Automatic beat detection in Premiere. We need something like Beat Edit but built into the desktop version. This seems like a no brainer and something that's been a long time coming.

Agreed, this should be built in. Until it is, the no-plugin route is pressing M on each beat while the song plays, which works but takes a few passes to get tight.

Disclosure: I'm the developer of SoundXtract, a paid Premiere Pro extension that does this. It detects the beats in the song and adds them as markers, then can build a montage from your clips on the beat, cut clips already on the timeline, snap existing cuts onto the beat, or switch between stacked angles. The first 3 music clips are free. Here's what each looks like

Hey ​@Fergus H You want to merge this topic into the other posts too? Might as well right? Nothing’s being done so might as well throw them all into the same forum post. I can’t imagine why so many users are constantly trying to post new threads as if their voices aren’t being heard. It’s not like the original thread has over 20,000 views or anything.