• Adobe Premiere Pro

  5.1 playback/output much lower than stereo only sequence

  Posted by Michael Dominic on December 31, 2018 at 11:49 pm

  When I create a 5.1 sequence all tracks are played back and exported much lower.

  I even brought the stereo audio from the other sequence in to a stereo track in the 5.1 sequence and it played back lower as well.

  Any ideas why?

  Happy New Year

  Michael

  Chris Borjis replied 7 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Chris Borjis

  January 2, 2019 at 10:35 pm

  Has to do with “surround pan laws.”

  Google that to learn more details. Tough to explain briefly.

  If you want something to export at the same level as the source,
  bump all the surround channels (in the audio mixer) up +3db.

  You’ll find when you re-import that the levels now match.

  Be cautious for any surround mixes that get near 0 peak, though
  they really shouldn’t be there. (Just in case it creates distortion).

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