This content originally appeared on Envato Tuts+ Tutorials and was authored by Andrew Childress
Audio can transform your video production. And thanks to new audio workflow features in Premiere Pro, you can create truly immersive cinematic masterpieces.
In a recent update, the Audio features were radically transformed. You’ll now experience a new look and feel for Premiere audio editing. And you’ll see new features that improve your workflow. Let’s dive in!
What Are Audio Workflows in Adobe Premiere Pro?
Audio workflows in Premiere Pro refer to the app’s audio editing features. In general, these are launched from the Audio panel. When you have Premiere Pro open, you can access Audio from the toolbar menu on the upper right corner of your screen.
Audio has been dramatically reinvented in Premiere Pro’s latest 2024 release. Audio features that were recently in beta testing are now available to all Premiere Pro users. Focused on the Audio and Essential Sound panels, you’ll now experience an array of new tools and features.
Many of these features are AI- (artificial intelligence) powered. For example, you’ll see how clips now automatically classify based on the type of audio featured. And you’ll learn to make even out clip volumes with AI.
New Audio Workflows in Adobe Premiere Pro: Exploring the Latest Tools
Let’s dive into the new audio workflows in Adobe Premiere Pro! Again, you’ll want to be sure that you’re updated to the very latest version of Premiere Pro. Most of the features covered below shipped in the version 24.4.1 release in June 2024.
1. Visual Fade Handles to Streamline Editing
Audio fades are one of the simplest and most powerful effects you can add when editing audio. Fades, in short, are effects that raise or lower the volume level of your audio. Ever notice how music in films often gradually increases in volume? And then how it lowers gradually to silence? These are fades, and you can add them to audio in Premiere Pro.
With the new upgrade, Premiere has added new, intuitive visual fade handles. With these, you can precisely control the duration and position of fades on an audio track.
Consider this audio clip on the Timeline. The gray boxes at the start and finish of the clip are the Fade controls. To use the interactive guides, click and hold on one of these boxes. Then, start moving your cursor.
Watch what happens! On the Timeline itself, you’ll see fade effects showing on the clip. As you move your cursor - left, right, up, and down - watch as the shape of the Fade changes.
This powerful new visual tool lets you see exactly when your fades start and end. And they illustrate the magnitude. No more guessing the duration and level of your fade effects. Instead, you can draw them out on the Timeline in real time.
2. Automatic Clip Classification with AI
In Premiere Pro projects, audio can come in many forms. When you’re editing a complex production, it can be tough to keep them all straight. You may have dialogue clips interspersed with music, for example. Previously, you would have spent time manually classifying the type of clips that you were working with. But thanks to new Premiere Pro AI features, those days are behind you!
One new Premiere Pro audio workflow feature is automatic audio classification with AI. Let’s see how it works. Imagine, for example, that you have a song contained in an audio file. You want to use it in your video.
Drag and drop the music audio file onto your Timeline. Make sure to place it on one of the audio tracks - A1, A2, and so on. When you drop it into place, Premiere Pro will import the file and make it ready to edit. What it also now does is classify the file. In other words, it evaluates the contents of the audio and decides whether it is:
- Music
- Ambience
- Sound Effects
- Dialogue
How do you tell what audio type has been assigned? Begin by clicking on a Timeline audio clip to select it. Then, go to the Window dropdown at the top of Premiere Pro. Click it, and from the list of options, click Essential Sound.
The Essential Sound panel opens on the right side of your screen. At the top, below the file name, you’ll see the Audio Type box. Here, you’ll be shown how Premiere Pro has classified the audio. You can always change it manually by choosing Clear Audio Type.
Below, you’ll see that the Essential Sound panel offers you different options, based on the type of audio. For example, the Dialogue track above offers options to adjust speech. Below, a Music track offers controls specific to music.
This is just another way that Premiere Pro’s new audio workflows help you work more efficiently.
3. Effects Badges: Working with Effects on the Timeline
Audio effects in Premiere Pro. They’re incredibly valuable ways to transform any audio. Effects include everything from reverb, to echo, to modulation and more. They span an unimaginable number of possibilities. But they once shared one thing: difficulty keeping them straight! After all, if you have hundreds of audio clips in a project, how can you possibly remember what effects you’ve applied?
Now, the answer is easy. To demonstrate, let’s add an audio effect. Go to the Effects panel, and open the Audio Effects folder. Choose any effect inside, like Studio Reverb. Drag and drop it onto a Timeline audio clip.
Watch the upper right corner of the Timeline clip closely. Notice that, by default, there is gray text reading fx. When you drop an effect onto the clip, watch what happens. The gray fx text turns white! This is a new visual signal in Premiere Pro. It’s telling you that you have at least one active effect on a given clip.
Now, you can right-click on the fx label. A dropdown menu will appear - and your effects will be listed! Here, for example, hover over the Studio Reverb label. A list will appear, showing you adjustments and options for the Studio Reverb effect!
What you’re doing is controlling audio effects right on the Timeline. Gone are the days of wasting hours hunting for effects, and changing them with complex menus. This is a huge boost to audio editing efficiency.
4. Level Volume Between Clips with Loudness Matching
When you’re working with multiple audio clips in Premiere Pro, volume can be a real problem. It’s difficult to match the same volume between multiple clips. Fortunately, new upgrades in Premiere Pro have made this much easier.
Premiere now includes a smart Auto-Match tool for leveling volume between clips. There remains an important caveat: the clips must feature the same type of audio. Remember how Premiere can classify audio by type, like dialogue and music? You can’t level volume between two or more clips that have different categories. But if you have two music clips, or three dialogue clips, this feature is a powerful workflow upgrade in 2024.
Begin with two or more audio tracks on your Timeline. Click on the first to select it, then multi-select the rest by holding down the Shift key.
Come back to the Essential Sound panel. On the Edit tab, find the Loudness group. There, you’ll see a button called Auto-Match. Go ahead and click on Auto-Match with your clips selected. In a few moments, the volume levels will be smartly evened out by Premiere. It’s a fast and easy way to control and moderate audio volume in Premiere Pro.
5. Enhance Recorded Speech Automatically
Spoken-word audio is an integral part of many video productions. But unless you have a recording studio, it’s easy for background noise to creep into your audio. Once upon a time, you had to edit out this background noise with a third-party editing app. But those days are done. Now, Premiere Pro 2024 can handle the work for you.
With a dialogue track on your Timeline, return once more to the Essential Sound panel. Dealing with background noise in the audio? Trying to clean it up for your audience? Fortunately, you now have a built-in fix right inside Premiere Pro.
Click on your dialogue track to select it. On the Essential Sound panel, find the Enhance Speech group. Inside it, you’ll see the Enhance button. Go ahead and click on this.
Premiere Pro will spend a few moments analyzing and updating your audio track. The intent of the feature is to give your spoken-word audio a studio quality. Gone are background noises. Instead, you’ll enjoy a rich, hearty audio delivery - as if you’d recorded the dialogue on a studio mic!
Using the Enhance Speech feature is a key part of making audio better in Premiere Pro. Never hesitate to incorporate it into your daily workflow.
Learn More Top Premiere Pro Tips & Tricks (In 2024)
Above, we navigated new audio workflows in Adobe Premiere Pro. Audio editing has been transformed in Premiere. And you’re well prepared to tackle all the new features!
But audio editing is just one of countless things you can do in Adobe Premiere Pro. Trying to grow your skills even more? Envato Tuts+ has you covered. Here are several top tutorials from our library, featuring Premiere Pro tips and tricks:
How to Add Extensions to Premiere Pro (+5 Best Plugins 2024)
How to Add Titles in Premiere Pro
How to Quickly Change Sequence Settings in Premiere Pro
How to Lighten Video & Adjust Brightness in Premiere Pro
How to Quickly Nest & Unnest Clips in Premiere Pro
Start Using New Audio Workflows in Adobe Premiere Pro Today
Today, you learned how to start using the new audio workflows in Adobe Premiere Pro. If you’ve used Premiere Pro in the past, it’s easy to see the huge upgrade to the audio tools. Adobe has leveraged the power of AI to streamline the audio production process.
Whether you want to classify clips by type, level volumes, or add fades faster, you’re covered in these new updates. Spend some time exploring Premiere Pro’s new audio workflows. Your video productions come to life with this powerful audio workflow.
This content originally appeared on Envato Tuts+ Tutorials and was authored by Andrew Childress
Andrew Childress | Sciencx (2024-06-18T15:07:51+00:00) How to Use New Audio Workflows in Adobe Premiere Pro. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2024/06/18/how-to-use-new-audio-workflows-in-adobe-premiere-pro/
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