Auphonic
Automatic post-production: leveling, noise reduction and loudness for podcasts.
About
Auphonic (auphonic.com) is an automated audio post-production service trusted by podcasters for over a decade. Upload a finished recording and its Intelligent Leveler balances loudness, reduces noise and reverb, removes filler words and silences, and normalizes to broadcast specs like -16 LUFS, with multitrack support, transcription and automatic show notes on paid tiers.
It is a finishing pass, not an editor — you still cut the episode elsewhere. Billing has a 3-minute minimum per production, so batches of very short clips cost more than expected.
What it can do
- Adaptive loudness leveling
- Noise and reverb reduction
- Loudness normalization (-16 LUFS etc.)
- Filler word and silence removal
- Multitrack processing
- Speech-to-text and show notes
- API and watch folders
Setup
- Create a free account at auphonic.com.
- Upload your episode (or connect a cloud source or watch folder).
- Choose a preset: leveling, noise reduction, loudness target.
- Add multitrack inputs if you have separate speaker tracks.
- Process and download (2 hours free per month; plans from about $13/mo).
Prerequisites
Free: 2 hours/month; paid plans or one-time credits beyond that.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: Trusted podcast post-production for over a decade with API ecosystem; Generous 2 hr/month free tier; 3-minute minimum billing per production. License: Proprietary; API available..
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 8.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 7.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 3.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 8.0/10
- · Trusted podcast post-production for over a decade with API ecosystem
- · Generous 2 hr/month free tier
- · 3-minute minimum billing per production
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