Specify the default audio device

  1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Audio Hardware (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences > Audio Hardware (Mac OS), and set the following options:

    • select an output device from the Default Device menu.

    • select a buffer size from the Buffersize menu.

  2. Click OK.

Audio Hardware panel options

Enable Devices
Determines which connected audio device is routed into and out of Premiere Pro. If the device is an ASIO device, select the ASIO drivers for the device. If the sound card does not have manufacturer-supplied ASIO drivers, choose Premiere Pro WDM Sound for this setting. For a device to be available, an up-to-date driver must be properly installed on Windows. In addition, if you want to input more than two stereo channels or monitor 5.1 surround audio, the device driver must comply with the ASIO (Audio Stream Input Output) specification. If it does not, only stereo inputs and outputs will be available, regardless of the number of hardware inputs and outputs that are connected.

Buffersize
Specifies the size of the buffer, in kilobytes, that Premiere Pro uses for recording audio.

Set up a USB microphone (Mac OS)

  1. In the Audio Midi Setup application in Utilities, go to Audio > Open Aggregate Device Editor.
  2. Check each of the following:

    • Your USB microphone.

    • An additional input device, for example, Line In.

    • An output device

  3. Select this new aggregate device within Premiere Pro's Audio Hardware Preference panel.