How do I seperate audio tracks

[Chisnamic]

I have some clips with " mixed audio tracks  " , Ch.1 has narration and Ch.2 has music but like I said both tracks are mixed together to form one (1) single track only. Is there a way for me to turn them into  Left (L)  and Right (R)  tracks where as I can  now control the output of each track separately ?

[shooternz]

Modify> Audio Mapping

[Chisnamic]

Thanks very much J-S  but please remember that I'm still not too familiar with Adobe  . . . . I'm still very green with the program. How do I get to audio mapping and what do I do when I get there ?

Thanks.

[Chisnamic]

Okay J - S  thanks very much  I found AUDIO MAPPING and Ch.1 . Ch.2 is set respectively , do I need to make any changes ?

Thanks.

[premieregal]

Hi Chisnamic - Can you send a screenshot of what your audio tracks look like in the timeline and what the Audio Channels window look like? I usually right click on the audio and select "Audio Channels." Then I can modify the clip to be L/R

[excited_Genie16B8]

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Audio in Premiere Pro CC - YouTube

[TaranVH]

I'm embarrassed to say that I only recently figured this one out:

In our case, we sometimes record a lav on channel one, and a shotgun on channel 2.

I have to right click and use the Modify Clip menu to convert this stereo signal into dual mono, but NOT FROM THE TIMELINE!!

It must be done FROM THE BIN!

For me, I change the clip settings from stereo to mono, select "2" audio clips, and parse the left and right to be on different layers.

Changed to:

After accepting the pop up that appears, the next time I drag that clip onto the timeline, I get the nice dual mono that I wanted. I can now delete or mute or otherwise change each audio track independently, and the waveform takes up the entire layer, giving me more resolution.

I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're asking about though.

[Chisnamic]

Thanks very much.

[Chisnamic]

Thank you,.

[Chisnamic]

Thanks again for the help from everyone but a problem still exist although I have changed the settings. I have a clip in the timeline that only has one audio track CH.1  but the timeline audio meters are still showing audio as coming from both channels Ch.1 / 2 .

How is this possible when there is audio on only one track  . . . ch.1 ?

[Meg The Dog]

Either click one the clip to select it and  then go to the Audio Clip Mixer  and pan the channel to either the Left or Right output only:

if you want that clip only to appear on a single channel. If you want anything placed on that track to only to go a single channel, click anywhere on the timeline and go to the Audio Track Mixer as set the track out put to either the Left or Right output.

Anything place on that track will now only output as you have set it.

MtD

[Chisnamic]

Thanks very much M T D , but this is two things that I now have to do in order to have the clip's audio play as needed , meanwhile I've used other NLE's in which the clip  played correctly in it's respective channels by just dropping it into the timeline.

[Meg The Dog]

How did you setup your timeline Sequence Settings in regards to Audio Tracks?

Some NLEs like FCP7 generate mono tracks by default.

In Premiere Pro you have the option to set the tracks up as you need for your source material and your intended method of editing:

With this added flexibility there are consequences. Highly recommend you watch this video -as suggested earlier - it will help you get a handle on how Premiere Pro works with audio - and it is focused on editors migrating to Premiere Pro from other systems that worked differently:

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Audio in Premiere Pro CC - YouTube

MtD

[Chisnamic]

Thanks again MtD , but is there a way in which to have the mixer tracks PERMANENTLY set panned to L & R as you  demonstrated in the audio mixer ?

[Meg The Dog · Accepted solution]

You would do that by setting up your sequence settings - here is an example in very simplistic terms - if I wanted a Sequence to have 4 mono tracks of audio and output 2 mono tracks (a Channel 1 and Channel 2 - much like FCP7) - with Track 1 + Track 3 going to Output Channel 1, and Track 2 + Track 4 going to Output Channel 2, then in File > New > Sequence when the New Sequence Pane opens, I would select the correct video preset and the click on the Tracks Tab and change the Master to Multichannel with 2 channels of output, and the Track types to Mono and pan as I wanted the tracks in the timeline to output:

I would then hit the save preset button and name and save this preset, then use it to create a new sequence which will have the tracks set to mono and the track mixer already panned correctly:

But if I received camera files that had - say - a lavaliere on on channel and a shotgun on the other channel but where  delivered to me as stereo files - I would still need to select those camera files in the Program Panel and once selected, right click and choose Modify > Audio Channels to convert those files to two track mono.

Two notes - converting the files to two track mono won't change the files that already on the timeline, you need to do this before you place the clips on the timeline, and there is a way to set your preferences so that when you import video clips that contain audio, you can convert them at the time of ingest to two track mono files - but this is all covered in the tutorial, if I remember correctly:

MtD

[Chisnamic]

Very many thanks MtD . . . . very well explained.