Adobe Audition can be nicely integrated into Premiere Pro. I have already opened the corresponding example, and there are two sound problems in it that still need to be solved. To show you what it’s really about, I’ll extract the first audio channel and start playing it:

Unfortunately, this recording is partially unintelligible and if you pay attention to the second channel, you will see that there is a music track on it that is not long enough to cover the entire sequence. Both problems can be solved in Premiere Pro, but it can be done much easier in Adobe Audition.

To this end, it is necessary to click on this clip with the right mouse button and then select the option Edit Clip in Adobe Audition from the auxiliary menu. After that, a new frame containing familiar options will appear on the screen, because the authors of the program have tried to standardize all its segments.

Before I deal with solving the mentioned problems, I’m going to go back to Premiere Pro for a moment because I’d like to draw your attention to the name of this clip. Its original name was Noisy Journey to New York, and now two more words have appeared at the end of it – Audio Extracted. This is due to previous linking with Adobe Audition where Premiere Pro made a copy of the original file and inserted it into this sequence. This was necessary because it is considered that during video editing it is not allowed to change the content of the original media file. On the other hand, if you are working with audio files, this is not prohibited, and in order to avoid possible misunderstandings, Premiere Pro will automatically make a copy with which you can continue working.

In Adobe Audition, you can already see the wave presentation of this recording, and if I click on the option at the top of the frame (Show Spectral Frequency Display), it will be replaced by an even clearer graphic display. It should be kept in mind that time still flows from left to right and that there are two channels at the same time (Stereo L+R) and that the dark areas represent amplitudes at different frequencies. Since the vertical axis indicates frequency and not amplitude, the points at the top represent high tones, and those at the bottom represent low tones. Let’s check how this sounds:

It is quite clear that there is some kind of interference at high frequencies, but it happens so high that there is no direct overlap with the original voice. Since the selection function is automatically activated for me, I will frame the entire clip in one move and remove this interference by pressing the Backspace or Delete keys.

Now it’s much better, so I can zoom in on a specific segment by pressing the plus button. You can notice that there is a very quiet hum on it, so I will select this part and look for the item called Noise Reduction / Restoration in the Effects menu. After that, it won’t be difficult for me to start the Capture Noise Print function and confirm this choice with OK. Now I just need to click on the free part of the frame and start the Noise Reduction function from the same menu. At that moment, a new frame will appear on the screen, so it will not be difficult for me to remove this noise. This means that I am expected to click the Apply button and check what I have achieved.

This already sounds much better, so I’ll scale it down and look for another gap.

Keep in mind that I was working with the original footage the whole time, so if I save the changes and go back to Premiere Pro they will automatically be transferred to the sequence.

Since I have successfully solved the problems with the voice, it is time to deal with the other recording, to extend the musical background. That’s why I will send the entire sequence to Audition, and this can be achieved if I first activate the timeline panel and then start the Edit in Adobe Audition function from the Edit menu. After that, I just need to click on the Sequence option and go to the next step. This implies the selection of a folder for placing new files, but also the way in which it will be done. To that end, I will use a dynamic link and close this frame with OK.

Now the entire sequence will be displayed in a frame belonging to Adobe Audition. In the lower left corner you can see what its video component looks like, and in the middle the audio clips will be displayed. Since I want to change the duration of this background music, I will first select the corresponding clip and activate the Remix function in the Properties section. It will automatically analyze the content, so I will be able to extend the duration of this recording by simply dragging it. This result was not achieved by simply stretching the existing material, but individual parts were joined in a way that allows for a change in length. This dotted line marks the place where the connection was made, and I have no choice but to check what I have achieved.

Very good. In this way, you can save a lot of time that would otherwise be spent on audio production, and if you want to achieve even better results, feel free to try the other options in this section.

I am satisfied with this result, so I will select a clip with music and from the File menu launch the function Export / Multitrack Mixdown / Selected Clips. I will place the modified content in the folder that I have already used for different media and complete the entire process with OK. If I now open the mentioned folder and drag the file I just created into Premiere Pro, it will not be difficult for me to replace the old soundtrack with its extended version.