CS4 Captured-Audio locked on Tracks 3&4 ??

[Tom Blizzard]

I sure can't figure this one out. I just captured a 7 minute clip. Tried capturing it with two different capturing programs and both give the same result. When I pull it down to the timeline, the single stereo audio track is "locked" on the timeline into audio tracks 3 and 4. Strange.

It won't budge.... Video is where it should be at Track 1, I can not move the audio up to track one.

Suggestions?

[Adam Gold]

This probably isn't it, but when this type of thing has happened to me, it's because the tracks where I want the audio to go (and where it refuses to go) are the wrong format. When I go into preferences and change the audio track format everything works, but only on projects created after I made the change.

So if you have a stereo track it won't drop into a timeline audio track designated as 5.1 or anything else.

Sounds like this probably isn't your issue but worth checking.

Also, try right clicking on the audio tracks in the timeline and selecting "Unlink." Sometimes that lets you move stuff around.

[Tom Blizzard]

Thanks Adam,
I think you might be right and on to something...... I noticed in the "Effect Controls" window, it shows
Audio Effects 1 for Clip 01 which ended up in Audio track 4 on the timeline, plus it shows Audio effects 2 for the same Clip 1 which ended up as Audio 5 on the timeline. I've never had the same clip end up on two audio tacks....
Guess I've got to work with this........

[Tom Blizzard]

Crazy....... at the top of the Project panel it shows 48000 HZ - 16-bit - 2 Mono.

Maybe the 2 Mono means there ARE 2 mono tracks..... Ok. I unlinked the tracks in the timeline and cleared Audio track 5 and THEN I was able pull up audio track 4 into the timeline Audio 1 position. Success...........

Why in the world did they get locked into tracks 4 and 5 in the first place ?????

[Wesley Cardone]

Originally Posted by Tom Blizzard

Why in the world did they get locked into tracks 4 and 5 in the first place ?????

I wish I knew. This has plagued me for a long time. It looks like, though, that the "unlink" option is the solution.

[Kevin Monahan]

Originally Posted by Tom Blizzard

Why in the world did they get locked into tracks 4 and 5 in the first place ?????

Perhaps this video will shed some light.

[Adam Gold]

Wow. What a great tutorial. Thanks, Kevin.

[Tom Blizzard]

Wow...... but wait.......... How did he get all the audio tracks separate in his Project Panel??

Mine simply shows : Sequence 01 and under that it shows: Untitled Clip 01.avi

There are no audio tracks shown. So, when I right click it does not show: Modify.

Shows nothing like the tutorial..... How do I get the audio parts to come up in the Project Panel?

[Adam Gold]

Might be because you are on CS4. On CS5 it shows as indicated. But as he noted, you can't change anything if the clip is already on the timeline -- the audio options are greyed out. They re-appear if you delete the clip from the timeline and right-click it in the project panel bin.

[Tom Blizzard]

Thanks Adam,
I did delete the clip from the timeline. Hummmmmmm I guess it's because it is an .avi file or maybe, like you say, I'm using CS4.
Think I'll go back and recapture the DV clip from my cam and try it..........

[Tom Blizzard]

Yep, Adam you are right. It is different for CS4. This does work... Great.

Here tis:
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 * Map audio channels

[Nigel Eaton-Gray]

Can I reopen this old subject, A doddery old pensioner following a hobby with Premiere CS5 and none of the answers above seem to hit the problem exactly. I was editing last night, adding clips to the timeline within a sequence, clip and audio going happily into tracks one for both video and audio with 3 video and 3 audio tracks. Then for no reason that I know, clips stopped going into audio 1, an extra 3 tracks were added to the audio and while video still went into video 1, audio would now only go into audio 4 (ie the first of the added tracks). I can move the audio to new tracks 4,5 & 6, but no way will it move up into the original tracks 1,2 & 3. I have tried deleting clips and replacing them on the timeline, but the problem seems there to stay.

I assume I have unwittingly clicked something, but what. All clips and timeline tracks are set as stereo, and all the clips I have been using were captured at the same with the same settings. Even clips that earlier went happily into audio 1, if placed on the timeline again, they will only go into track 4. Incidently, audio 4 now has "A1" at left hand side although audio 1 is the targeted (highlighted) track.

Silly, and easy enough to work around and so it is not the "end of the world" but it's driving me nuts!!!!!

Thanks to any expert that can help, Nigel

[Nigel Eaton-Gray]

OOOPs. Couldn't open the reference to the video the other day, my browser just gave "Page not available". However, I have seen it now and it answers most of the questions. All I have to do now is work out why the camera has captured some clips in mono and some in stereo.........or why premiere has captured some clips in a batch capture in mono and some in stereo........All show as stereo when I look at their properties in Premiere!! I think this afternoon will be spend recapturing.........................Nigel

[Bart Walczak]

Perhaps clicking on "modify->audio channels" or clip->audio->source channel mapping will allow you to change the settings without recapture, unless you have already used these clips in the timeline?