How to Apply Effects to Sound with Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro has what’s knows as an “Audio Mixer” a tool you can use to track, edit and change effect options you apply to video/audio tracks. To apply an effect with the Audio Mixer controls, you must use the “Effects and Sends” panel, which contains pop-up menus you can use to apply to up to five effects. Once open, you can add and adjust track effect using the Mixer.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Open the program and your project, and make the “Effects and Sends” panel visible by clicking on the “Show/Hide Effects and Sends” triangle, located on the left-hand side of the Audio Mixer panel.

2. To apply an effect to your audio track effect, first click on the effect you want to use in the Effects panel. The Effects panel’s tab is to the right of the Info and History panel tabs.

3. Open your Audio Mixer, and locate the track from within “Effects and Sends” that relates to the track you want the effect to (Audio 1, Audio 2, etc.).

4. You will see a series of grey boxes that have multiple Click the Effect Selection triangle and choose the effect from the pop-up menu

5. Use the controls under the pop-up menu to adjust the effect you added. It looks like a knob you can adjust by clicking on it with your mouse and dragging to the left to decrease, or the right to increase.

Tips & Warnings

• You will need to plan the order of the effects before applying them. They can’t be dragged to a new position after they are in the Effects and Sends panel.