Premiere adding random audio pops that aren't in OBS source audio (v23.5 and v23.6)

[Will..]

Over the last several versions, Premiere is randomly adding audio pops/clicks in audio. I've confirmed it isn't in the source media.

I will play through an edit I've made and randomly there will be an audio pop/click that wasn't there before. If I restart Premiere, it goes away, but it happens constantly, so I started to right click the audio clip when it happens, send it to Auditon, close auditon, then undo, so that it's back to normal. Then the audio pop won't be there anymore. So it's definitely a bug with Premiere Pro and how it's processing/rendering the audio files.

This was not a problem last year with the same audio format coming from the same program. My system is fast and transcoding is a waste of time; this bug shouldn't exist.

Happens in Premiere Pro v23.5 and 23.6 (This wasn't happening in the previous years versions)

My setup:
Mac Studio M1 Ultra

OS 12.6.8

Audio is from h.264 .mp4 files recorded from an OBS screen capture.

For some reason it's not liking the audio in these recent versions. (I've edited hundreds of videos in prior versions and can guarantee this was not an issue before.)

I've noticed if I tab out of Premiere for like 5-10 mins then go back, it resets Premiere and the pops don't happen, then as I start to playback parts and move the timeline curser around, the pops come back. It's very random though. If the pop isn't addressed, it ends up in the export as if Premiere has baked it into the render preview files during the editing!!

[defaultwscpfqg9svv9]

Yeah I have the exact same problem. It's causing me a super headahe and nothing fixes it. I am thinking of editing my audio in something else, and connecting the two up later (after using a 'rough' aduio in premier which matches the 'good' audio in whatever program I end up using. Feels kinda pointless though, I wish it just worked.

[R Neil Haugen]

I've used OBS for years, and never had an issue with audio. Using the standard mp4 recording out of it. So ... in detail what are your audio settings in OBS? As something in there must trigger Premiere.

And I'd love to get a file-transfer to test on my rig of a clip doing this on yours. Just for further sleuthing on what the hay is happening.

[defaultwscpfqg9svv9]

Thanks man. I actually use windows 11 'sound recorder' app to record onto pc raw, then put that audio file in Premier, and that's when the problems start. I use kinda the defualt settins in sound recorder which are attached. Do you think recording to OBS would help? Thanks for the file transfer option. Do you mean a 'raw' cut which has no cracks yet? Or a cut from Premier pro with the crackles? Thanks so much for the help! 🙂

[R Neil Haugen]

The free utility app MediaInfo is very useful for troubleshooting here on the forum ... though the site is a bit of a pain at first to figure out where to get that app rather than the adds on the page. It's pretty standard to use for checking both video and audio metadata from the files so a very useful tool.

Wav files would be normally the best option for Premiere, I'm wondering why those wav files are an issue. I've haven't tried recording in Win11, just got the desktop upgraded to the blame thing, so I could try here. But I'd love to see the data from yours.

So if you do install MediaInfo, simply drag/drop a wav file onto the app's desktop icon. It opens and select the "tree view". Do a screengrab of the metadata it shows, and drag/drop that onto the text reply box so it shows up directly as an image within your text, and we don't have to click to open something separately.

[defaultwscpfqg9svv9]

Hey mate, great thanks for all the support. Below is the grab - I hope I did it correctly. I should also mention that this is the first time I have recorded in 'WAV'. The ones that had the issues were in AAC format (default). (Please see below screen shot for example). Di you think recordin in AAC was the problem? Today I recorded my voice over in WAV, and I am attaching that metadata in MediaArea below , if you kindly don't mind having a look at. I hope that makes sense. Thanks again so much. 🙂

  

[defaultwscpfqg9svv9]

Just to add to the msg below, I will attach a voice over metadata from the otherday back when I was recording with the preset AAC to see if that would affect it. Thank you so much!