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July 3, 2025
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Audio tracks blowing out across multiple projects

  • July 3, 2025
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Hey team,

 

All of a sudden audio tracks across my timeline are completely blown out, this is happening across many projects I open which have never had an issue in the past. It isnt every audio tracks and seems to be sporratic, and the source file is completely fine. Visually the waveform looks like to volume has been cranked to max and sounds like it aswell. I have tried cleaning the cache, deleting the entire suite and using the Adobe cloud cleaner tool. I have tried exporting to audition, rolling back premiere to several updates ago, exporting to see if it would still be present, re exporting the source file in media encoder and still can't figure it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers 

5 replies

Participant
July 4, 2025

Christopher, you're testing screenshot looks like my waveforms (pushed through the roof out of the blue) - it's an issue with .MTS files. An adobe staff member has identified it as such in this post:

MTS format audio is just loud static - Adobe Product Community - 15135957

Apparently rolling back to v 25.2 is the solution which I'm trying now.

PalmerManAuthor
Participating Frequently
July 4, 2025

I've tried rolling back as far as I can go and still didn't fix it

Participant
July 4, 2025

Roll back also not working for me, I have managed a work around tho:

- rolled back pp to 25.2

- rolled back media encoder to 24.6.5

- Transcoded the .MTS files to Pro Res and then relinked in premiere 25.2

(newer versions of AME were exporting my Pro Res transcodes with the crazy white noise embedded)

R Neil Haugen
Legend
July 4, 2025

From the waveform, that file is clipping, as it was perhaps recorded too high. What is the sound like elsewhere from the same clip?

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
PalmerManAuthor
Participating Frequently
July 4, 2025

Yeah looks and sounds like that but doesn't change when you reduce the volume. Plays fine in VLC

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 4, 2025

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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Participant
July 4, 2025

Hi, I have exactly the same problem in Premiere. I have tried:

- updating the app
- reconnecting the problem footage to a different instance of it on a different drive
- Resetting preferences and clearing cache

- Transcoding the offending footage to an entirely new codec, and relinking the problem footage to the new transcoded material. (this took the offending footage from an .mts to a pro res QT), audio still distorting horrendously

This issue only effects one type of footage in my timeline, the audio from this footage plays exactly as you'd expect it to in VLC, Adobe After effects.

 

This project was running fine for about 4 months, and problems have only begun today (although it's a 4 month long project it's not especially chunky)

Note my source footage and timeline is all at 48khz

 

 

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 3, 2025

@PalmerMan 

 

You mentioned Premiere, Audition, and Media Encoder. Which application do you have a question about? We will move your post to the appropriate forum for you.

 

Jane

PalmerManAuthor
Participating Frequently
July 4, 2025

Hi Jane. Premiere is the main culprit

Chris Palmer

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