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Overwrite & Insert Edit Functions do not work without video
I don’t know if this is a bug, or if it’s some weird technical issue in which Premiere handles edits, but I can’t seem to use the Insert Edit or Overwrite Edit functions for just audio. Basically I want to take audio from the source and lay it underneath picture in the timeline. I do this by deselecting the video targeting track so no track is targeted for video, just the audio tracks. However, nothing happens upon an insert edit or overwrite edit command. I can drag just the audio from the source window using the mouse, but this is not ideal as I do not want all of the audio tracks, just selected ones.
Anyone had this issue? Is this a bug, or is there something I don’t know about how Premiere handles media? It’s quite annoying as these two commands are the most basic of editing functions. This is not a one time issue.
I’m using CC on a mac for what it’s worth.
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Did you source patch the audio track?
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I did indeed. I’ll try and get a screen grab up.
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Gates: did you figure out what was going on here? I’m having exactly the same problem with audio, and it seems to be something that just started. I deselect the video tracks, with the hope of overlaying audio. Nothing happens. If I try to overlay just the video, however, no problem – video drops in without the audio.
Anybody know what’s going on? Have I inadvertently hit a setting that doesn’t allow me to overlay audio-only, even though I can still do video-only?
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One additional thing I just discovered of note: the clips I am working with are MERGED. In other words, I was using a DSLR with separate audio. So I merged audio to video.
When I try to do overwrite with non-merged clips, no problem with overwriting audio or video-only. And with merged clips, I can do video-only. BUT I cannot do audio-only with merged clips… mysterious!
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And another update! I CAN overwrite audio only when:
1) I am using the crummy audio that was recorded on my DSLR by itself;
OR
2) I am using the crummy DSLR audio WITH the separately recorded (i.e. good) audio.
I CANNOT overwrite good audio alone.
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Discovered that, with my merged clips, the source of the problem was the separately recorded (i.e. good) audio that was merged with the video. I can overwrite just fine video-only, or audio-only UNLESS I am trying to use ONLY the good audio.
Video only. No problem. Crummy audio from DSLR? No problem. Video + crummy audio? No problem. Video + crummy audio + good audio? No problem.
But once I try to do good audio only – does not work.
I don’t really get it, but what I eventually figured out is I have to go back to my master clip. I right-click it. Select Modify. Go to Audio Channels. And then I futz around with the Source Channel selections. Basically assigning None to the bad audio (Audio 1 and 2 in the Track Column in my case) and re-assigning channels 1 and 2 to Audio 3 and 4 (where my good audio resides).
Don’t understand it, but it seems to work.
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Hey Geoff, I never really did find a solution, per se, but like you, the issue was with merged clips. And I wish I could be more specific, but at the time I was creating new audio tracks as ‘adaptive’ (I figured: ‘Adaptive’ that means it will handle anything. Great! Turns out it ain’t quite that simple). Ever since I’ve been making my new tracks standard, and I haven’t run into the issue in a while. That being said, I never really got to the root of the problem. I wish I could be of more help, but if you do think you’ve ever gotten to the root of it, I’d love to hear more.
Premiere is great, but there’s a lot of little ticks like this still to iron out.
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How quickly I forget things. Had this problem again, two months later, and forgot what my solution was. Luckily, I posted it for future reference to myself (i.e. right now!). Anyway, I’ve attached a screen shot of what my changes look like, after I’ve modified the clip. See my earlier notes.
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