From raw recording to rough cut. Up to 5x1 faster.

Create What Matters.

You know there is a compelling episode inside the recording. Sequence helps you find it, shape it, and get to a clear rough cut without spending hours hunting through the timeline.

"I realized that this was a tool that many editors would find useful"

"Sequence is the first editor where working with raw footage actually feels natural. The non-destructive edits mean I'm never locked in, and that speeds up everything."

Compared with manually listening, scrubbing, and slicing a rough cut.

  • The Story Is BuriedThe best moments are scattered across a long conversation.
  • The First Pass Eats the DayListening, scrubbing, slicing, and repeating before the real edit begins.
  • One Recording Has More to GiveThe episode, clean cut, chapters, and social clips all compete for the same deadline.

Stop Hunting. Start Shaping.

Sequence turns the first pass into something you can read, search, and shape, so your attention goes to the story, not the scrub bar.

See the Whole Conversation

Turn spoken footage into a timed transcript, find the moments that carry the story, and make reversible edits from the text.

  • Remove silence, filler words, and profanity
  • Attach and prepare external audio
  • Search transcripts and find the moments that matter

Stay Close to the Footage

Work directly with the media you shot, without uploads, browser limits, or per-file transcription costs.

  • Built natively for macOS
  • Works offline, wherever you are
  • Use media from your Mac, external, or network drives

Move Forward with a Real Cut

Leave the first pass with a cut you can export directly or carry into the editor where you do your best finishing work.

  • Export simple cut-based clips directly
  • Continue in Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve
  • Carry over titles, crops, external audio, and normalisation

Private Footage Stays Private.

Transcription runs on-device. Project data is protected with an encrypted local database, with optional encrypted iCloud backup and Touch ID protection.

From Overwhelming Recording to Clear Editorial Direction.

The before-and-after workflow, with every decision still yours.

  1. Find the Story Inside the Footage

    Turn a long recording into a searchable, on-device transcript. Shape the episode from text or search your Catalogs for any spoken moment without uploading the footage.

  2. Clean the Rough Cut

    Find filler words, silence, profanity, and the messy moments before they reach the timeline. Mark key moments, scene changes, or sponsor breaks while the story is still taking shape.

  3. Get the Sound Ready

    Normalize audio for social, podcast, or broadcast delivery while keeping your original media untouched. Start editing with balanced sound, not another fix for later.

  4. Turn One Episode into Every Cut

    Create a Variant for the full episode, clean version, chapters, and social clips, all from the same long-form recording. Each keeps its own transcript edits, markers, audio, and framing without duplicating the source media.

  5. Export Directly, or Take It Further

    Export a finished cut when the job is ready, or continue in Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve with the structure, titles, markers, external audio, and crops intact.

Your Footage. Your Judgment. Less Friction.

Podcast Post-Production

Turn an hour-long conversation into a main episode, clean version, chapters, and social cuts without repeating the first pass.

Long-Form Repurposing

Find reusable moments across interviews and archives, then build platform-specific variants from the same source.

Interviews & Explainers

Turn a single-source spoken recording into a shorter, clearer story with the same transcript-led workflow.

Compare

See where Sequence fits alongside transcript editors, silence removers, and built-in caption tools.

Descript

Compare Sequence's private, on-device Mac workflow with Descript's connected collaborative production suite.

Final Cut Pro Captions

Compare caption creation inside Final Cut Pro with transcript-led preparation before the creative edit begins.

Recut

Compare Recut's focused silence removal with Sequence's broader transcript-led rough-cut and audio-preparation workflow.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The essentials before you start.

What is Sequence?

Sequence is a text-based rough-cut tool for spoken video on Mac, designed especially for editors working through long podcasts and interviews. It turns the recording into an on-device transcript, helps shape and clean the edit, prepares audio, and exports a finished cut or an editable project for Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve.

Can I try Sequence before buying?

Yes. Download Sequence and start a seven-day free trial inside the app. No card is required.

Why not use Final Cut Pro’s Generate Captions feature?

Final Cut Pro’s caption tools are useful when you are already editing in its timeline and captions are the remaining task. Sequence starts earlier: use the transcript to review raw footage, shape the rough cut, remove repetitive spoken-video work, prepare audio, and then export or continue in your editor.

Does my media leave my Mac?

No. Transcription runs on-device, and your project data stays in an encrypted local database unless you choose to use encrypted iCloud backup.

Find the Story. Build the Rough Cut. Keep Creating.

Try the complete workflow on your own footage and see how quickly a long recording becomes a clear episode, clean version, and social cuts.

¹ Compared with manually listening, scrubbing, and slicing a rough cut.