About channels in audio clips

Clips can contain one audio channel (mono), two audio channels—left and right (stereo), or 5 audio surround channels with a low‑frequency effects audio channel (5.1 surround). Although a sequence can accommodate any combination of clips, all the audio is mixed to the track format (mono, stereo, or 5.1 surround) of the master track.

Adobe Premiere Pro lets you change the track format (the grouping of audio channels) in an audio clip. For example, sometimes you may want to apply audio effects differently to the individual channels in a stereo or 5.1 surround clip. You can change the track format in stereo or 5.1 surround clips so that the audio is placed on separate mono tracks when the clips are added to a sequence.

Note: You can change a master clip’s track format only before you add an instance of the clip to a sequence.

Adobe Premiere Pro also lets you remap the output channels or tracks for a clip’s audio channels. For example, you can remap the left channel audio in a stereo clip so that it’s output to the right channel.