Using Audio Channel Mapping with Prelude

Learn how to use Audio Channel mapping with Adobe Prelude.

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New in Adobe Prelude CC 2015.3 | March 2016

Multichannel Audio tracks in Rough Cut

Multichannel Audio tracks
Multichannel Audio tracks

To output multichannel audio, you would use a multichannel master track. This enables you to output up to 32 channels of audio. Using the multichannel master track, the multichannel master can be set to one channel for output and any other number of channels up to 32 channels.

To set the number of channels in rough cut, use the following steps:

  • For Windows, select Edit > Preferences > rough cut > Master: Multichannel. 
  • For Mac, select Prelude > Preferences > rough cut > Master: Multichannel 

Output Channel Mapping

You can specify the channel in an output audio device for each track in a rough cut with multiple audio tracks. To map channels, use the Track Output Channel Assignment pane. Prelude provides you the functionality to play each rough cut track through the specified output channel. For example, your project may have a six track rough cut. However, your system hardware may support only two channels. You can now specify which of the two hardware channels carries each of the six rough cut tracks.

16-channel rough cuts, however, remain mapped to 16 output channels if the selected hardware device has fewer than 16 channels. For example, the selected device may have only two channels. You can then map only the first two channels of a 16-channel rough cut to the two hardware channels.

Use the Track Output Channel Assignment pane to set channel mapping for each audio track in rough cut.

  • Right click Left pane of the audio track in Rough Cut timeline
  • Select the Set Track Output Channel
  • Select the Track Output Channel Assignment pane
Note:

The Set Track Output Channel pane is disabled for mono, stereo and 5.1 types of rough cut.

Output Channel Mapping
Output Channel Mapping

Default Channel assignment and Panning for multichannel master track rough cut

Audio Track Channel Panning
1 1-2 -100
2 1-2 100
3 3-4 -100
4 3-4 100
5 5-6 -100
6 5-6 100
7 7-8 -100
8 7-8 100
9 9-10 -100
10 9-10 100
11 11-12 -100
12 11-12 100
13 13-14 -100
14 13-14 100
15 15-16 -100
16 15-16 100
17 17-18 -100
18 17-18 100
19 19-20 -100
20 19-20 100
21 21-22 -100
22 21-22 100
23 23-24 -100
24 23-24 100
25 25-26 -100
26 25-26 100
27 27-28 -100
28 27-28 100
29 29-30 -100
30 29-30 100
31 31-32 -100
31 31-32 100

Default channel assignment for 5.1 tracks

Audio track Channel L 

Channel 1

Audio track Channel R

Channel 2

Audio track Channel C 

Channel 3

Audio track Channel LFE 

Channel 4

Audio track Channel Ls 

Channel 5

Audio track Channel Rs 

Channel 6

Default channel assignment for Voice over Tracks

Channel : 1-2

Panning : 0

Note:

Panning gets disabled if there's a 5.1 audio track and multi-channel Rough cut with 1 channel.

Default Channel assignment for Voice over Tracks
Default Channel assignment for Voice over Tracks

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