[Kevin Schaich]

[Dennis Radeke] “I don’t work a lot with Plural Eyes but you can at least try looking in Premiere Pro’s preferences. Under Audio, take a look at the ‘Default Audio Tracks’ and how they are handled. I might change Mono and/or Multichannel Mono Media to Stereo and see if that helps you. Make sure that your new sequence also has stereo audio tracks as well.
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No luck, it’s still doing the same thing. I changed every option in the ‘default audio tracks’ section to stereo, but when it imports the XML back all the audio shows up on separate tracks, linked as A1 and A2.

[Ivan M. Semeniuk] “Here is a solution in Audition posted by bariplayer on the Adobe Forum website:”

That might work as a temporary solution, but from the looks of it I’d have to do that for every clip. It’s also a bit of a hassle to switch between Premiere and Audition every time I have to import new footage.

Thanks for the input so far, both of you, I sincerely appreciate it. Does anyone else have a solution that might work better for me?

[Kevin Schaich]

[Angelo Lorenzo] “Once an edit is locked, send the audio to Audition for mixing. Audition can also take a rendered version of your edit as it has a video viewport, so bring in an MOV from Premiere. Edit all audio in Audition… seriously. Editing audio in your NLE is cumbersome and it’s easier to send everything over for more complicated projects than to send over just problem clips. Granted you may need to do some level of fine tuning in your NLE if you plan on screening work for a client/producer/test audience.

At the same time you could be working on effects and color grading in After Effects. Once you have effects like gun flashes, you can bring a new version of the video into Audition to sync any sound effects.”

I got pretty much all of that except this part. So, if I’m understanding right, export a rough cut from premiere just to Audition to get a rough idea of the audio to begin. Is that right? And after I’m done with most of the effects, I should export a rough effects cut back to Audition, finish the audio, export that to After Effects and do a final render? I’d just like a confirmation if I’m following your train of thought correctly.

What’s the best way to get all of my Premiere edits into After effects without rendering and maintaining individual clips?

And, one last question. Say I get all my effects and audio done and I have everything in a master timeline in After Effects. If I decide I want to make another edit or take a shot out or something, what’s the procedure for doing that without screwing up everything I already worked on?

Thanks for the reply by the way. That makes so much more sense than what I was doing.

[Kevin Schaich]

I’m not looking to spend any more money, and this thread was certainly not meant to be a discussion of gear or resources. I’m one guy doing some casual short films with friends for a video class and am just looking for some insight on how to approach the shots.