If the audio tracks in your sequence aren't fully isolated, your speakers' voices could be spread across some or all of the tracks, causing speaker labels in the script to be assigned inaccurately. Descript can detect microphone bleed and allows you to automatically fix it so that your script stays clean, accurate, and editable.

Keep in mind that mic bleed detection only works when each sequence track contains a single audio clip. Also, if untranscribed tracks are present in the sequence, Descript can still detect mic bleed. However, removing these untranscribed tracks may lead to the removal of certain words from the alignment data of the transcribed tracks.

Automatically fix duplicate transcriptions

If Descript detects mic bleed when you create a sequence, you'll see a notification in the bottom right of the editor that says, "Sections of (your_filename) have duplicate transcription, perhaps caused by mic bleed." Click Fix to remove the duplicate transcription.

Manually fix duplicate transcripts

1. Open the Project panel and make sure you're looking at the Files section.
2. Click the ellipsis button to the right of the sequence you want to analyze.
3. Select Advanced > Fix duplicate transcripts.

Reverting duplicate transcripts

On rare occasions, Descript can incorrectly categorize some audio as mic bleed. If that's the case:

1. Open the Project panel and make sure you're looking at the Files section.
2. Click the ellipsis button to the right of the sequence you want to revert.
3. Select Advanced > Revert duplicate transcripts fix.