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Waveforms are immutable
Adding an effect to a clip in Adobe Premiere Pro will not affect the original audio 
or video clip or the visible audio waveform. If you change a clip’s volume or apply 
audio effects to it, the waveform will always display the clip’s original volume levels.
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In the Project panel, double-click the Practice sequence to open it in the 
Timeline. Drag Music 11 5.1 to the Timeline, and notice that Adobe Premiere 
Pro will not let you drop it in the Audio 1 track.
Audio 1 is a stereo track. When you drag an audio clip to a sequence that does 
not have a track that matches the clip’s type, Adobe Premiere Pro automatically 
creates a new track to suit that clip type. Even though Adobe Premiere Pro 
appears to move the new clip below the master audio track, the new track will 
appear above the master audio track once you release the mouse button.
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Expand the view of the newly added Audio 2 track by clicking its Collapse/
Expand Track triangle (shown here) to open its waveform view. Drag the 
boundary between Video 1 and Audio 1 up the screen, and then drag 
the bottom of Audio 2 down.
Your sequence should look like the figure shown here. Note the labels for each 
of the six channels in this 5.1 surround sound clip.

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LESSON 12
Acquiring and Editing Audio
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At the top of the Source Monitor, click the menu of open clips, and select 
Source: Medieval_Sword Swipe – mono.wav, which will then open in 
the Source Monitor.
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Drag the Drag Audio Only icon to the Timeline to bring the Mono.wav file into 
the Timeline. Note that Adobe Premiere Pro will not allow you to drop the 
mono clip in the Audio 1 track, because Audio 1 is a stereo track. Drop it below 
the master track, and Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 will create a new mono track 
above the master track.
5.1 surround
Stereo
Mono
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 Note:
You can tell 
the audio track type 
by its icon: Mono is a 
single speaker, Stereo is 
a double speaker, and 
5.1 says 5.1. The master 
audio track is stereo by 
default. This is set on 
the Track tab when you 
create a new sequence.

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ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS5 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK