All your favorite podcasters use it. So can you.

Seamlessly record, transcribe, edit, make clips, and publish, all in Descript. Do it yourself, or have your AI co-editor Underlord do it for you. Descript makes it easy, and packs all the editing power you need.

Most of the best podcasts use Descript

Start strong: crystal-clear recording

With Descript Rooms you get high-quality audio and 4K video, recorded locally, so internet glitches can’t hurt you. Producers can manage sessions from off-screen. And you can start editing as soon as you press stop.

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Start strong: crystal-clear recording

Edit audio and video by editing text

Descript automatically transcribes your files, so you can edit your podcast like a doc. Make cuts with your backspace key. Copy-paste to lock down your narrative; rearrange and revert easily. Words are just so much easier than waveforms.

Edit audio and video by editing text

Video editing software at its finest

Under its sleek exterior Descript packs a complete set of professional editing tools. So you can adjust timing, remove cross-talk, correct color—and anything else you need.

Precision controls

Precision controls

Take a video from good to great to perfect with exacting control over every visual and audio detail.

Timeline editing

Timeline editing

Descript’s timeline has all the power you’d expect, plus visual navigation so you can quickly get to where you want to work.

An AI podcasting assistant for all the drudgery

Create faster and smarter

Your AI co-editor, Underlord, can do any job in Descript. Generate episode titles and show notes. Cut filler words and retakes. Translate into 20+ languages. Let it handle all the busy work—or get it to make your podcast for you, from scratch.

Create faster and smarter

Sound good, too

Guest called in on a cell? From the airport? Descript’s AI will make it sound like they were in a soundproofed studio. Mispronounce a name or say “gods” when you meant “horses”? Fix it by typing, with Regenerate.

Sound good, too

Go viral, maybe

Underlord knows what works on social media, so it can find and create social clips with the highest engagement potential. Use our layout gallery to find the perfect look, and choose the right format for any platform, in a click.

Go viral, maybe

Don’t just take our word for it

With a 4.6-out-of-5-star rating and a bunch of distinctions on G2, Descript’s users have declared it an industry standard in the video & podcasting world.

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"Transcription based editing makes the process much faster…All in all, a must have editor for most audiences, especially in SaaS marketing."

Nidhin M.

Nidhin M.

"Descript will find highlights and create clips of any length that I specify. It writes YouTube descriptions and creates chapters as well as will give me the start to a blog post. All from one piece of content!"

Gretchen D.

Gretchen D.

"…phenomenal AI tools, so you can do everything in one place. With Descript we can create videos for our YouTube channel and our LinkeIn page much faster and with high quality."

Balázs N.

Balázs N.

"The templates make it really easy to quickly get a good looking video done…Getting video content fast and cohesive with our branding."

Björn I.

Björn I.

"We use Descript to help with our collaborative editing processes. A lot of our internal communications are screened through a series of executives and Descript makes it really easy to share with the review team."

Ryan G.

Ryan G.

"It automatically makes the videos the right size for social media reels, which saves me a lot of hassle. Being able to edit the video based on the transcript is incredibly convenient and user-friendly."

Benjamin T.

Benjamin T.

Whatever you want to make, make it faster with AI templates

Choose a battle-tested, customizable workflow, then direct Underlord to make exactly what you want.

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  • 1 media hour / month

  • 100 AI credits / month

  • Export 720p, watermark-free

  • Limited use of Underlord, our agentic video co-editor and AI tools

  • Limited trial of AI Speech

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  • 10 media hours / month

  • 400 AI credits / month

  • Export 1080p, watermark-free

  • Access to Underlord, our AI video co-editor

  • AI tools including Studio Sound, Remove Filler Words, Create Clips, and more

  • AI Speech with custom voice clones and video regenerate

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  • 30 media hours / month

  • 800 AI credits / month

  • Export 4k, watermark-free

  • Full access to Underlord, our AI video co-editor and 20+ more AI tools

  • Generate video with the latest AI models

  • Unlimited access to royalty-free stock media library

  • Access to top ups for more media hours and AI credits

Frequently asked questions

  • What does a podcast editor like Descript do?

  • Should I hire someone to edit my podcast?

  • Can I record podcast interviews remotely with Descript?

  • What audio formats does Descript support for podcast recording, editing, and publishing?