Record in up to 4K with Descript, the podcast recording software that automatically transcribes every session so you can edit audio and video just like a doc — plus publish and clip while sticking to your content calendar.
Most of the best podcasts use Descript
Record
We can’t help your guests show up on time, but we can do the rest. Get a clean recording every time — whether you’re solo, hosting a remote panel, or sweating under those hot studio lights. Press stop and your work instantly appears in your editor, fully transcribed.
Record on Mac, Windows, or in your browser. Your audio and video content land in the project already transcribed, so creating the episode starts the second you stop talking.
Guests can join with just a scheduling link (no download needed) while producers can even run the session from off-screen with Control Room.
Capture every speaker locally on their own device and their own track in up to 4K. Seamlessly cut between feeds or use Automatic Multicam to automatically show the person speaking.
Structure your story, balance your levels, and give listeners a reason to stay tuned with tools that go beyond the initial recording session.
Copy, paste, backspace — with Descript, creating rough cuts is as easy as hitting your favorite keyboard shortcut. We transcribe every recording session automatically, so you can edit your audio and video just like editing a doc.
Fixing one person's levels or removing their cough is impossible when all your audio is on one track. Multitrack recording captures each speaker’s audio as a separate file, so you can surgically edit it later.
A/V is an art form. Under every audio transcript, you can finesse the final product using a full multitrack timeline: precision trims, crossfades, color, and keyframes.
Clean up
A great episode is the product of a million tiny decisions. We can help make some of those choices for you, but we never let perfect be the enemy of human.
Guest called in from an airport? With Studio Sound, no one will ever know.
Cut the ums, uhs, and retakes in one pass. Or keep a few — podcasts are less fun when they're perfect.
Mispronounced a name or accidentally called a guest “Mom”? Type your correction and Regenerate will fix it.
For video shows, Descript's AI lays out the cut so the person talking is the person on screen — plus adds a reaction shot during longer monologues.
Share
Publish straight to your podcast host or YouTube from the project. Then turn finished episodes into clips sized for every platform — and instantly draft show notes, titles, and chapters — so every episode is evergreen.
Descript finds the strongest moments in each episode and turns them into captioned clips sized for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Reels, and LinkedIn.
Export audio and video directly from Descript to YouTube, Google Drive, Blubrry, Hello Audio, Podbean, Podcast.co, and more.
Your transcript can easily travel. Publish it, translate it into other languages, or turn it into a blog post. Titles and descriptions, show notes and chapters are automatically drafted from the transcript.
With a 4.6-out-of-5-star rating and a bunch of distinctions on G2, Descript’s users have declared it the industry standard in the video & podcasting world.
2026
"Transcription based editing makes the process much faster…All in all, a must have editor for most audiences, especially in SaaS marketing."
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.
"…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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"Transcription based editing makes the process much faster…All in all, a must have editor for most audiences, especially in SaaS marketing."
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.
"…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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
Free podcast recording software that scales to professional-grade
The free plan includes recording (solo and in Rooms), transcription, and text-based editing. It comes with one media hour a month and 100 AI credits to start, and exports are 720p with a Descript watermark. If your show outgrows that, the next tier is $16 a month.
$0
per person / month
Start editing video by editing text
1 media hour / month
100 AI credits (one time)
Export 720p, with a watermark
Limited use of Underlord, our agentic video co-editor and AI tools
Limited trial of AI Speech
$16
per person / month
Elevate your projects, watermark-free
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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$24
per person / month
Unlock advanced AI-powered creativity
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
$50
per person / month
Empower collaboration on your team
40 media hours / month
1500 AI credits / month
Team-wide access to Brand Studio
Translate and dub video in 30+ languages with proofread
Generate custom avatars from photo upload or text
Priority support (with SLA)
Access to top ups for more media hours and AI credits
It depends on whether you record solo, host remote guests, or need video, and whether it has to be free. Descript covers all of those: solo recording on Mac, Windows, and the web; remote guests in Descript Rooms, recorded locally on separate tracks; video up to 4K; and a free plan. What separates it from a recorder alone is what happens next: the recording lands in a transcript you edit like a doc, and the same project produces the episode, the clips, and the show notes.
1. Create a project and choose Record. For a solo show, pick your mic and camera and press record.
2. For guests, start a Room and send the scheduling link. Guests join from their browser with nothing to install.
3. Record. Each person is captured locally on their own track, and the files upload to the cloud as you go.
4. Press stop. The recording opens in your editor, already transcribed.
Yes. Descript Rooms records up to 10 participants, each locally on their own device and their own audio and video track, in up to 4K. Guests join from a link in the browser. On Business and Enterprise plans, producers can join off-screen with Control Room to start and stop recordings, talk to hosts, and leave timestamped notes for the edit.
Yes, with limits. The free plan includes recording, transcription, and text-based editing, with one media hour a month and 720p exports that carry a watermark. Paid plans start at $16 a month and remove the watermark.
Yes. Descript runs on Mac, on Windows, and in the browser, and guests join a Room from their browser without installing anything. Your project syncs, so you can record on one machine and edit on another.
Both, in the same project. Descript records the session, then turns it into a transcript you edit like a document, with a full multitrack timeline underneath for the detailed work. Most people know it as podcast editing software; the recording is built in so the edit can start the moment you stop.
No. Descript makes the episode and everything that promotes it. You publish through your hosting provider, the same way you do today, and Descript can send the finished episode there directly.
Most tools do one part of the job well: recording, or editing, or publishing. Descript's difference is that the recording, the edit, and the outputs live in one project. For a side-by-side with specific tools, see the comparison pages.
Underlord is your AI co-editor. Under your direction it can create a video or edit yours. It can give feedback and make suggestions. And it’s tireless, so you can keep pushing until you’re satisfied.
