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AnnSnelly
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December 24, 2018
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Left audio only in timeline, but both left and right audio in source. Help?

  • December 24, 2018
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In premiere, the audio file that I have is only playing from the left side. I have followed all of the YouTube videos on how to fix this, from modifying the audio channel to adding the "fill right audio with left" effect. After adding the effect, the audio file in the timeline still only plays from the left, but in the source it shows that both the left and right audio channels are filled. And when I play the audio file in the source window, it is playing from both the left and the right. So basically, in the timeline, I only get left audio, but the source shows both left and right. Any ideas on how to fix this or what I need to do to make both sides play in the timeline? Thanks!!

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    Not very helpful and not sure what your suggesting, this didn't work for me.

    But I figured it out after a while. Try going into sequence settings, under audio change 'number of channels' to 2 if it says 1 and press OK. After this it work as normal, both left and right audio returned.

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    Darrian5ECC
    Participant
    December 9, 2023

    Been having this issue recently when I was testing and prepping my Rodemic Pro. First time I've ever ran into this particular issue and when I ran into similar issues in the past, it seemed to just be a matter of modifying the audio channels and such. But this time, only left audio plays in both preview and in export, with none of the old tricks working to resolve it.

    Been pretty manic on experimenting on a fix for now since this bug has been popping up randomly over the past few years lol. Current fix that I found has worked consistenly: duplicating the audio clip in the timeline>dropping it right under the former audio clip>adding a Fill Right with Left effect to the duplicated audio clip> locating the Panner effect in the Effect Control Panel within the duplicated audio clip and pushing the Balance to 100.

    You will lose a few dBs in the overall audio, but it's not excessive at all and the audio quality is maintained. Pretty glad to find a decent fix to the issue, especially given that it's been happening to so many of us at the most inconvenient times.

    Adobe forsure needs to hop on this issue given this is a basic and essential function that honestly shouldn't even be something we should be needing to troublshoot. Hope this helps OP and anyone else that may run into this issue in the near future!

    AndrewTheGreat
    AndrewTheGreat
    Known Participant
    November 4, 2023

    Been having this issue in Premiere Pro 2024 - first time from all its versions. Surely no suggestions from this thread helped. My problem differs - the clip sounds in both channels in the Project Bin but in only left channel in my current sequience and in a new one. The peculiar thing is that all the other materials shot on the same camera I used in that project worked fine. Literally the previous amnd the next clips were fine but this in the middle sounded only in the left channel. I tried swithcind everything in the Audio channel menu for this clip and none was of help. What helped was putting the clip in a nest BUT one of the 4 cuts of this same clip still had  a left channel problem. I even tried to put all the cuts into individual nests - same. This is very strange behaviour for a PRO software in 2024 

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    rosskolton
    Participating Frequently
    January 30, 2023

    I am having the same issue. I have multicam clips because multicam is the only way to batch synch in premiere. Some of the audio files are 7ch, some are 8, some 9, etc.  Everytime no matter the settings, number of channels selected in sequence, if I drop it in the timeline everything is left, I have to manually move every damn clip one at a time. Meanwhile, it plays center in source, if I right-click and open multicam in timeline, its center.  If I drag the mutlicam clip into timeline, All Left. If I open multicam as a timeline, centered, if I copy/paste from that into a new timeline, Left. I don't understand why this is happening.

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      Jason251744762gmo
      Participant
      August 3, 2023

      All these very basic essentials that seem to either be missing or "now it works, now it doesn't", and my production team mates at work make fun of me for loving Vegas?  Add to that, this thread is FOUR YEARS OLD. 

      I seriously feel like I'm on another planet.  

      Chaditor
      Chaditor
      Participating Frequently
      September 13, 2022

      Chiming in to say I just experienced this.

       

      It's absolutely a bug - and yet another push to get away from using Premiere. The fact that nearly 4 years have passed and something as debilitating to basic editing as this can persist - well it makes one lose a lot of faith.

       

      Haven't found a long-term solution besides abandoning Adobe wholesale. I don't want pithy workarounds.

        Kevin-Monahan
        Community Manager
        Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        September 13, 2022

        Sorry. Everything here with audio channels seems to be OK on my end, but I'd be happy to file a bug for you, Chad. Do you have any reproducible steps I can use to help write up the bug? Let me know!

         

        Much Appreciated,
        Kevin

        Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio
        Chaditor
        Chaditor
        Participating Frequently
        September 13, 2022

        Hi Kevin, thanks for replying so quickly.

         

        Here's what I experienced:

         

        I switched from one sequence to another as I'm editing two separate videos in the same project.

         

        When I did, I noticed that all the audio in that sequence was only coming out of the left channel. Checked panning, checked the mixer, all seemed in order. Finally determined that the clips themselves had all been modified. When I check Audio Channels within the Modify Clip pane all of my audio/video clips have the right channel unchecked.

         

        This is obviously a massive pain when I'm dealing with hundreds of separate clips.

         

        But the bigger question is even more concerning - why would Premiere make that change, completely unprompted?

         

        I wish I had done something unusual, but there's nothing I can think of. Is there even a way to make that change en masse, were it something I wanted to do?

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        bamanf79010138
        Participant
        February 2, 2022

        I had this problem but it was just my audio interface.  I went to control panel, Audio and then opened the interface (SCARLET) then went to properties and then recording and i changed the mic from 2 lines studio quality to 1 line studio quality.  This fixed my problem in rush.

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        derekm17789972
        Participant
        November 26, 2021

        I just had this issue, but I found that in my case, somehow under Effect Controls the audio on both tracks was panned to -100. I switched the second track to +100 and the issue was fixed! 

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          Bryan53717
          Participant
          November 9, 2021

          This is most definitely a bug.  I can not seem to change any of my Audio settings to get my clips to play from both speakers.  I have tried everything.  

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            SG Artiste
            Participant
            February 17, 2020

            I had the same problem! Solved it by closing the program and starting again. Audio came back on both side. Sorry for bad english

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            dangertwin
            Participant
            May 31, 2021

            Restarting didn't help me. However, I edited my piece with left only. Then, when I was done I right-clicked that sequence in my project window and selected Make New Sequence From Clip. That did the trick.

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              GaneshKumar
              Participant
              December 8, 2023

              It Worked. Thanks a lot, buddy

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              Shivangi_GuptaCommunity Manager
              Community Manager
              December 25, 2018

              Hi annsnelly,

              Sorry for your issue.

              You have mentioned that the source file has both left and right audio channels but the sequence has only one.

              Please check this article to check if the source audio channels are mapped correctly: Working with clips, channels, and tracks in Premiere Pro

              Also, create a new sequence with the clip. Select the media clip in the Project panel > Right Click > New Sequence from Clip

              and then check if the same issue occurs.

              Thanks,

              Shivangi

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              flamousse
              Participant
              November 13, 2019

              Hello, I'm having the same issue even after creating the sequence from clip. The audio plays out of both LEFT & RIGHT in the source window, but upon creating a new sequence from the clip, the audio in the clip (on the sequence) only plays on the Left channel. I can see when double-clicking the clip in the timeline that the audio mixer has all tracks panned LEFT. I must change the pan to 0 for each one. But even after doing this, the next clip I bring it does the same thing. Meanwhile, the Sequence audio mixer states that everything is center panned. This looks like a bug. 

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