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SheSchro
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February 3, 2018
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Why do Adobe Premiere Pro 2018 audio tracks unexpectedly move?

  • February 3, 2018
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I'm working in a multitrack environment within Adobe Premiere 2018. I've separated all my audio onto different tracks and labeled them according to characters in my film, room tone, sfx, etc. Almost every time I open my project, the tracks have moved en mass to lower audio tracks. They are still in sync with the video so the sync is not off. So, If i had audio on tracks 1-4 for a scene they might now be on tracks 15-19. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to this as sometimes a single scene changes. Sometimes a whole section of the film changes. This is all very random but very frustrating as I need to get to picture lock and get my sound off to my sound designer/mixer on Monday with the tracks in the right place so he can easily follow and find tracks. Any ideas?

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Correct answer R Neil Haugen

The problem with this as a "fix" is that I usually don't know if my tracks are messed up until I open the program and my project. So, I'm wondering if I have to reset preferences every time I open? This seems like a completely inefficient way of "righting" a program as it appears many of my preferences will be reset.


The probably issue is something is screwy in the preferences/setup files that PrPro uses to start up with. The suggestion to trash those is to get that deleted. For many screwy things like this, the problem then just goes away. Because it isn't a situation where PrPro will routinely do something like this.

I've been hours a day in this program since CS6, and I've never had my audio tracks move ever. This is maybe in that five years the second time I've seen a post where someone's having this issue.

Neil

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Peru Bob
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Peru BobCommunity Expert
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February 3, 2018

Try resetting the preferences:

  FAQ: How to reset preferences in Premiere Pro?

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SheSchroAuthor
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February 3, 2018

I will try this. Thank you. Have you encountered this problem and found this to be a fix or is this the standard default answer for when PP does weird stuff?

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SheSchroAuthor
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February 3, 2018

SheSchro wrote

is this the standard default answer for when PP does weird stuff?

Yes. It works most of the time.


The problem with this as a "fix" is that I usually don't know if my tracks are messed up until I open the program and my project. So, I'm wondering if I have to reset preferences every time I open? This seems like a completely inefficient way of "righting" a program as it appears many of my preferences will be reset.

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