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Multi-Cam sequence ONLY PLAYS AUDIO FROM LEFT CHANNEL, Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

New Here ,
Jan 23, 2015 Jan 23, 2015

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Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone could help me out here. I have several hours of short (1-3 min) clips from a 3 day event that I'm trying to organize and prep for editing.  I wasn't on the shoot, but the cameras recorded the external mic (main audio) to one channel, and the internal mic (reference audio) to another channel; however it varies on which channel they recored main vs reference.  For the clips where someone is talking directly to the camera and I know I won't need the reference audio, I've gone in and done "modify audio" and mixed the "stereo" down to "mono", and then selected the channel with the "main audio" to be source channel.   That works great- now when the person talks it comes in evenly through both left and right speakers instead of being lopsided.

However, when I then try to take 2 of those clips that have been mixed down to "mono" and create a new multi-cam sequence, the new sequence consistently plays audio only from the left channel.  I have tried numerous configurations whence making the multi-cam sequence (automatic, mono, stereo, adaptive). Nothing works- it ONLY plays from the left side.  I have also tried modifying the audio channels after I make the new sequence, and put "Channel 1" in both the left and right tracks.  Nothing, it still only plays from the left side.

Any idea in how to get my mono source channel to play evenly in both left and right channels instead of only being in the left?  By the way, if I try to Pan to the right in the effects window, it just gets quieter, not balanced.

Thanks for the help!

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Explorer , Jun 18, 2015 Jun 18, 2015

Found a solution here Multi-Camera Source Sequence Audio from 1 Speaker instead of both??? HELP PLEASE!!!

Ctrl + N or Command + N for a new sequence, select your preset (in my case DVProHD > 1080i) and check that the audio channels are all mono. Then copy and paste all of your clips into the new blank sequence.

When I upgraded from Premiere Pro CC 2014 to 2015, all my multicamera sequences started playing mono audio through the left speaker only. Whether I had just created a new multi camera seque

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New Here , Dec 27, 2015 Dec 27, 2015

I found all but A1 balanced to the left in the track mixer. Balancing them back to zero fixed the problem. I had been messing around for a while, so I don't know if I did something in addition to fix it.

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New Here ,
Dec 01, 2020 Dec 01, 2020

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Not sure if anyone else if having this issue but this happened for me today.

 

To fix it I had to do the following in my case (after some trial and error of the suggestions in this thread):

 

1. Create a new "bin" (i.e. folder) and place/copy the video files/clips to that folder.

2. Right click on the folder and select "Create new multi-camer source sequence ..."

3. In the create sequence box that pops up - select your settings (I chose the synchronize point to be Audio and Track Channel 1; Sequence Preset: Automatic; Offset audio by 0 video frames; Audio: Sequence Settings is Camera 1, Audio Channels Preset is Automatic; Enumerate Cameras) then select OK.

4. Now, right-click on the clip that was generated (for me it was in the format *.MOVMulticam) and select Sequence Settings. Change the Audio: Number of Channels to 2. Select OK.

5. Now, right-click on the clip again and select "New Sequence from Clip".

6. Open up the generated sequence so it displays in the Timeline panel then select the Timeline panel (so it has a blue bar around it).

7. Now go the Audio Clip Mixer panel. You should see the audio channel is set to -100.0. Change this 0.0 and now your audio should be centered again.

8. To check this stays - do a Quick Export and play the exported file (audio should now be balanced).

 

No clue why this happening. It must be a bug.

 

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New Here ,
Dec 01, 2020 Dec 01, 2020

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Forgot to mention I am using Adobe Premiere Pro 2020 from Adobe CC.

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 28, 2022 Mar 28, 2022

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I realize I'm late to the party, but seven years later this is still not fixed.  WTH, Adobe.

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LEGEND ,
Mar 28, 2022 Mar 28, 2022

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Did you try any of the methods discussed in this thread?

If so, which one(s) worked for you, please?

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 28, 2022 Mar 28, 2022

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Going into the sequence settings and changing the number of channels from 1 to 2 under Audio.

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New Here ,
Mar 15, 2023 Mar 15, 2023

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In my case, I had a seven channel WAV, which all channels in multicam sequence were playing mono (right) only. I simply went to Audio clip mixer and saw that the pan was at -100, so changed to 0.00 for all channels and it worked. 

For other projects, I've had to right-click on the multicam sequence audio clip and select Audio Channels, then click the checkbox under audio clip1 for the missing audio, in my case left and that worked---It's a work-around, but has worked for me on numerous occassions. I just updated to newest version 23.2.0 (build 69). 

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New Here ,
May 22, 2022 May 22, 2022

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If anyones still getting this issue in 2022, just add a new audio track beneath or above your existing one, drag your clips onto the new track and delete the old one. Problem solved.

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New Here ,
Feb 22, 2023 Feb 22, 2023

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Hmm didn't work for me. Still looking for a solution

 

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New Here ,
Feb 22, 2023 Feb 22, 2023

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I ended up solving the issue with the above recommendation about creating a new timeline COMMAND+N, making sure to change the settings to mono. Then copy and paste my sequence from the old timeline. Works.

Why is this such an issue Adobe?

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 29, 2022 Aug 29, 2022

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When creating the multicam, make sure all sources are mono/stereo as the need may be. If all are set to mono, and you create the multicam with mono, this problem shouldn't arise. I'm guessing that the multicam picks a channel in mono only when their are other stereo sources in the audio.

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New Here ,
Sep 28, 2023 Sep 28, 2023

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My issue is that Premiere automatically pans all of the tracks to the left when I create a multicam sequence.  The solution is to just go one by one panning them all back to zero.  It's super annoying and time consuming doing this because I will have 15+ tracks on a multicam sequence and I will have sometimes 10+ difference multicam sequences from the day during a wedding or a concert.  This sometimes takes me 30+ minutes just to pan everything back to zero.  Adobe needs to just fix this so everything pans to zero automatically.  I can't believe there is no setting to fix this.  Its such a waste of time for editors.

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Sep 28, 2023 Sep 28, 2023

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I think I figured out the solution because for years I’ve had the same problem. In creating the multi-cam in the audio settings use stereo and not mono.

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Sep 28, 2023 Sep 28, 2023

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I too have had this problem for years.  My typical setup is the talent has a lavalier mic going into my field recorder, while the camcorder is shooting the talent.

In post-production, using Premiere Pro, I import the audio WAV file (which comes in as a mono track on the left side) and the video into my Project Panel. BEFORE I create my multicam sequence, I right-click on the audio WAV file, a pop-up menu appears. I then hover Modify and click on Audio Channels. This opens up a Modify Clip window with Audio Channels tab selected. I change the Clip Channel Format from mono to stereo. This adds a Right portion to the Clip. I then check the Right, so both L and R are now checked. Then hit OK at the bottom right corner of the screen. I then build my Multicam source sequence (highlight the audio and video, right-click and hit Create Multi cam source sequence). Once created, drag that onto my timeline and voila, there's both Left and Right working. If you only want mono for your final render, then you can do that with an export setting.  I hope this helps. 

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