Basic concepts
Playback & Project Navigation
The Script
The Timeline
- Timeline Editor Overview
- The Timeline Toolbar
- The Wordbar
- The Trim Tool
- Manually adjusting word boundaries
- Fades & Crossfades
Recording
- Recording audio with Descript
- Recording Remote Interviews
- How can I record Zoom meetings with each participant on a separate audio track?
- Live editing recordings
- How to record from multiple USB microphones or devices at the same time
- How to record Mac computer audio into Descript
Speaker Labels
Multitrack
Editor Features
- Add new file from Link (URL)
- Auto-leveling
- Clip to Composition
- Converting a stereo file to mono
- Copy / Paste Clip Attributes
- Copy Highlights
File Management
Mixing & Effects
See all 20 articlesTroubleshooting
- Why does Descript say "No Sequence at Playhead" when I try to edit my clip?
- Can I manually adjust the timing / location of my text?
- What is the small dotted line that appears after making a text correction?
- What are the solid blue underlines that appear under some words?
- Why can I add/remove a max of 100 characters at once?
- The audio and text aren't synced up properly for a section of my script. How do I fix it?