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Audio Scrubbing in Premiere Pro vs. Final Cut—Speed and Comprehension?
I’m new to Premiere Pro CS5.5, in the process of trying out Premiere Pro to see if I should move over.
I do a lot of documentary work with long reels of dialog. I need to move through them quickly while still being able to understand what people say, in order to make selects.
In FCP, if you pressed the L key once, the speed would increase but still be comprehensible. I’ve noticed in Premiere Pro, however, that if I do the same (I’ve set preferences to the FCP keyboard shortcuts), I get a very large increase in speed and the audio moves up in pitch, making it almost impossible to understand.
Is there a 1/2 speed setting in Premiere Pro, so I can scrub through my reels rapidly while still understanding what people say?
Or is there some other way to go about this?
Thanks.
david
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Sorry, there isn’t. You can make a feature request for this, though. Go here: https://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Kevin Monahan
Sr. Content and Community Lead
Adobe After Effects
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Thanks Kevin,
Well, that might be a deal-breaker. Do any of these engineers at Mac or Adobe have a clue as to how professionals actually make a living
using their products??? It’s so disappointing.By the way, do you know if Avid Media Composer allows for sped-up audio scrubbing that’s comprehensible?
Once again, thanks.
david
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[David Intrator] “By the way, do you know if Avid Media Composer allows for sped-up audio scrubbing that’s comprehensible?”
Yes. Of all the major NLE’s, Avid does this the best.
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I find two clicks on the “L” key (PPro default hot keys) plays at 2x speed (1 click = 1x), which is fairly comprehensible, depending on the audio source. I use it all the time to speed up the review process.
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I edit this way all the time, never work in real time.
The way to hear the audio faster than realtime is to hit play (spacebar or L) Hold down the shift key, then tap L again. This speeds up the playback by a third or a quarter, can’t quite remember. But the more you do the shift+L combo the slightly faster is plays. A few taps like this will get the playback just under 2 speed and it is crystal clear to hear for edit decisions. I use the waveform as a visual cue for end of comments, VO etc too.
You can also hit L twice to get 2 speed, then hold shift and tap J to pull the speed back a (quarter or third). It still plays forward but the speed amount is reduced. This was not doable in FCP and I loved this feature in PPro from way back.
Happy high speed editing 🙂
– JB
Jon Barrie
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Thanks a million, Jon.
Works like a charm.
I’m back on the PP bus.
david
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Thats a really cool feature. I may have to reassess my Avid comment.
I still say for responsiveness and intelligibility, Avid is still better (at least on hardware that I have used)
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Wow, great tip Jon. I noticed that this isn’t in the manual yet. Jerry Klaimon has a comment on the proper page, so I’ll make sure to make sure it’s officially documented.
The comment is at the bottom of this page: https://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WS52A45F55-4237-480c-86F0-9A3869DBEF57.html
Kevin Monahan
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Thanks Kev. I’ll be in touch with more tips! LOL.
🙂
JB
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