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Strange Audio Problem in Timeline/export but not preview
From the beginning:
I recorded narrations that sound great, then imported them into Soundbooth (since it’s all I have; part of the CS5 Suite) to quickly edit the audio. I applied a quick equalize levels and then a hard limit to the entire audio. It did hurt the quality a tad but for the project it sounded fine. I checked the exported (saved) WAV file once I was finished and it sounded just as it did in Soundbooth. I then added imported the WAV into Premiere CS5 and previewed it both in the Project tab and again in the Source tab.
The problem is when I add the file to my timeline. Instantly it sounds like crap. Blown out to be specific. I tried exporting the video w/ audio to make sure it wasn’t just a preview issue. Export sounded bad. Even though the original never peaks in Soundbooth OR Premiere, I re-exported the original audio at -2db just to see. Again it sound fine in my media play or in preview but in the timeline or exports, it’s destroyed.
I even tried exporting a compressed WAV, a Mono vs Stereo WAV, a lower bit WAV, and an MP3. Same exact thing happens.
Any ideas? I don’t understand why if the audio sounds fine everywhere else, why can Premiere not just add it to the video.
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3 Replies
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Bah! I’ve been searching for help on this in these forums and online and as soon as I post a help request one here, I figure it out.
I can’t believe I didn’t think of it but then again, thats how most problems are.
In case anyone has the same issue:
I created my timelines in Premiere by quickly taking my HDSLR footage and dragging it to the ‘New Item‘ icon in the Project tab. This will create a sequence with all the appropriate settings for you footage. Apparently the cameras files have strange audio settings and any audio not from the camera will sound quite poor. For lack of a better explanation, the audio I was adding was ‘too good’.The fix; I just created an HDSLR sequence using Premieres default settings.
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I was going to say that the audio settings for the timeline might haven been the problem….
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Yeah I can’t believe I didn’t think of it sooner! Thanks though.
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