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September 13, 2011
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How do I combine several clips

  • September 13, 2011
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I thought this would be easy to google a solution for but I haven't found an answer.

Hopefully, there's an easy way to do this

Some call it "consolidate", some call it "compound clip" etc. but I would like to be able to collect 10 clips I have in a sequence (on the same track) into one, so that I can apply effects, edit sound in Audition etc. as if it was one single clip/track.

I've tried merging, combining, grouping, nesting etc. but nothing seems to give me what I need.

Can someone please tell me how to make the 10 clips "melt" into 1 clip on 1 track?

Thank you

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      Correct answer Ann Bens

      Oh, but it's not the same effects as in Audition, is it ?

      When I select "multiband compressor" your way, I don't get the same effects / presets as in multiband compressor in Audition.

      Also, several effects are not in my Premiere mixer but they are available in Audition?


      OK found another way.

      Select clips you want to edit in one go in Audition, and nest.

      Select audio part of this nested clip and go to Clip/Audio Options/Render and Replace.

      Now rightclick on the audio part and Edit clip in Adobe Audition is highlighted.

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      Ravi vazirani
      Ravi vazirani
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      May 21, 2016

      Thank you!

      Colin Brougham
      Colin Brougham
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      September 13, 2011

      It's not possible in the manner you're describing--at least, not directly within Premiere Pro. You could export your edited clips as a mixdown, resulting in a single video and single audio portion.

      What's wrong with nesting the video for effects or effect presets or even just copying and pasting effects? And why not keep the audio portions separate, and edit them individually or as a multiclip Audition session? Any combination of those methods will give you far more flexibility than what you're trying to do.

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      klp29Author
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      September 13, 2011

      I would like to learn the right way to do this and it's seems that you have some very nice suggestions.

      I'm one of the switchers from Final Cut Pro and in FCP we just click "compound" and all edits "melt" together in one clip which is then very easy to edit.

      When having - in Premiere - 10 clips like in this case, and I want to put 5 effecs on, I don't like having to manually paste it 50 times.

      Neither do I like having to edit 50 places to change them afterwards

      Perhaps a mild overstatement, but to me, it's just much easier to only have to put an effect ONE time and edit it ONE place.

      Perhaps your way is better, so I'd really like to learn it. I just seached for "multiclip" and some of the other advice you wrote about but found nothing about it the users guide for neither Premiere, nor Audition ?

      Can you please point me in the right direction so I can learn this?

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      klp29Author
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      September 13, 2011

      That is correct.

      Double click on the nested sequence and it will open the sequence with the single clips.

      Select all and open in Audition, you still have to edit the clips one by one.

      Another option is not to edit in Audition and use the Audio Mixer and add the effect to the whole track.


      Thank you - that might be a good solution.

      I just tried to see how I can add an effect, like the multiband compressor, to a single track no matter how many clips I have.

      I need to be able to add it once and only edit it one place/time no matter how many clips I've got on the specific track.

      How is this possible, using "your way"?

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