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Import audio file from CD on mac
Hello,
I’m very new to Premiere but have worked with digital video on the mac for many years. We’ve just put in a Production Premium CS3 suite and I have a question about importing an audio file from a CD… our music library.
workflow 1. I copy the aif file from the disc to the mac and then drag it into the premiere project window. There is a quick import window that pops up and then the file is ready to be used. When I play the file in Premiere it is overmodulated, even the waveform image that shows up in the clip window is cliped in areas. When I play the same file in quicktime it sounds fine.Workflow 2. Sames as #1 except with an mp3 downloaded from the web with same result.
Workflow 3. Take the audio file from the CD and open it in Soundbooth and resave it so the compressor, sample rate and sample type all match the project settings in premiere. Same result.
Workflow 4. Audio file into Soundbooth, use the compressor effect with default preset on the file twice and save the file. Now it will play in premiere without any clipping.
Please tell me there is a way to import audio files without going through Soundbooth…???? Pretty Please.
Thanks for reading the long post and I appreciate your responses.
Jay B.
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Use iTunes but make sure the preferences are set to import the audio as aif or wav. All audio tracks from CDs come out loud, often too loud. FCP has this issue too as its the audio file not the NLE. You just need to pull down the audio gain. Or pull down the Audio layers levels in the Mixer.
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I’m having the same problem…never had it before strangely enough. i’m using premiere 6.5 on a windows pc. 2ghz processor with 1.5 gb ram. I do live recordings of concerts and i record the sound separately into samplitude. if i listen to the wav file on its own it’s fine but after i import it into premiere it becomes distorted.
i know that premiere distort audio at above -12 db so i checked the file in samplitude and it is well below -15. not sure what to do next!
i’m going to try to burn a copy onto dvd in the hopes that maybe its just the playback within premiere that’s distorting the sound.
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