To help you view and edit the audio settings of any clip or track, Adobe Premiere Pro provides multiple views of the same audio data. You can view and edit volume or effect values for either tracks or clips in the Audio Mixer or in the Timeline panel. Make sure that the track display is set to Show Track Keyframes or Show Track Volume.
In addition, audio tracks in the Timeline panel contain waveforms, which are visual representations of a clip’s audio over time. The height of the waveform shows the amplitude (loudness or quietness) of the audio—the larger the waveform, the louder the audio. Viewing the waveforms in an audio track is helpful for locating specific audio in a clip.
To view a waveform, expand the audio track by clicking the triangle next to the audio track name.

View audio clipsYou can view an audio clip’s Volume, Mute, or Pan time graphs and its waveform in the Timeline panel. You can also view an audio clip in the Source Monitor, which is useful for setting precise In and Out points. You can also view sequence time in audio units instead of frames. This setting is useful for editing audio at smaller increments than frames.
Do any of the following:
To view the audio waveform of a clip in the
Timeline panel, click the triangle to the left of the audio track
name and click the Set Display Style icon
under the
Toggle Track Output icon
. Then
choose Show Waveform.
To view an audio clip in the Source Monitor when the clip is in the Timeline panel, double‑click the clip.
To view an audio clip in the Source Monitor when
the clip is in the Project panel, drag the clip to the Source Monitor.
If a clip contains video and audio, you can view its audio in the
Source Monitor by clicking the Toggle Take Audio And Video button
repeatedly until it displays the Take Audio icon
.
View time in audio time units