I'm typing subtitles for this footage, so it can be frustrating when I can't hear dialogue from the rear speakers very clearly.

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