Record audio

Learn how to record audio in Premiere Pro using the Track Mixer or directly record a voiceover in the timeline.

_{A quick tutorial on how to channel your microphone to record voiceovers directly into Premiere Pro.}

You can record to an audio track in a new sequence or record to a new audio track in an existing sequence. Premiere Pro saves the recording as an audio clip and adds it to your project.

Before recording audio, make sure that your computer has sound inputs. Premiere Pro supports ASIO (Audio Stream Input Output) devices (Windows) and Core Audio devices (macOS). Many devices have connectors for connecting speakers, microphone cables, and breakout boxes.

If your computer has an ASIO or Core Audio device for connecting sound input devices, ensure the sound device settings and input volume level options are correctly set. Refer to your operating system’s help for details.

In Premiere Pro, set the default device options in the Audio Hardware Preferences for specifying the input channel used when recording.

After you connect input devices and make all preliminary settings, you can use the Audio Track Mixer in Premiere Pro to record audio. Use controls in the Audio Track Mixer to adjust the monitoring levels.

You can also record voiceovers on audio tracks directly from the timeline without using the Audio Track Mixer workflow.

An audio clip is created from the recording and added to the Timeline and Project panels.

Prepare the audio input channel for recording

When you enable recording for a track, the track can be recorded from the Default Device channel specified in the Audio Hardware section of the Preferences dialog box. This dialog box includes the ASIO Settings button (Windows only), which you use to enable audio inputs connected to the computer. Submix and master tracks always receive audio from tracks within the sequence, so recording and track input options are unavailable to them.

Record audio from a microphone

If recording from a microphone, check the documentation for your computer or sound card to determine whether the microphone jack is for a monaural or stereo microphone.

Make sure that you have specified the Input audio device. Use the appropriate microphone for the jack. Make sure that the input device (microphone or other audio device) is connected properly to the computer or sound card. Noise, the loss of a channel, intermittent sound, and no sound all can result from plugging a mono microphone into a stereo jack or a stereo microphone into a mono jack.

If recording from a microphone, turn off your computer speakers to prevent feedback and echo.