Use Regenerate to smooth out rough edits, awkward pacing, or distracting audio in your project without re-recording. Descript analyzes the surrounding context to generate cleaner, more natural results that blend seamlessly into your original content.

This article covers using Regenerate to smooth transitions and polish delivery. It doesn’t cover changing what was said.

Regenerate is currently available for English audio and video only.

How to heal audio edits using Regenerate

1. Find the edit point in your script where the audio sounds rough or abrupt. We recommend including a few words on either side of the edit for best results. 
2. Click Regenerate from the selection toolbar that appears.
   • If you're not changing the words: Descript will regenerate the audio using the original voice to smooth the transition.
   • If you are changing the words: This requires a custom AI speaker. For that workflow, see Edit audio with Regenerate.
3. While the text pulses, Descript is processing and regenerating the audio for that section.
4. Hover over the regenerated clip to preview or take further action:
   • Play – Listen to the regenerated audio.
   • Regenerate – Try a different variation.
   • Keep – Accept the result and convert it to an audio clip so you can crossfade or adjust word gaps.
   • Restore – Revert to the original audio.

Tip: Regenerate from edit points

Hover over a vertical dashed line in the script, then click the Regenerate icon (a small band-aid) to fix that edit automatically.

Feature limitations

You won’t be able to use Regenerate if:

• The selection includes: multiple edit points, a scene boundary, or Ignored text.
• You edited the script and don’t have access to a Speaker's voice.
• You’re trying to regenerate an already regenerated clip—click Keep to convert it, then you can regenerate again.