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BibbidiBobbidiBob
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December 12, 2023
Question

Unable to Solo Audio Tracks in Source Timeline

  • December 12, 2023
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For clarification: I'm talking about Source Timelines, Sequences that are opened in the source monitor and than loaded from there in the timeline window with a red playhead.

 

The problem:

I try to solo an audio track in the timeline, the button lights up, nothing changes. No solo.

Also during playback the mute button has the same behaviour.

 

Expected behaviour:

It sould be the same as in every normal timeline.

Activating the solo (either during active playback or while paused) activates solo of the audio track.

 

Occourance:

In every source timeline.

 

Steps to reproduce:

For the problem with the solo: Open a source timeline (open sequence in source monitor, from there as a source timline), hit play, solo a track while playback is active, problem occours - 2nd attempt: during paused playback solo a track, hit play, problem still occours

For the problem with muting: Open a source timeline (open sequence in source monitor, from there as a source timline), hit play, mute a track while playback is active, problem occours (no mute), pause playback, start playback, expected bahaviour (muted tracks are muted now) - 2nd attempt: during paused playback mute a track, hit play, expected behaviour

 

Tested on Win 10 and Win 11, Premiere 24.1

 

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    PaulMurphyCommunity Expert
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    March 24, 2025

    This seems to be a mix of how Premiere is designed to work and possibly a bit of a glitch.

    When you load a clip or sequence into the Source Monitor, you’re only able to solo or mute the Mix track. If you want to control individual audio tracks, they need to be routed to separate channels within the Mix track.


    Here are a couple of workarounds you can try:

    1. Solo or mute the track in the Timeline before loading it into the Source Monitor.
    2. With the sequence already in the Source Monitor, select the clips you want to mute in the Timeline, open the Essential Sound panel, tag them (like Dialogue or Music), and then click the Mute button at the bottom of the panel.

    Even if this is how it’s supposed to work, it can be confusing. For example, the solo/mute button on Track A1 seems to control the Mix track in the Audio Clip Mixer, but the same buttons on other tracks don’t behave the same way. That kind of inconsistency makes it feel a bit buggy.

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      BibbidiBobbidiBobAuthor
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      March 25, 2025

      If I remember correctly, muting wasn't a problem - only during playback. So muting tracks is possible (when playback is stopped and started again).

       

      If it's designed to work that way, to button behaviour makes no sense to me. Buttons that can be pressed should have an effect. Otherwise it should be grayed out.

      Source timelines are somewhat inconsistent in other ways as well, so I guess, this is a feature that need some extra work in some places.

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      Florian_Stgt
      Known Participant
      February 6, 2025

      Same problem here on Premiere 25.1. Adobe please fix this. Also the audio meters are nor working playing the sequence in source monitor.

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        matthewp84887369
        Participating Frequently
        March 22, 2025

        Having the issue still. This is ridiculous

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