On Sun, 5 May 2002 08:52:11 -0400, "Steve S." wrote:

>I need to mix two channels of music clips on the Premiere 6 timeline down to
>one. There doesn't seem to be anything about this in the manual (pages 255
>to 257). I found a way to jury-rig it. I'm duplicated the entire track,
>putting the clip and it's "clone" on top of each other on the timeline,
>swapping left and right channels for the duplicated track, and then panning
>both tracks to one side. But you'd think there'd be an easier way.
>
>The reason I'm having to do this is that my Sony analog/digital converter is
>distorting audio if I try to physically mix two channels down to one (i.e.,
>with a "Y" adapter"), right out of the converter. Any ideas on why it's
>doing this? I've been using a Y adapter with VCR's for years, with no
>problem. In fact, if I feed a stereo signal from the converter to a VCR,
>and *then* mix it down to one channel coming out of the VCR, it's fine. Only
>when I do this directly out of the analog/digital converter, do I get
>distortion. Is this is flaw in the converter unit (a model DVMC-DA2)?

NEVER mix chanels by paralleling the outputs!
The electronics *may* survive, but it is poor
practice, at best. Use a mixer, or use Premiere
as a mixer.

>Unless I can fix the converter, I need to mix down to one channel so I can
>play video at an event, out of a digital camcorder through the converter
>(long story). I'll be feeding the signal to the band to go through their
>audio system, and I don't want to chance being able to only feed them a
>stereo signal when they might only be able to take a mono signal.

In Premiere (unless I'm forgetting about a simple filter),
copy and paste the track so the original and copy are in
synch, swap the left and right channels of *one* stereo
track, set the level "rubber bands" for both at 50%, and
export the video. This will give you the same mono track
in both channels, without clipping...