Tinny audio when make dvd with premiere

[sterankin]

Hi all, after editing footage from my dvcam (sony dcr-pc8), I export the premiere timeline using the mpeg2 encoder (produces a wav file and a .m2v file).

I then make a dvd, but the sound is quite tinny in places. I cannot find a way to improve the audio quality in premiere, is there another way I can do it?

Thanks for any help

[dcsos]

you don't say which version of Premiere
what you want is audio effects..
UP ON TOP... VIEW audio effects..then look at the list in the lil' window called audi efx and drag the desired effect to the clip on the time line
also
TRY RIGHT CLICKING THE TIMELINE here in AUDIO OPTIONS you can do other simple efx like change channels and increase all gain thru out

ps just try disabling one of the two channels temporarily to see if its interaction between your souce channel that cause level drops in spots

[sterankin]

Thanks for that reply.

Its premiere 6.5, the audio is fine on the timeline, but when I export as a dvd and burn to disc, the audio is tinny.

[bugster]

Thanks for that reply.

Its premiere 6.5, the audio is fine on the timeline, but when I export as a dvd and burn to disc, the audio is tinny.

How is your DV cam set up w.r.t to audio. I ask as this kind of problem is symtomatic of sample rate conversion. AFAIK, DV audio is either 32Khz or 48Khz. DVD requires 48Khz. So, if your cam is set up to capture audio at 32Khz a sample rate conversion is required when you export to DVD. I my experience some sample rate converters produce this kind of tinny effect. Yoy can fix this by using an external sample rate converter like ssrc.exe.

[sterankin]

I will check on my camcorder, I know it is 16 bit stereo sound that I am recording in, not sure what kHz it is, I will check when I get home.

What happens if I take the resulting wav and put it through ssrc? (crap in crap out?)

If so, how can I make a good wav file from my project window?, Do I have to export the uncrompressed avi first?

Thx again

[bugster]

The sound at 32khz should be pretty good. Upsampling to 48khz is possibly what is causing the problem. ssrc is much better at this than many others and it should still sound OK.