audio tracks

[Soula-55]

I have a clip dating from last month used in a completed project. In that project the clip appears with one video track and one audio track on the timeline. Today, starting another project I import that clip and it appears with one video track and six audio tracks on my timeline. Why is that, and also I would like to know if there is a preference somewhere that will allow me to merge all multiple audio tracks into one
I am on Win10, using Premiere Pro v 14.9.0

[Ann Bens]

There is a preference on how you would like audio to be imported.

Preferences > Timeline > Default audio tracks.

[Soula-55]

Thanks for your response, but something escapes me....I don't know much about audio.....

no matter what preference I choose for the timeline, I still have 6 audio tracks. What should I do to have a single audio track

[Ann Bens]

You set the preference before import. It does not work if the footage is already imported.

If its already in the project you will have to use Modify > Audio Channels.

[Soula-55]

Here are my preferences. What do I change?

[Ann Bens · Accepted solution]

I am guessing multichannel to stereo.

[Soula-55]

Perfect!! Thanks

[Soula-55]

Yes, problem solved