How do I go from Audicity to Premiere

[Havalilsi]

I captured a 2 hour video and I also captured the sound from an audio board using Audacity. I need to get the file into Premiere to try to put it together with the video. Anyone with ideas on how to do this.

[redwudz]

Export as a WAV, then either use that in the encoder for the sound file along with the video; Or my preferred method would be to put it into ffmpeggui and convert it to AC3, then combine that with the video during the authoring process.

[Havalilsi]

Export as a WAV, then either use that in the encoder for the sound file along with the video; Or my preferred method would be to put it into ffmpeggui and convert it to AC3, then combine that with the video during the authoring process.

But how would you be able to line up the audio. I use Encore to author.

[dipstick]

Put the video clip in vide track 1, put the audio in audio track 1, then simply move it back and forth until it syncs up. Can't get any easier than that.

[Havalilsi]

After I imported the audio in as a wav file I put it in the time line, but I seem to have picked up a ton of high pitched whine. How can I get a clean audio signal into Premiere. I used Audacity to capture the sound. It was sounding fine when I previewed it in Audacity.

[dipstick]

Make sure you save tha wav file as a standard PCM wav file @ 48000 Hz or 44100 Hz. Don't use compression or raw data.

If that doesn't work, you may have to filter the noise out in audacity.

[guns1inger]

What settings did you use when you saved it ? (sample rate, etc). Did you compress it at all ?

[edDV]

Sync of video to house sound captures can be no fun unless you record a "backgound" track to all of your DV cams. This will be used to match audio waveforms for sync later in editing. They always run out of sync with each other.

If the house will let you, a shotgun shot every now and then will help with initial sound sync. (just kidding - you need to use "accidental feedback" or best some teen willing to yelp between songs and close to the mics in exchange for free tickets - just kidding again). Make sure all cams are in continuous roll if you do this .

[Havalilsi]

It says 16 bit, mono and 44100Hz in Audacity. Then I just saved as a wav and that was it. It took a couple seconds to go to the folder I put it in. So it looks like I set everything ok. One thing I noticed is that when I put the sound into the time line it really puts out a lot more noise than when i preview it in the little window

Heck I even tried to import in a mp3 file of the same sermon audio and it had the same noise. But it was fine in Audacity.

[Havalilsi]

Also what is Ogg Vorbis.

[edDV]

http://www.vorbis.com/faq/

[aanaravs]

Havalilsi,
Out of curiosity, why are you using Audacity to capture the audio? Premiere Pro has a timline recording function.

[redwudz]

44100Khz? You need 48000Khz for DVD. Though that is probably not where your noise is coming from. You can use the high pass or low pass filters in Audacity if you just have a vocal sound track. That should clean up noise that is above and below the voice range.

You should also clone the track to stereo (2 channel) while you are there. Also if it is voice only you might try 'normalize' to keep the voice a even level through the sound track.

[Havalilsi]

Havalilsi,
Out of curiosity, why are you using Audacity to capture the audio? Premiere Pro has a timline recording function.

I use Audacity because thats what was recommended to me awhile back. I'm also going to try Cubase and Sound Forge. But for me Premiere does not like sound tracks.

[edDV]

Start over and explain what you are trying to do and what is going wrong.

I assumed you have a 44.1k audacity cap from an audio board and some unsync video that you are trying to match. What format is the video? And what are you trying to do?

[Havalilsi]

Whenever I try to bring an audio clip ino Premiere I get a lot of noise. the clip is always fine until I put it on the timeline then lots of noise gets into the clip

[dipstick]

If you play the wav file in another app like media player, does it have the noise?

If you can, upload a small sample (few seconds) of the wav file. Maybe we can try to figure out the problem. You can upload a file up to 2mb when you post.

[edDV]

I've never had that happen with 44.1 KB/s import. If your Premiere settings call for DVD 720x480/576, then resampling to 48KB/s will occur. However the Premiere version for the dark side of the moon may require a different audio conversion.

[aanaravs]

Also, make sure that Premiere Pro has finished conforming the audio file.

[Sugar]

Did you say mono? Is your sound track in mono format in premiere? Also are any other of your soundtrack used for other audio files?