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

New Here ,
Dec 24, 2018 Dec 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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Adobe Employee , Dec 25, 2018 Dec 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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New Here , Mar 16, 2021 Mar 16, 2021

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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Adobe Employee ,
Dec 25, 2018 Dec 25, 2018

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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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New Here ,
Nov 12, 2019 Nov 12, 2019

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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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New Here ,
Mar 16, 2021 Mar 16, 2021

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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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New Here ,
Sep 08, 2022 Sep 08, 2022

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Thank you!

 

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

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 02, 2023 Aug 02, 2023

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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!!  

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New Here ,
Apr 02, 2021 Apr 02, 2021

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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.

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New Here ,
Dec 07, 2023 Dec 07, 2023

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

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New Here ,
Feb 16, 2020 Feb 16, 2020

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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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New Here ,
May 30, 2021 May 30, 2021

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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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Community Beginner ,
Dec 07, 2023 Dec 07, 2023

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It Worked. Thanks a lot, buddy

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 09, 2021 Nov 09, 2021

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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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New Here ,
Nov 26, 2021 Nov 26, 2021

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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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New Here ,
Feb 02, 2022 Feb 02, 2022

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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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Community Beginner ,
Sep 13, 2022 Sep 13, 2022

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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.

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Adobe Employee ,
Sep 13, 2022 Sep 13, 2022

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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

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 13, 2022 Sep 13, 2022

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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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Community Beginner ,
Sep 13, 2022 Sep 13, 2022

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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.

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 13, 2022 Sep 13, 2022

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Disregard. Did not fix the problem.

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Adobe Employee ,
Sep 13, 2022 Sep 13, 2022

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What kind of files are these?

 

Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 13, 2022 Sep 13, 2022

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  • .wav
  • .mp4
  • .mov

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 13, 2022 Sep 13, 2022

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Ok I'm losing my mind here.

 

This is what the clips currently look like under the "Modify Clip" panel. The R channel was unchecked so I tried checking it but they still just play back in dual mono:

Screen Shot 2022-09-13 at 3.29.32 PM.png

 


BUT when I bring in the exact same clip the L and R channels are arranged differently - how they were before this bug ruined my day (playing back in proper stereo).

Screen Shot 2022-09-13 at 3.29.43 PM.png


This is insane. So there's no way to get my stereo clips back in action without manually bringing them all in fresh?! (and lose all my keyframes, effects, etc)

 

What is going on?

 

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 14, 2022 Sep 14, 2022

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I'll just keep updating this in case it helps someone else.

 

Every time I open this project file I notice some new hell brought upon it.

 

Now it's randomly modifying the visual interpretation of clips. Fun! So I've been offlining media, then manually resetting the way Premiere interprets the audio channels and the frame rate of certain clips.

 

Screen Shot 2022-09-14 at 9.56.05 AM.png

 

 

Being adept at using Premiere = being as good as troubleshooting as you are at editing.

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 10, 2023 Dec 10, 2023

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for me it turns out I created a sequence under broadcast and it was 4 mon discrete.  I didn't realize it somehow began defaulting to that. so I created a hd 1080 29.97 fps sequence and cut and pasted all of the bad sequence clips into it and boom!   it worked.

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New Here ,
Dec 14, 2023 Dec 14, 2023

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This fixed it for me, thanks bro!

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