[John Petrula]

The Dynamics audio effect was an integral part of Premiere Pro for many years. I and other Premiere Pro editors have hundreds of lengthy videos which heavily utilize it. If Adobe removes the Dynamics effect, any project which utilized the Dynamics effect will suddenly have no audio effect i.e. you will have to redo all of the carefully done audio with another effect. This would be a nightmare. One might say, “Well, no one ever reopens completed projects.” Let me give an example why this is not realistic.

With the new “Export markers as a list” feature, I am re-editing my previous videos to add markers. Why? My users have wanted a way to have a list of entry points into a YouTube video to take them to a particular topic. With the “Export markers” spreadsheet file, I automated it so I create a Table of Contents PDF file. They love it. They want me to do it for over a hundred one hour talks. All my videos use the Dynamics effect. If Adobe removes the Dynamics effect, I will need to replace it with something. This will require a huge amount of time. This is one of many reasons I do not want the Dynamics effect obsolete.

Unfortunately, the new Dynamics Processing audio effect lacks the compressor level meter (bar) so interactive compression adjustments during playback are impossible since there is no visible feedback like you had with the obsolete Dynamics effect. It is like driving blind.

I have to deal with real world cases of one hour videos with different speakers using the same microphone during the same talk. This is not a Hollywood studio, but a nitty-gritty real world environment with non-actors. Dynamics audio solves 95% of my audio issues with a single interface which works. Hundreds of my end users frequently compliment me on the quality of the audio results. The Dynamics effect is why.

If Premiere Pro replaced Dynamics with say a Dynamics 2 so all my old projects would automatically be replaced with Dynamics 2, continue to work with their original settings, and Dynamics 2 had ALL the features of Dynamics plus additional features, I would be happy. But let’s get real. Adobe is not going to do that. Adobe will remove the Dynamics effect, my old projects will no longer work since the audio effect is gone, and the replacement effect interface is awful.

The solution is simple. Do not obsolete the Dynamics effect. And continue to offer new effects like Dynamics Processing.

For those who utilize the Dynamics effect everyday, please fill out the simple Premiere Pro Feature Request/Bug Report Form asking Adobe to make Dynamics a permanent feature, and not obsolete it. Your vote counts. Adobe prioritizes on how many requests they receive.

[John Petrula]

Premiere Pro is trying to obsolete the incredibly useful Dynamics audio effect. For those of you who use and love it, you can help prevent this from occurring. How?

Adobe Staff employee, Stefan Gruenwedel, said, “Adobe product teams do monitor requests made through that feature request/bug report form. The more people post there, the better.”

Please fill out the Premiere Pro feature request form asking them not to obsolete the Dynamics effect.
Premiere Pro Feature Request/Bug Report Form
Be sure to press the “Feature Request” button on the form.

Then email your friends asking them to also fill out the form.

Also see my thread Don’t Let Dynamics Effect Become Obsolete for additional reasons why not to obsolete the Dynamics effect.

[John Petrula]

Panasonic AJ-PX270 (Firmware: 11.31)
Premiere Pro CC2014 (v8.1)
Windows 7 Pro 64-bit SP1

Adobe confirmed that Panasonic AJ-PX270 LongG does not work in Premiere Pro CC2014 (v8.1).
“AVC-LongG Fails in Premiere Pro CC2014”
https://forums.adobe.com/message/6800629

Currently, does Sony PXW-X180 LongG or Panasonic AJ-PX270 LongG work in Final Cut Pro or Premiere Pro CC2014 (v8.1)?

It needs to work with continuous shots which go over the 4 GB boundary.

Thanks in advance.