Premiere Pro · Exporting and delivery

How to export audio only from Premiere Pro

Short answer

Open Export mode, set Format to MP3 for a small file or Waveform Audio for an uncompressed WAV, and click Export. Only the sound is saved.

In Premiere Pro

  1. 01

    Open Export

    Select the sequence and press Cmd+M or Ctrl+M.

  2. 02

    Choose an audio format

    Set Format to MP3, AAC Audio, or Waveform Audio (WAV).

  3. 03

    Set the quality

    For MP3, choose 320 kbps. For WAV, 48 kHz and 24-bit.

  4. 04

    Export

    Set the file name and location and click Export.

  • To export individual tracks, solo each one or use an AAF for a full stem hand-off.

Eddie AI

Do it in Eddie

Eddie edits audio-only projects such as podcasts too.

You can make a project from audio alone, and it exports to every timeline format; for Premiere it comes in on a standard 1920 x 1080 frame. Generated voice-over and music are downloadable together from Assets > Generated assets (.zip) in All export options.

Back to Premiere

Open the edit, click Export and choose Premiere. You get a Premiere project (.prproj) or the older Premiere XML. In the desktop app, Send to Premiere Pro builds the edit inside Premiere through Eddie's panel, which the app installs for you.

If you imported the footage through the desktop app, the timeline points at your original camera files, so Premiere relinks to them. If you uploaded on the web or pulled from cloud storage, it points at Eddie's proxy media; relink to those, not to the camera originals.

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From the help center

Questions

MP3 or WAV?
WAV for a mixer or further editing. MP3 for sharing and podcasts.
Can I export each audio track separately?
Not in one export. Solo each track and export it, or send an AAF.