KreateFlo Beat Detector Tutorial | Auto-Sync Cuts to Music Beats in Premiere Pro (2026)
In this tutorial, I show you KreateFlo's Beat Detector, a feature that automatically analyzes a music track and marks every beat for you, instead of manually scrubbing through an entire song, placing markers by hand.
This is especially useful for music videos or any edit where you want cuts to land precisely on the beat for that extra punch.
I walk through loading a track, choosing onset transient detection, deciding whether to subdivide beats for extra markers between cuts, running the detection, and generating markers (and cuts) on every detected beat.
This is part of our ongoing KreateFlo series. Catch up on the earlier tutorials covering Installation, Multicam Editing, Audio Editing, Pitch Correction, Single-Speaker Editing, Spotlight/Updates, Transitions, Auto Zoom, Auto Resize, Quick Insert, Clip Colorizer, Black Frames, Scene Detector, and Timeline Tools if you're just getting started.
What you'll learn:
1. How to load a music track for beat analysis
2. How to use onset transient detection to find beats
3. How to subdivide beats if you want multiple cuts between each one
4. How long beat detection takes and what the results look like (BPM and total beat count)
5. How to generate markers automatically on every detected beat
6. How to cut directly on the beats once markers are placed
7. How to delete all markers when you're done
If you edit music videos or beat-synced content regularly, this turns a tedious manual process into a one-click setup.
Chapters:
0:00 Why cutting on beat matters for music videos
0:20 Loading a music track
0:40 Onset transients and beat subdivision settings
1:10 Running beat detection
1:40 Reviewing detected BPM and beat count
1:55 Creating markers on every beat
2:10 Cutting on the beats
2:20 Deleting markers when finished
Like this video if beat-synced editing just got a whole lot easier, and subscribe for the rest of the KreateFlo series
Do you usually cut on beat for your edits?
Let me know in the comments.