Unwanted sound distortion after importing

[brian]

Could you post a screenshot of the audio and video tabs in the properties panel for your clip? Maybe we can see a clue in there.

As a guess, if your clip happens to be VFR (or even if it isn’t), there are instructions to convert it here:

Editing Variable Frame Rate Source Clips

Introduction Sometimes users report that Shotcut is not frame accurate. For example, they split a clip on a certain frame, but then later the split is not where they expected it. Or, they put a keyframe on a certain frame, but later the keyframe seems to be on a different frame. Also, sometimes people report that the audio and video out not in sync. Symptoms like these can be caused by Variable Frame Rate (VFR) source clips. Some users report that VFR clips work in Shotcut if the VFR is subtle.…