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muting audio track sin premiere pro
How the heck do you turn off or mute the audio tracks in premiere pro. I need to turn off some (with music etc) so I can foley in the footsteps.
I know you are supposed to go to the track and click on the little speaker so that it disappears (or so online helps states) but that doesnt work and it continues to play merrily away.
Please advise and thank you
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3 Replies
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Turning off the little speaker icon works…at least on OHCI systems. Do you have Canopus/Decklink/Matrox capture card installed?
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Another approach would be to use the volume control for that audio clip. In the monitor window, select the Effects Control tab, then click on the arrow for “volume” so that the volume level control drops down. If you want the volume down or muted for the whole clip, move to the beginning of the clip and set the volume level control slider to zero. If you want to drop the audio only for the footsteps part, at the beginning of the point where you want to begin lowering the volume, click the diamond above the volume level slide to set a key, then move in the timeline window where you want the audio to bottom out. At this point, simply slide the volume slide left to the level that you want it to be (quiet), Premiere will automatically set a key at that point. Then move forward in the timeline to the point where you want the volume brought back up, and click the diamond to set a key at the end of the period where you want it quiet. Again, move a little further in the timeline to the point where you want the audio back up to the normal level, and slide the volume level slide back to zero decibels. Premiere will automatically set the key. With this method, the volume will be normal until you get to the “footsteps” section, then drop down to a quieter level, and after the footsteps, the audio level will rise back up. Your other post says that you have “ghost” audio. If that’s the case, you probably have that audio clip recorded onto another track. You may try clicking the speaker (mute) button on each track until you find the offending “ghost” track.
Good luck!
Maxheadspace
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Oops! Correction. I stated in the second sentence of my previous post to drop the volume level to zero to mute the audio; I actually meant slide it left to -00 (negative zero zero). Zero decibels on that slider is actually normal volume level.
Max.
Maxheadspace
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