Soundtrack only plays with narration it's not supposed to!

[James25732231ooiu]

I don't know what's going on I've not had this issue before, I'm wondering if I've done something wrong somewhere somehow...

I have an .MP3 soundtrack I use as background music, I've used this lots of times in Premier Pro 2024 no problem. I then do narration over the video clips with my USB microphone using the Voice-Over Record option in Premier Pro 2024, and I set the Audio Gain on the music to -23Db and then adjust it lower a bit just so it's not too loud depending on speech volume.

I've done this for many video's in the past and it all works. This time after processing, it's decided to have the soundtrack volume link up with the narration somehow, so when I talk the music is playing, when I stop talking, the soundtrack volume dips and in most places it mutes it completely, until I talk again the volume of the soundtrack comes back up. 
This even happens when I stop talking for 1 second to start a new sentence (still on same narration audio track) the music will dip down for one second and resume when I'm talking!

I've NEVER had that happen and I cannot for the life of me understand what's going on, I've deleted the .MP3 and added it in again, makes no difference! It's driving me crazy I can only assume I pressed a command key on the keyboard by mistake or something that's made it sync the music with my narration, I don't want it to, I want the music to play at the same througout I don't know why it's doing this

Any help most appreciated!!

James

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hey James,

What happens with a different .mp3 in this project. What about the same file in a different project? Let us know.

Thanks,
Kevin

[James25732231ooiu]

Ill try that

However I have tried a previous project I last did still on the drive, that one is on YouTube and audio works as it should on YouTube and on the .mp4 fully exported file, HOWEVER playing the project file through on Premier Pro, it is giving me the same audio issues like above which is very odd, as last time I played that project back in Premier Pro it was all fine

[PaulMurphy]

Could you share a screenshot of your timeline? That would help in understanding how your audio tracks are set up and why the soundtrack might only be playing with the narration.

[James25732231ooiu]

[Richard M Knight]

Have you added any audio effects or treatments to either of the tracks?

[James25732231ooiu · Accepted solution]

No affects just audio gain on the .mp3 to lover the volume

I've tried a different MP3 and oddly the sound was ok, I put the original .MP3 soundtrack in and....it's working...I've processed it and the audio is fine!

Maybe the audio was glitched, trying this the next day with PC being turned off and back on later, maybe a 'restart' has cleared the issues? I shall post if the problem persists but otherwise it appears to have resolved itself

[Kevin-Monahan]

Cool, thanks for letting us know!

Kevin