sound issue

[Mike Velte]

[cmsvideo] “Some reason when I pull my sound into PPro it makes it sound weak”

Judging audio levels by sound is subjective, that is why Premiere has audio meters to measure decibels. What is the peak level of your clip?
48,000 Hkz is the sample rate and not a volume level.

[Bart Straman]

okey, look first at your decibel meter in Premierepro.
if that gives a normal level, than look in the preferences at your audio hardware settings and audio settings. if that’s all okey.
look at your project settings (when making a new project) and look at the audio sections.

Bart

[Cmsvideo]

the sound is recorded at -6 but when I import it in to PP its -30

[Jeff Brown]

My guess is you are recording on analog equipment? That is normal– sort of. The problem is from the many different audio scales used.

Digital audio is expressed in dBFS : decibels Full Scale, which cannot exceed zero without clipping.
Analog is typically dBU : decibels related to a peak magnetic saturation, which can exceed zero, and clips/distorts gradually, which is why you can bounce the needles/LEDs to +3 or a bit more, and things sound fine.

The relationship also varies depending on where you live (no really!). I think the EU uses -18 dBFS (digital) = 0 dBU (analog). U.S. levels are -20 dBFS = 0 dBU.*

If you are not using analog metering for acquisition, then something REALLY wacky is going on. Tell us more.

If you are using analog metering, then you recorded your audio a bit low, but not as low as you might have thought from the Premiere levels.

*corrections welcome, the above is only my best recollection of the analog-digital relationship. My excuse: I do graphics…

-jeff