Dual mono tracks to Stereo submix at DVinfo.net

Peter Malcolm · March 21st, 2012, 10:15 PM

Hi guys,

I'm using PluralEyes, a program that syncs audio with video, and requires me to export a sequence into an XML. Unfortunately, XML takes all the stereo tracks I recorded with and makes them dual mono.

In the timeline, I have now double the audio tracks, and each of them are mono. I would like to revert this.

I found that I had to create a "stereo submix", but I have no idea how to take it from there. There's a lot I don't know about Premiere Pro, what do I do?

http://i.imgur.com/SWKv8.png

David Trayers · March 21st, 2012, 10:57 PM

Now, I don't know about PluralEyes and the XML stuff, and I don't know how PrPro sees your clips, but...

I shoot with an Canon XF100 and the video is a MXF format file. PrPro brings in the audio as two mono tracks.

I can right click on the clip and select Modify -> Audio... and I can interpret the audio from two mono tracks to one L-R stereo track.

Maybe you can do something similar?

Bart Walczak · March 22nd, 2012, 12:13 AM

1. In Audio mixer pan your A1 track to -100 (left), and your A2 track to +100 (right)
2. At the bottom of each track in audio mixer there is a pull-down menu where this track is send after all the effects and sliders in mixer are applied. Choose your stereo submix track here.

Peter Malcolm · March 22nd, 2012, 03:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Trayers

I can right click on the clip and select Modify -> Audio... and I can interpret the audio from two mono tracks to one L-R stereo track.

Maybe you can do something similar?

I can't, all the options under "track format" are greyed out! Could it be because I have a segment of the clip in the sequence? I don't want to lose the sync though, so I can't get rid of it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bart Walczak

1. In Audio mixer pan your A1 track to -100 (left), and your A2 track to +100 (right)
2. At the bottom of each track in audio mixer there is a pull-down menu where this track is send after all the effects and sliders in mixer are applied. Choose your stereo submix track here.

This works, thanks a bunch! But how to I add effects to the now stereo footage of certain scenes into the submix? Is it impossible to see the clips in it; I can only add effects to the entire track and all its footage?

Bart Walczak · March 22nd, 2012, 01:34 PM

You can add effects to the whole submix track in the mixer, to the separate tracks in the mixer as well, and you can also add them to separate clips in the timeline by selecting clip and applying the effect. You can copy any of added effects to another clip by selecting the applied effect(s), right clicking and choosing copy, or pressing ctrl/cmd + C, and then simply choosing the destination clip(s) and pressing ctrl/cmd + V.

Unfortunately, you can't apply stereo effects to mono clips, but most of them are duplicates anyway, so it should be not much of a problem.

Peter Malcolm · April 7th, 2012, 11:49 PM

I've decided to just take the original stereo files, and drag them to the timeline to create new audio tracks directly underneath the mono ones, then delete the mono ones. Didn't think of that one before. Thanks for the help anyways guys.

March 21st, 2012, 10:15 PM	#1
Peter Malcolm Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 53	Dual mono tracks to Stereo submix Hi guys, I'm using PluralEyes, a program that syncs audio with video, and requires me to export a sequence into an XML. Unfortunately, XML takes all the stereo tracks I recorded with and makes them dual mono. In the timeline, I have now double the audio tracks, and each of them are mono. I would like to revert this. I found that I had to create a "stereo submix", but I have no idea how to take it from there. There's a lot I don't know about Premiere Pro, what do I do? http://i.imgur.com/SWKv8.png

March 21st, 2012, 10:57 PM	#2
David Trayers Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Hastings, MN Posts: 51	Re: Dual mono tracks to Stereo submix Now, I don't know about PluralEyes and the XML stuff, and I don't know how PrPro sees your clips, but... I shoot with an Canon XF100 and the video is a MXF format file. PrPro brings in the audio as two mono tracks. I can right click on the clip and select Modify -> Audio... and I can interpret the audio from two mono tracks to one L-R stereo track. Maybe you can do something similar?

March 22nd, 2012, 12:13 AM	#3
Bart Walczak Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Warsaw/Poland Posts: 716	Re: Dual mono tracks to Stereo submix 1. In Audio mixer pan your A1 track to -100 (left), and your A2 track to +100 (right) 2. At the bottom of each track in audio mixer there is a pull-down menu where this track is send after all the effects and sliders in mixer are applied. Choose your stereo submix track here. __________________ Creative Impatience - The Solace of Simple Solutions. A few useful plugins for Adobe users, and my remarks on the tools and the craft in general.

March 22nd, 2012, 01:34 PM	#5
Bart Walczak Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Warsaw/Poland Posts: 716	Re: Dual mono tracks to Stereo submix You can add effects to the whole submix track in the mixer, to the separate tracks in the mixer as well, and you can also add them to separate clips in the timeline by selecting clip and applying the effect. You can copy any of added effects to another clip by selecting the applied effect(s), right clicking and choosing copy, or pressing ctrl/cmd + C, and then simply choosing the destination clip(s) and pressing ctrl/cmd + V. Unfortunately, you can't apply stereo effects to mono clips, but most of them are duplicates anyway, so it should be not much of a problem. __________________ Creative Impatience - The Solace of Simple Solutions. A few useful plugins for Adobe users, and my remarks on the tools and the craft in general.

April 7th, 2012, 11:49 PM	#6
Peter Malcolm Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 53	Re: Dual mono tracks to Stereo submix I've decided to just take the original stereo files, and drag them to the timeline to create new audio tracks directly underneath the mono ones, then delete the mono ones. Didn't think of that one before. Thanks for the help anyways guys.