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Use Adobe Stock audio in Premiere Pro

Access high-quality Adobe Stock audio directly from the Essential Sound panel in Premiere Pro, and download and use it in your project.

Adobe Stock is a service that provides creatives with access to millions of high-quality curated and royalty-free audio, video, Motion Graphics templates, and more for all your creative projects. You can purchase Adobe Stock as a multi-asset subscription. Various subscription packages are available.

Access Adobe Stock audio within Premiere Pro

  1. Choose the Audio workspace. In the Essential Sound panel, click Browse.

  2. Search for tracks by mood or genre. Each genre has multiple sub-genre options. Click the > arrow to select sub-genres.

    If you have a specific track in mind, type in the track name in the Search box at the top of the Essential Sound panel, and then select it from the results.

    Note:

    Select multiple moods and genres to broaden your selection.

  3. You can then fine-tune the results by filtering by tempo, duration, vocals, and audio partner.

    Tempo

    The speed at which the music is played. The minimum tempo is 30 bpm and the maximum is 250+ bpm.

    Duration

    Minimum duration is 0:00 and maximum duration is 5:00+.

    Vocals

    You can choose whether you want your track to have vocals or just instrumental or both options.

    Audio Partners

    You can choose from a list of audio partners.

Preview audio tracks

Preview an audio track to hear what it sounds like before downloading it.

Playing the audio track in the Essential Sound panel
Playing the audio track in the Essential Sound panel

You can preview audio tracks by pressing Play in the audio track. Click on the waveform to jump to specific portions of the track.

Previewing the audio track with the current sequence
Previewing the audio track with the current sequence

To preview the audio track with your current sequence in the timeline, make sure that Timeline sync is enabled (default option). When this option is enabled, audio previews play in sync with your timeline from the point where you place the playhead. 

To increase or decrease the volume of the audio track, use the slider at the bottom of the Essential Sound panel or use the left arrow key (to decrease volume) or the right arrow key (to increase volume).

Access free stock audio inside Premiere Pro

  1. Open Window > Essential Sound panel.

  2. In the Essential Sound panel, select Browse Tab.

  3. Select Music or SFX.

  4. Select Free in the Filters section.

  5. Preview the cues in the context of your edit and choose the track that works best.

Essential Sound panel UI is open, Free music option is filtered, and available free music tracks are displayed.
Access over 15,000 free music tracks and you can filter between Free and Premium from Adobe Stock.

Download a preview of an audio track

You can try out an audio track by downloading a preview version. Preview audio tracks are not watermarked and are in a low bitrate M4a format. Use preview audio tracks to check whether it suits your project. Once you are satisfied with the audio track, you can then go ahead and license it. Licensed audio files are in uncompressed WAV format at either 44.1 or 48 kHz sample rate.

Drag a track to the sequence to download a preview
Drag a track to the sequence to download a preview

To download a track, drag it from the Essential Sound panel to your sequence.

Right-click a track to download a preview
Right-click a track to download a preview

Right-click the track and select Add to project. You can also save it to to your disk, or to your Creative Cloud Library.

 Premiere Pro displays a warning if you try to export a video with unlicensed audio tracks. For more information, see Stock audio issue in Premiere Pro.

License an audio track

After you are satisfied with the audio track, you can license it to use in your project.

Note:

To use Adobe Stock audio, you need to have purchased a Stock subscription, and have enough credits in your account. Purchase a Stock plan here

  1. Click the License icon in the Essential Sound panel.

    A free audio track is displayed and the option to license the track is highlighted.
    License a free audio track to get a high-quality file and legal/usage rights to use it in your projects.

  2. Click Confirm to license the audio track.

    Premiere Pro downloads a high-quality .wav file and replaces the previews automatically throughout your project.

  3. (Optional) If you are posting a video that includes Adobe Stock audio tracks on YouTube, you may receive a YouTube copyright claim. If you receive that claim, you need to submit an Adobe Stock license code for each piece of music licensed. Copy the license code and keep it handy when you publish your video to YouTube. For more information, see Audio Copyright Claims.

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