Setting the volume in multiple sequences

[Matthew Max]

How do I set the volume in a sequence without affecting the volume of the other sequences in the project?

Part of what I wonder is how to get Sequence 1, for instance, to go back to the view where it all one video track and one audio track, instead of being in its many parts, like it was before I double-clicked the track. Then I guess I could change the volume in one move.

Seems like, no matter how good I get, I keep having these questions! Am I alone?

[Peru]

I'm confused.
Can you post a screen shot of before and after.

Are you talking about nested and non-nested sequences?

[Matthew Max]

These are not nested sequences. I'm importing them one at a time and inserting separately.

Well, wait a minute, maybe there's a difference I don't see. I'd rather be told how to import and insert them separately, because that's what I need to do anyway. Gracias.

[Peru]

Describe your workflow, one step at a time.

[Matthew Max]

Here's a screenshot, Peru.
I import a sequence by opening the sequence folder and clicking on that Sequence 01..
Then I insert it in the timeline.
I import a sequence by opening the sequence folder and clicking on that Sequence 01.
I insert it in the timeline.

sequences.png

[Bob]

Max, what you are showing in your screenshot is a nested sequence. You have a sequence named "sequence 01" embedded (aka nested) in a different sequence also named "sequence 01". Premiere Pro doesn't care that the names are the same (it uses a unique internal identifier instead of the name), but it will confuse you. You need to get in the habit of renaming the sequence to a meaningful name immediately after creating it.

One of the things that is confusing you is the difference between a sequence, a time line, and the time line panel. A sequence is a time line -- the terms are synonyms. The time line panel is not the time line, it displays time lines so you can work with them. You can have more than one open time line in the panel at the same time, but only one will be the active time line. The panel uses a tabbed interface, just like Photoshop, and each open time line will have a tab named the same as the sequence. You can switch between time lines by clicking on the tab for the sequence you want.

Here are the tabs shown in your screenshot. See the identically named tabs. Notice how confusing this will be to keep track of which sequence you are working with.

mmax_tabs.jpg

When you create a new sequence, a tab for it will automatically appear in the time line panel and it will become the active time line. Sequences are automatically separate and can be exported independently. If you insert one sequence into another, that is called nesting, and the nested sequence will behave as if it were a single footage item. If you double click on the nested sequence in the time line, the nested sequence will become active and will displayed in the time line panel. To go back to the other sequence, click on the tab with its name.

[Matthew Max]

Don't nobody try to tell me Muvipix isn't GREEEEAAAAAT.

Gracias, Roberto. I'm going to read and reread and then implement everything you said. This is wonderful.

[Matthew Max]

Hey...nobody ever answered my question about how to set the volume in multiple sequences--one entire sequence at a time.

[Peru]

how to set the volume in entire sequence

Highlight all of the audio, right click > audio gain and choose the appropriate option.

Is that what you need?

[Matthew Max]

That should work. Thanks.
Now I need to know how to highlight ALL the audio.

[Peru]

Shift click each or drag a box around all of the audio on the timeline.

[Matthew Max]

"Shift click each"---what exactly do you mean, Peru.

[Peru]

Hold down the shift key while you single left click each piece of audio in the timeline, one at a time.

[Bob]

That's the hard way. In Premiere Pro, look at the bottom row of the audio tracks, it should be "master". Expand the audio track and set to show track volume or track keyframes. You can now adjust the volume of the entire track by dragging the yellow line up or down. Alternately, you can use the audio mixer and adjust the master channel.

track-volume.jpg

[Matthew Max]

Bob, I can't move that yellow line on the master track. Any idea about that? I can move it down, but not up. It stays at zero. I'm trying to edit a project file with nothing but wav files in it.