Left audio only in timeline, but both left and right audio in source. Help?

[AnnSnelly]

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!!

[Shivangi_Gupta · Accepted solution]

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

[flamousse]

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. 

[adeo85103157 · Accepted solution]

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.

[Billy Boy1]

Thank you!

Adeo85103157 has the correct answer. You saved me from a lot of trouble shooting.

[Jason251744762gmo]

This is ridiculous. On Magix Vegas, you simply drag anything into a timeline from your source or bin and it deals with it. I can't believe I'm having an issue in Premiere with such a simple mondane task.  Silly issues like this crop up from time to time and drive me around the bend!!  

[Smamed67]

didn't do s**** for me 😕

[LilSleep]

didn't use this exactly but thanks to this comment i was able to find the seqence settings and apparently i kept choosing the mono preset in the Broadcast section but now when im using the UHD (4K) HDR 2160p 59.94 fps and it fixed the problem for me! Hope this might help someone else

[Frederik5FB8]

This is just an incorrect answer. It's a bug to my sincere optinion.

It happened to me and I found out why/how/what.

Creating a multicam sequence - drag to the timeline; then external stereo audio, drag to the timeline: only left channel!!!

The other way round. Clear timeline.

Drag the audio source first into the timeline: stereo. Then the multicam sequence: cannot edit in multicam mode. Heeeyyyyy !! AND: dragging the audio into the timeline created an audio sequence in the project.

So clearing everything on the timeline;

Dragging the multicam sequence into the timeline, now the audio SEQUENCE into the timeline: Bingo! Multicam editing AND stereo.. BBIIIGGG SSIIGGHHH.

[Meio2875038085a9]

New sequence from clip solved the problem. Had this bug for the first time in years.

[Peter35095829nu18]

December 2024 and we still encounter this problem. None of the suggestions work either. 

[Mohammed27756559wt44]

i have recently encountered this and couldn't find any fix. At last I tried to change the sequence and created a new sequence with the 1080p preset. Then I copied the old sequence layers to the new sequence. it fixed !

[Au42zh]

January 2025-- issue is still here 😠

Since my audio clips are cut up in my current file, I think I'll be exporting the whole thing when I'm done an dre-opening as a new file with diffent audio settings to try and fix it. Unbeleivably frustrating that it's been 7 years with no solution that other programs have as defaults.

[SG Artiste]

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

[dangertwin]

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.

[GaneshKumar]

It Worked. Thanks a lot, buddy

[Bryan53717]

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.  

[derekm17789972]

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! 

[bamanf79010138]

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.

[Chaditor]

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]

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

[Chaditor]

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?

[Chaditor]

Update - while restarting Premiere and my computer did not solve the problem, for some reason duplicating the project file and opening the new project file did.

[Chaditor]

Disregard. Did not fix the problem.

[Kevin-Monahan]

What kind of files are these?

Kevin