Mono audio in Source window 3dB louder than in Timeline

[Guy Burns]

I've just noticed that when I import a mono audio clip (narration) into Premiere, and play it in the Source window and also in the timeline, the volume is different. I aTestTm reasonably certain that all possible volume settings are at 0dB. Three questions:

Q1: Just like what happens in Audition, is this because the Panning mode (as per Audition terminology) defaults to -3dB centre?

Q2: Can the Panning mode characteristics in Premiere be altered?

Q3: Other than increasing the timeline volume setting by 3dB, is it possible to have a mono file play at the same volume in the Source and Timeline windows?

Seems a strange situation to me, that I can import an audio file and its volume changes in different windows.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Background

I forgot to add that the reason this equal volume is important to me, is that I am trying to set the same narration volume across two hours of an AV. So I use a short narration in the source window as my reference volume, and compare it to the narration in the Timeline. That way I can be sure the narration volume doesn't vary too much over time.

But I can't easily do the comparison if the Source and Timeline volumes are different.

[daves53933359]

You're right - it is because of the centre pan. You probably have a stereo timeline and your mono clip is going to both channels resulting in 3db less. Panning it to one channel will give you the original volume but only from one speaker. This is expected.

TBH...I think your workflow is a bit flawed - if you want to check your volume over time I would solo your narration track on the timeline and check the level on the meter throughout.

[Bryce_Upstream]

This is correct. Thank you both for flagging and answering. Big help.