After you finish recording in a Descript Room, your session files are automatically saved and organized into a Descript project. This guide walks through what you'll find in your project and how to start editing.
This article covers:
- How Rooms recordings appear in your project
- File organization in Project Files
- How recordings are added to the composition
- Start editing with Descript’s tools
How Rooms recordings appear in your project
When your recording ends, Descript begins uploading each participant’s high-quality primary and backup recordings. These files appear in your project once all uploads are complete.
High-quality recordings may take longer to show up—they're uploaded directly from each participant’s device. Backup recordings appear sooner, but are browser-based and lower quality.
If any recordings didn’t upload completely, participants can use a Rooms recovery link to finish uploading. You can begin editing with backup or partial files in the meantime. Once recovered, the full file can be added to your project. Learn how to recover and replace stalled Rooms recordings.
File organization in Project Files
All files from your Rooms session are stored in the Project Files panel under a folder labeled Recordings.
- Room – [date and time]: Contains the high-quality primary recordings
- Backups: Nested folder for browser-based backups
Right-click a file in the Project Files panel (or use the three-dot menu), then select Download. Learn more about project file actions.
How recordings are added to the composition
Once all primary recordings have uploaded, Descript automatically creates a sequence, inserts it into the script panel of a composition in the project, and transcribes the audio.
Speaker labels are based on the names participants used in the Room. The default layout resembles a gallery view, showing all speakers on screen.
Start editing with Descript’s tools
Once your transcript is ready, you can start editing directly from the script. Here are a few tools to speed up your workflow or polish your project:
- Automatic Multicam: Switch between speaker angles automatically in multicam recordings.
- Studio Sound: Instantly enhance and clean up your audio.
- Underlord, Descript’s AI co-editor: Apply smart edits, adjust layouts, or use a template to speed up your workflow.