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Audio 1_Stereo vs. 2 ch. Mono
So I’m still trying to understand how Premiere handles Audio. I’ve been testing with a finished spot I have from our vendor. Its a 1080p ProRes file with stereo audio. No 5.1 mix. In FCP this would import with left on A1 and right on A2. In PP, audio is set to Use File from the Preferences. So this imports the Stereo file (L&R) both to A1. However, when I export and OMF it shows up like this, see Audition image below. Audio 1_L & Audio 1_R. But they are not left and right channels, they both play in stereo and PANNED center. Does this mean you have physically have to PAN each channel L or R once in Audition for mixing? Why wouldn’t the OMF export it as one stereo channel, PANNED center? Just 1 Audio track? Plus each audio track can be grabbed and moved separate from the other, which could lead to sync issues. Just don’t think this is right, unless I’m not doing something right.
Is it better to set the Premiere Prefs to import Stereo files and separate mono channels, like FCP did? This is confusing and can see how much a pain this could be mixing in Audition.
Premiere CS6:
Audition:
OSX 10.7.5 with a 3.39 Ghz Intel Core i7 on a built up Hackintosh
16 GB of RAM with OSX on SSD, (2) internal HDDs RAID’d 1 for project files and External RAID 5 for all project assets (media, GFX, stills, etc.)
BMD Decklink Studio 2, FSI BM210, KRK Rokit 5s, Mackie 802 -
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OMFs are mono only.
More info https://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WSEAE1A4D0-C089-439a-B2E5-0FA42F018544.html
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Thanks Tero. So with stereo tracks, the OMF is essentially creating dual mono channels? And you’ll have to know which is which in STP, Audition or ProTools. I guess I figured once the OMF was imported, it would split that stereo file and have them Panned properly, 1 left and 2 right, representing that this was stereo file.
Whats weird is Audition does this but STP does not and show both channels panned center. Not sure about ProTools.
And in the case of merged clips with 2 channels of reference camera audio and 4 channels of mono from an external recorder (boom & LAV mics), the editor, me, should keep those on their own tracks, separate from any stereo files, like a slate or tone &/or music, keeping things organized. That way in the OMF the audio engineer can clearly see what is what. Make sense?
OSX 10.7.5 with a 3.39 Ghz Intel Core i7 on a built up Hackintosh
16 GB of RAM with OSX on SSD, (2) internal HDDs RAID’d 1 for project files and External RAID 5 for all project assets (media, GFX, stills, etc.)
BMD Decklink Studio 2, FSI BM210, KRK Rokit 5s, Mackie 802
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