[David Roth weiss]

If it were me, I would export an EDL, and I’d edit it in a text editor (making every event stereo), then reimport the EDL, and relink files if necessary.

You might also want to check the menu in your camera to be certain you didn’t accidentally change a record setting to dual mono in-camera.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[David Roth weiss]

Well, at least I now understand the origin of the audio and the origin of the problem.

I never use stereo mics, so I can’t answer your question directly, but let me ask you this, does the subject matter you recorded REALLY have the spacial requirements that requires stereo, especially as stereo mics hardly produce enough separation to produce a true 3D sound stage unless the source of the sound is extremely localized and moves about the video frame in 3D space???

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[David Roth weiss]

Again, your explanation is confusing… I specifically asked if you were recording mic # 1 to channel-1 and mic #2 to channel-2, but you gave me lots of info except what I specifically asked for.

I can’t help you if you only give me the symptoms in Premiere, but not the precise origin of the issue, and I need to know what exactly was being recorded, because I’m confused about your use of the term “stereo” in this case, unless you were using a stereo microphone.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[David Roth weiss]

Dan,

I’m confused by your post… How exactly was the audio recorded in the camera? It sounds like mic #1 to channel-1, and mic #2 to channel-2. Is that correct?

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[David Roth weiss]

[David C Jones] “When we opened it back up, things looked back to normal.”

So David, from what you wrote above, it seems all is fine now, and you’re just wondering what caused the issue. Or, are you saying this issue persists?

Just for my own edification, what is your current setting in Video Preview in the Premiere Sequence Settings?

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[David Roth weiss]

[Will Chamberlin] ” set the sequence settings as ProRes”

In the Premiere Sequence Settings most go wrong because they forget to set the “Video Previews” setting – it’s even more important than setting the “Editing Mode,” because the Video Preview that is set automatically when you select Editing Mode is invariably just wrong

[Will Chamberlin] “I’ll also try a run without neatvideo, this one is 3 mins, the others are part of a conference and up to an hour per sequence, no chance I’m waiting for that to encode if it’s this slow!”

Remember Will, it’s not the encode that’s slowing you down with Neat, it’s the render, which you’ve been doing while simultaneously encoding. Just rendering the entire timeline with Neat will not be fast, but it won;t be even close to what you were doing before.

Once rendered, exporting at the same exact specs will go very fast… And, taking that master into AME and spitting out a deliverable will also go fast.

This ALL works because every step is optimized… Before you were de-optimizing at every step.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[David Roth weiss]

Even then Jeff, it’s an efficient workflow that I think every editor should adopt, as reinventing the wheel every time opens the door to all kinds of things. How many of us have gone back to that archived project we just know is all ready to to go for whatever last minute client request we get at 5:30pm on Friday, only to find something has changed or gone missing?

Exporting a master of every project, and keeping them in all one place (okay, with a backup, at least two places), is simply one of those things we should all think of as “best practices.”

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[David Roth weiss]

If you have to ask if you need a RAID, the answer is almost invariably YES! And, even if you don’t ask, the answer is almost invariably YES! In your case, since you mentioned that you’re shooting on a RED Scarlett, the answer is emphatically YES!!!

And, less you get yourself in the position of falling into the trap of “false economy,” which invariably leads to purchasing twice, just bite the bullet and purchase an 8-drive RAID array. Whether you have to rob a bank, or just borrow money from that bank, just do it. I promise, you will thank me profusely for years to come if you do, and you hate yourself if you don’t.

If you need a great deal, I can arrange that for you, as I consult for several of the best manufacturers… However, as of now, my top recommendation is the G-Tech Studio XL. Price it anywhere on the Web, and I’ll beat it.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[David Roth weiss]

Definitely not Jeff… He has to render at least once, that’s a given… But, if he also renders every time he needs to spit out a different deliverable, he’s not only rendering more than once, he’s doing it at the time Premiere’s resources are all involved with multitasking while simultaneously encoding to a new format

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[David Roth weiss]

Guys, while there is no doubt that Neat is a hog, the problem he’s encountering is that he’s re-rendering it while exporting. The way I mentioned, he renders it one time, and not during the export, which is when all system resources are encoding to another format and rendering Neat at the same time.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.