Until now, automatic beat-synced editing in DaVinci Resolve meant a round trip: point a tool at your clips on disk, let it build a timeline, export an OTIO file, drag it into Resolve. That is how Pulse Edit works, and it is still the only way on DaVinci Resolve Free — the free edition has no scripting API. But if you own DaVinci Resolve Studio, the round trip is no longer necessary.
Pulse Studio connects to your open Resolve project through the official scripting API and builds the whole edit inside it. You pick a song and a folder of clips from your Media Pool, and about a minute later there is a new timeline in your project: every cut placed frame-exact on a beat, markers on the beats, the audio track inserted underneath.
What actually happens when you press Generate
- Beat detection with AI. Pulse Studio analyzes the song — beats, downbeats, energy, mood — the same engine that powers Pulse Edit.
- Clips straight from the Media Pool. Choose the Master folder or any bin; Pulse Studio scans it recursively, videos and songs alike. Your song can come from disk or from the Media Pool itself.
- Frame-exact cuts on the beat. The timeline is assembled clip by clip through the scripting API, with each edit point landing on the detected beat.
- Beat markers, always. Markers go on the timeline or on the audio clip — your choice — so you can keep editing on the grid afterwards.
- Chronological order for weddings. Like Pulse Edit, it can read each clip's real recording time and assemble the day as it happened.
- Speed ramps with Optical Flow (beta). Slow-motion dives and speed-up whips animated with easing curves, with Resolve's Optical Flow retiming applied automatically.
The setup (one time, two clicks)
Resolve Studio ships with external scripting disabled. Enable it once: Preferences → System → General → "External scripting using" = Local, restart Resolve, done. Pulse Studio finds your Resolve installation on its own, on macOS and Windows. A guided tour opens on first launch, and every control has a ? button that explains it.
Where it stands
Honest note: the Pulse Studio workflow launched on August 29, 2026 and is in beta testing. I use it every day and the core path — detect, cut, markers, audio — is solid. Speed ramps are the newest part. If anything looks off on your system, write to support@pulseedit.com; every report lands in my inbox.
Not sure whether you need Pulse Edit or Pulse Studio? Here is the two-minute answer. Both come with the same license — €13/month unlocks the whole Pulse suite, Pulse Color included.