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Mark the beats on your music, then trim each clip so it ends on a marker. Here is how that works in CapCut, and how to do the same without an app.
To beat sync in CapCut, add your music, select the audio clip and use its beat option to place markers on the beats (automatically, or by tapping as it plays), then trim each video clip so its end lands on a marker. CapCut draws the markers as dots along the music, and clips snap to them when you drag their edges.
The markers do the listening, but the cutting is still yours: every clip has to be trimmed to the next dot by hand. That is fine for a handful of clips and slow for thirty. The tool on this page takes the other approach: you give it the song and all your clips, it finds the beats and cuts every clip on them for you, then you adjust anything you don’t like.
Menu names in CapCut move about between versions and between the phone app, the desktop app and the web editor, so the steps below describe what to look for rather than an exact path. If you already know the tempo you want, the BPM finder or tap tempo gives you the number first.
These are CapCut’s own steps on a phone. On the desktop app the beat option is in the menu you get by right-clicking the music on the timeline.
Start a project with your clips in order, then add the song from CapCut’s audio library or your own files so it sits under the video on the timeline.
Tap the music clip to select it and open its beat option (shown as Beats, Auto beat or Mark beats, depending on your version). Choose automatic beats, or tap along while it plays to mark them yourself. Dots appear along the audio.
Select the first video clip and drag its right edge until it snaps to a dot. Repeat for every clip, so each change happens on a beat.
Play it back from the start. Fix any clip that changes a little early or late, then export as usual.
If you would rather not install an app, or want the cutting done for you, the tool at the top of this page works on a phone or a computer:
Every clip is cut on the beat at once. Select a clip to change where it Starts from, or Move earlier and Move later to reorder it. The finished video has no watermark. More on how it works is on beat sync.
Changing shot on every beat is exhausting above about 100 BPM. Cutting on every second beat, or on the first beat of each bar, reads as more deliberate. In CapCut, skip markers as you trim; in the browser tool, choose Every 2 beats or Every bar.
Automatic markers sometimes land on the “and” between beats, especially in songs with swung hi-hats. If cuts feel slightly late or early throughout, the markers are on the off-beats. In CapCut, mark them yourself while tapping on the kick drum; in the browser tool, slide the grid with Earlier or Later.
CapCut also offers beat-sync templates: a ready-made edit where you swap in your own clips and the cuts, zooms and timing are already set. They are quick, but the timing belongs to the template’s song and the look is shared by everyone who uses it. Building your own edit, in CapCut or here, lets you use any song and decide where every cut falls.
Which features need a paid plan changes from time to time and by region; check inside the app before you rely on one. The tool on this page is free and has no paid tier.
Select the music clip on the timeline and look in the options that appear for the beat feature; it is labelled Beats, Auto beat or Mark beats depending on the version. On the desktop app, right-click the music instead.
Automatic beat detection can lock on to the off-beats or a busy hi-hat. Remove the markers and tap them in yourself while listening to the kick drum, or use a tool that lets you shift the whole beat grid.
The markers show where the beats are; trimming each clip to them is up to you, unless you use a template. The browser tool on this page cuts every clip on the beat automatically.
In both CapCut and this tool, yes. If you post the video publicly, make sure the song is one you are allowed to use.
No. It is free, needs no account, and your clips and song stay on your device.
Yes. In the beat sync studio, Beat markers under More options downloads them for Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve; see beat markers in Premiere Pro.