Multiple wav lines in premier pro??

Chamber005

Chamber005

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So I've had Premier Pro CS4 for a while now, and I'm finally ditching my old Vegas Movie Studio to edit on it. I've run into a big problem, though, in that I can't seem to bring up the (visual wav line) audio file at the same time as my separate recorded audio.

I need to be able to view the audio the camcorder recorded and the audio the actual recorder captured simultaneously for synching purposes.

In my old program both showed their wav lines right there in the timeline. Now I have to nest and double click on the audio, at which time the wav lines appear in a separate box at the top -- which does nothing to help me.

I need both the camcorder's audio and the new audio recording both to exhibit their wav lines in the actual timeline so I can line them up accordingly.

Please, please help! I'd hate to have to go back to Movie Studio because of something so minor!!

Thanks!!
 
Daft question, but you have spotted the expand/collapse triangle just to the left of where it says 'Audio1' on the audio panel to the left of the timeline.

Clicking on this shows the audio waveforms - you don't need to double click as this opens a waveform window.
 
Chamber005 said:
So I've had Premier Pro CS4 for a while now, and I'm finally ditching my old Vegas Movie Studio to edit on it. I've run into a big problem, though, in that I can't seem to bring up the (visual wav line) audio file at the same time as my separate recorded audio. Thanks!!
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How ironic. I'm dumping Premiere and going to Vegas Pro 9 (mostly because I'm now shooting XDCAM-EX).

I don't have CS4, but is is likely the same as previous versions where there are little expand and minimize arrows at the left end control panel of each audio track. It is easy to slip video and/or audio clips back and forth in the timeline to sync by viewing the audio waveform.

I've got even more daft questions about Vegas. :undecided
 
paulears said:
Daft question, but you have spotted the expand/collapse triangle just to the left of where it says 'Audio1' on the audio panel to the left of the timeline.

Clicking on this shows the audio waveforms - you don't need to double click as this opens a waveform window.
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lol Daft question? This is my first time ever using this program...ever. Wow

And you didn't answer the more important question, which is how can I enlarge the wave lines? Right now they're barely visible.
 
Richard Crowley said:
How ironic. I'm dumping Premiere and going to Vegas Pro 9 (mostly because I'm now shooting XDCAM-EX).

I don't have CS4, but is is likely the same as previous versions where there are little expand and minimize arrows at the left end control panel of each audio track. It is easy to slip video and/or audio clips back and forth in the timeline to sync by viewing the audio waveform.

I've got even more daft questions about Vegas. :undecided
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Yeah, but I dumped it for Vegas MOVIE STUDIO, not pro. Movie Studio is like a 100 buck program that has yielded for me some pretty craptacular renderings.
 
Chamber005 said:
And you didn't answer the more important question, which is how can I enlarge the wave lines? Right now they're barely visible.
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Mouse over the top and bottom of an audio track on the far left and you'll see your cursor change to what looks like two horizontal brackets - just press your mouse and pull the track borders down to make the waveform larger vertically.
 
I didn't mean your question was daft - I was referring to mine! As in I'm going to ask something pretty stupid and basic, because we're haveing to assume things - certainly no offence meant!

As said above, just a case of dragging the display a bit - then when you have both audio waveforms on the screen, you can simply zoom in, expanding it down to almost frame level and then drag the non camera audio track left and right till the waveforms align.

I just realised I didn't make it clear I'm in the UK - that probably accounts for the misunderstanding.

Paul
 
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paulears said:
I didn't mean your question was daft - I was referring to mine! As in I'm going to ask something pretty stupid and basic, because we're haveing to assume things - certainly no offence meant!

As said above, just a case of dragging the display a bit - then when you have both audio waveforms on the screen, you can simply zoom in, expanding it down to almost frame level and then drag the non camera audio track left and right till the waveforms align.

I just realised I didn't make it clear I'm in the UK - that probably accounts for the misunderstanding.

Paul
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LOL

I was like, "Wow, that's shi^^y"

Thanks for the clarification and the answers!
 
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