Change of volume mute in effects control panel in public beta

[David Polk]

Dear users, 

Beginning in the public beta version releasing on Wednedsay, August 14th, we’ll be making a minor change to how muting is handled in the effects control panel to simplify the process. 

In the Effects Controls panel, you will no longer have 2 ways to bypass keyframes on the Volume effect. The fx button behavior is unchanged. The control formerly called “Bypass” has been replaced with “Mute,” which will make the audio silent. If you were using “Bypass” in an existing project, you will need to switch to use the Fx button instead, otherwise your audio will be silent. 

If you wish to bypass your volume keyframes in the future, simply press the “fx” button on the left. 

In addition, in cases where Mute was activated via the Essential Sound Panel, and then individual channels altered, the Mute button in the Essential Sound Panel will no longer be checked. The mute effect will now be applied through the Effects Control Panel. 

In short, if you have issues not hearing your audio, please check the Volume controls in the Effects Control Panel. 

We’re making this change to simplify how “Mute” functions on the backend, which will make future improvements easier and faster.

[Sam_Bennett]

Regarding the change and the part in the dialogue box reading: "One or more clips in this project had their Audio Volume set to Bypass." Is there a way Premiere will show which of my clips are affected/had their Audio Volume set to Bypass?

It's would be a gigantic task to manually go through each audio clip in each timeline, opening the Volume Fx tab to find which clips may now be silent.

[MyerPj]

I was hoping the new Sequence Index would show it, but I wasn't able to get it to show, with combinations of 'fx' off, 'mute' checked, etc. That would be a great addition to the Sequence Index, another cool feature.