Your multicam podcast, cut for you.
Salinas is a panel for Adobe Premiere Pro. It listens to every mic and cuts to whoever is talking, so you start from a finished rough cut instead of a blank timeline.
- Built by an editor at Creativity Lives Here
- Runs on your computer
- Creating an edit never changes your original
How it works
Every cut made. Nothing locked in.
Salinas listens to each mic, works out who is talking, and builds a new sequence. Every camera stays on its own track. Only the camera on screen is turned on, and only that person's mic plays. On the wide shot, everyone's mic is on.
What you get
The busywork, handled.
Cuts on the right person
In testing, the right speaker was on screen more than 99% of the time, with cuts landing within about a tenth of a second of the speaker change.
Clean audio, automatically
Only the people in the shot have their mics on, so you lose the echo and room noise from open mics. A 1-frame crossfade on every mic switch stops clicks and pops.
Easy to change your mind
Every camera is still on its own track. To swap a shot, turn a different clip on with Shift+E. Creating an edit never changes your original sequence.
Wides, two-shots and extra angles
Tell it who's in each extra camera. It uses a two-shot when those two talk over each other, the wide when everyone does, and switches between angles on the same person.
Your pacing, your way
Delay cuts so they feel like a camera operator reacting, skip quick replies, add wide shots on long answers, or trim dead air.
Ready for your timeline
Cameras are scaled to fit your sequence, tracks are named after your speakers, and the new sequence gets the name you choose. The cameras' own audio stays in, muted, as a backup.
Set up once per show
Save your mics, cameras and settings as a layout like "2-person show", then load it for every episode in one click.
Explained as you go
Every setting has a ? with a plain explanation, a recommended value and what to change if something looks off.
Install
Up and running in a few minutes.
You only do this once. Pick your computer:
Download and unzip
Get the free beta from the store and double-click the zip in your Downloads folder. You'll get a folder starting with Salinas Multi Cam Editor.
Run the installer
Open the folder and double-click Install on Mac.command. A window opens, installs the panel, and says "Salinas Multi Cam Editor is installed." Press Return to close it.
If macOS says it can't be opened: click Done, open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to the bottom, click Open Anyway, then double-click the installer again.
Restart Premiere
Quit Premiere completely with Cmd+Q, then open it again.
Open the panel
Go to Window → Extensions → Salinas Multi Cam Editor. In newer versions of Premiere the menu is called Extensions (Legacy). Drag the panel wherever you like and Premiere will remember the spot.
Download and unzip
Get the free beta from the store. Right-click the zip and choose Extract All. Run the installer from the extracted folder, not from inside the zip.
Run the installer
Double-click Install on Windows.bat. A window installs the panel and says "Salinas Multi Cam Editor is installed." Press any key to close it.
If you see "Windows protected your PC": click More info, then Run anyway.
Restart Premiere
Close Premiere completely, then open it again.
Open the panel
Go to Window → Extensions → Salinas Multi Cam Editor, or Extensions (Legacy) in newer versions.
Windows is still in testing. If anything doesn't work, use the feedback email at the bottom of this page and include what you saw.
Already use ZXP Installer or the aescripts + aeplugins manager? Drag the .zxp file from the download onto it instead of running the installer.
Updating to a new version
When a new version is out, the panel shows a notice with a download link. Updating is the same as installing, and the new version replaces the old one.
- Quit Premiere completely (Cmd+Q on Mac, or close it on Windows).
- Download the new version, unzip it, and run Install on Mac.command or Install on Windows.bat from the new folder.
- Reopen Premiere and open the panel. The version number at the bottom-left of the panel should show the new version.
You don't need to uninstall first, and you won't end up with two copies. Your saved layouts and settings carry over.
Set up your sequence
Stack, sync, and you're ready.
Salinas works from a normal Premiere sequence. Give every camera and every mic its own track.
Make a sequence that matches your cameras
Drag your main camera into the New Item button, or use any sequence preset that matches its frame size and rate.
Give each camera its own video track
Wide on V1, then each person's camera on V2, V3 and so on. Extra cameras like a two-shot or a second angle get their own tracks too. Drag them one at a time so they stack instead of lining up end to end. Cameras split into several files on one track are fine.
Give each mic its own audio track
One person per track: A1 for the host, A2 for the guest. WAV and AIFF files from recorders and audio interfaces work right away.
Sync everything
Select all the clips, right-click, choose Synchronize, then Audio.
Leave the cameras' own audio where it is
You just used it to sync, and there's no need to delete it. Salinas spots it, tags it Camera audio, and keeps it muted in the edit as a backup. Just don't tick it as a mic.
A sequence that's ready for Salinas
Make the edit
A rough cut in a few clicks.
Load your sequence
With your synced sequence open, press Load sequence in the panel.
Match each mic to its camera
Tick each speaker's mic, type their name and pick their main camera. Any audio track you leave unticked is muted in the edit (its clips stay, turned off), and the row says so. Want music or a sound bed to keep playing? Set Unticked tracks to Playing.
Tell it who's in your other cameras
Under Other cameras, tick who appears in each extra camera. Everyone ticked is your wide. Two people is a two-shot, used when they talk over each other. One person is a second angle, used every other time they speak. The mics follow along: whoever is in the shot has their mic on.
Name your tracks
Press Name tracks in Premiere and your timeline's track headers take the names from the panel: A1 "Tami", V2 "Tami", V1 "Wide". The new edit gets the same names. Can't see them? Make the tracks a little taller.
Check the cutting settings
The defaults already do the classic multicam edit. Adjust Delay cuts and Ignore cuts shorter than to suit your show, or pick Calm, Balanced or Snappy.
Save it as a layout
Press Save in the Layout bar and name it, like "2-person show". Next episode, pick it from the menu and you're set.
Name it and press Create edit
Type a name for the new sequence, like "Ep 42 rough cut", or leave it empty and it's named after your sequence with the time added. A new sequence opens with every cut made. Try it on a five to ten minute section first to dial in your settings.
Settings explained
Not sure what a setting does?
New to editing? Leave everything on the recommended values. Here's what each setting does and when to change it. The same help is in the panel under each ?.
Help
Common questions
The panel isn't in the Window menu.
Look under Window → Extensions (Legacy) as well as Window → Extensions. If it's in neither, run the installer again and quit Premiere completely before reopening it.
It says a mic file is "a compressed file".
Salinas reads WAV and AIFF files on its own. MP3, M4A or audio inside a video file need the free tool ffmpeg. On a Mac, open Terminal and run brew install ffmpeg. On Windows, open PowerShell and run winget install ffmpeg. Or use the WAV files straight from your recorder.
It says nested or multicam source clips can't be read.
Salinas needs the real camera and mic clips on the tracks. Build your sequence as shown in Set up your sequence rather than using Create Multi-Camera Source Sequence.
It cuts to someone who isn't talking.
Their voice is probably leaking into another mic. Open Advanced settings and lower Ignore mic bleed to 5 or 6.
A quiet guest gets missed.
Lower Speech sensitivity in Advanced settings to 8 to 10.
The cuts feel too busy, or too slow.
Raise Ignore cuts shorter than for a calmer edit (3 to 4 seconds), or lower it for a snappier one (1.2 to 1.5 seconds). The Calm, Balanced and Snappy buttons set this for you.
I have more cameras than mics, like a two-shot or a second angle.
Give each camera its own video track, pick each person's main camera in the mic rows, then tick who appears in each extra camera under Other cameras. A two-shot is used when those two talk over each other, and both their mics play on it. A second angle on one person is switched in on alternate turns. If two people share one camera, pick that camera as the main camera for both.
My cameras recorded audio too. What do I do with it?
Use it to sync: select the camera clips and the sound board audio, right-click and choose Synchronize → Audio. After that, leave the camera audio tracks unticked in the panel (they're tagged Camera audio). Unticked tracks are muted in the edit, kept as a reference and a backup if a mic drops out. To use a piece, select it and press Shift+E. Or set Unticked tracks to Removed.
My 4K camera looks zoomed in.
Make sure Fit cameras to the frame is ticked (it is by default). Each camera is scaled to the sequence as the edit is built, like Set to Frame Size. Pick Fill the frame if you'd rather crop than see black bars.
I hear a click when the mics switch.
Make sure Smooth audio cuts is ticked (it is by default). It adds a 1-frame crossfade at every switch. If you still hear a click, try 2 frames.
How do I change a shot after the edit is made?
Every camera is still on its own track. Select the clip you want and press Shift+E to turn it on, then do the same to turn the other one off.
How do I update to a new version?
Quit Premiere, download the new version, and run its installer. It replaces the old version, and your layouts and settings carry over. See Updating to a new version.
Where are my saved layouts?
In Documents → Salinas Multi Cam Editor → layouts.json. Reinstalling or updating doesn't touch them, and you can copy that file to another computer.
Does my media get uploaded anywhere?
No. Everything runs on your computer. The panel only goes online to check for updates.
Free while in beta
Try it on your next episode.
Download Salinas Multi Cam Editor, cut a short section, and tell me what works and what doesn't. Your notes shape the full version.
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