Volume "reset parameter" sets level to +9dB

Question

My office has recently upgraded to Premiere Pro 2020. In the effect control panel, clicking the "reset paramter" button on either the Volume or Channel Volume control sets the audio level to +9.0 dB, not 0.0 dB as it had in previous versions. Is there a default or a preference that can be changed to this resets to 0?

the outward spiral · Accepted Answer

On Jan 17, Matt Stegner replied to my bug report with this:"This is a bug that is fixed internally and will be fixed in the next patch."So I guess we can consider this one answered.

the outward spiral · Answer

I'm really not a fan of this change. Sure, most sound recordists these days agree that digital recording levels should be set to somewhere between -12 and -9db, so resetting the level to +9db in Prem should in theory bring that level back up closer to 0db. But the majority of the recordings that I receive are around -6db so the quick one click reset in Prem almost always results in audio clipping.

Even worse is when you're working with music that you know is always produced to peak at 0db. To mix music under voice, I always set the music track level low enough for the voice to cut through, then I add keyframes to swell the music between the voice clips. This used to be simple when you could reset keyframes to 0, but now, you have to input 0 manually.

So I have suggested adding a user defined "reset parameter" value in the audio preferences.

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