diff --git a/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/record.js b/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/record.js
index 5e50c68..708115e 100644
--- a/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/record.js
+++ b/bin/em/variabletime/web/js/record.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
     toCssClass,
     flattenObject,
     deFlattenObject,
+    getNestedProperty,
 } from './utils.js';
 
 const LiveBuffer = function() {
@@ -394,6 +395,38 @@ const Record = function(tp) {
         liveUpdater.immediateUpdate(layer, merged);
     };
 
+    /// @brief = copies letterDelay value from audio mapping to the recorded value.
+    ///
+    /// @param layer - a layer object
+    /// @param propPaths - two dimensional array of strings
+    ///
+    /// @return 
+    const syncLetterDelays = (layer, propPaths) => {
+        propPaths.forEach((path) => {
+            const oldLetterDelay = getNestedProperty(layer.theatreObject.value.letterDelays, path, true);
+            const isOriginalSequenced = tp.isSequenced(path, layer);
+            const isLetterDelaySequenced = tp.isSequenced(["letterDelays", path], layer);
+            // we use audio.getSavedMapping(), because mapping may be removed directly after recording
+            const mapping = getNestedProperty(audio.getSavedMapping(), [layer.id()].concat(path), true);
+            const newLetterDelay = (() => {
+                if (typeof mapping['letterDelay'] === 'undefined') {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                return mapping['letterDelay'];
+            })();
+            if (newLetterDelay !== oldLetterDelay &&
+                !isLetterDelaySequenced &&
+                newLetterDelay !== false) {
+                const prop = getNestedProperty(layer.theatreObject.props.letterDelays, path);
+                tp.studio.transaction(({
+                    set
+                }) => {
+                    set(prop, newLetterDelay);
+                });
+            }
+        });
+    };
+
     const startRecording = () => {
         isRecording = STARTING_RECORDING;
         console.log('Record::startRecording');
@@ -499,10 +532,10 @@ const Record = function(tp) {
                     }
                 });
                 //setTimeout(() => {
-                const kf  = clone(keyframes);
                 promises.push(() => {
                     return new Promise((subResolve) => {
                         tp.addKeyframes(layer, keyframes).then(() => {
+                            syncLetterDelays(layer, keyframes.map(k => k.path));
                             layer.updateValuesViaTheatre(true);
                             subResolve();
                         });