Use this workflow when you recorded video and audio separately — for example, camera footage plus a studio mic, handheld recorder, or lav mic. You'll create a sequence to hold your files, align the tracks, then insert the sequence into your script to start editing.
1. Create a sequence and add your files
To edit multiple tracks, you'll want to create a sequence.
A sequence connects your tracks together so they can be edited as a single unit from the script panel. The script panel edits the sequence as a whole — cuts, deletes, and rearrangements apply across all tracks at once.
See the step-by-step instructions in the Create a sequence guide.
Sections of '[Sequence Name]' have duplicate transcription, perhaps caused by mic bleed
As you add files, Descript may detect mic bleed — when a microphone picks up another speaker's voice — causing the same words to appear twice in your transcript. If you see this prompt, use it to fix duplicate transcriptions before moving on.
2. Sync your tracks in the Sequence editor
If all your tracks started and stopped at the same time, skip this step — adjusting already-aligned tracks can introduce new sync problems.
If a recorder was started late, paused, or stopped early, you'll need to align the tracks before moving on. The Sequence editor is specifically for adjusting individual tracks and their timing relative to each other — as opposed to the script panel, which edits the sequence as a whole. When you edit from the script panel, Descript builds a single combined transcript from the timing of all tracks. If those tracks aren't aligned, that transcript will be jumbled.
Open the Sequence editor and drag the tracks left or right until they line up. Use the timeline tools for more precision.
If the audio and video of a single file is off rather than the tracks relative to each other, see Adjust A/V sync offset for a media file instead.
3. Add your sequence to the script
Once your tracks are aligned, insert your sequence into the script to start editing from the transcript. From there, edits you make in the script panel — cuts, deletes, rearrangements — apply to all tracks at once.