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Clean your podcast voices locally, no cloud, no subscription
Most voice cleanup tools live online : you upload your files, you pay by the hour or by the month. For many editors and podcasters, that's a double problem, of privacy and of cost. Here's how to get a clean sound entirely on your own machine.
Why clean locally rather than online
- Privacy. Your rushes and your clients' voices don't go to a server. For embargoed content or sensitive data, that's often non-negotiable.
- Cost. A one-time purchase avoids paying every month or every hour processed. Over time, it's what works out cheapest.
- Control. A local tool can hand you a session you finish yourself, not just a frozen, already-mixed file.
- Offline. No upload, no queue, no dependency on your connection.
What good local cleanup should do
Cleaning a voice isn't a single button. A full pass chains several moves :
- De-reverb : tame the room echo, that "far-away" feel.
- De-noise : remove the constant hiss (air-con, computer, street).
- Tone balance (EQ) : rebalance a voice that's too dull or too harsh.
- Output levels : set the volume to the platform targets (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube…).
- Several mics : if you record with others, balance the mics against each other and remove the bleed.
Doing it with Aireo
Aireo brings all of these moves into one app that runs 100% on your computer. You drop a solo voice or several separate mics (or an AAF edit), everything is set automatically, and you fine-tune voice by voice if you want.
- Drop your WAV files or your AAF into Aireo.
- Run it : de-reverb, de-noise, EQ and levels apply on their own.
- Export at the right level for your platform, or a mix-ready session.
It's a one-time purchase, no subscription, and you can try it free on your own files : you hear the full before/after, and you only pay to export.
Hear the result on your files, free.
Nothing leaves your machine.
Frequently asked questions
Can you really get a pro sound without the cloud?
Yes. Aireo's local processing reproduces the moves of a real broadcast mix (de-reverb, de-noise, EQ, levels), on your machine. The cloud adds nothing to the quality ; it mostly adds the upload and the subscription.
Are my files sent anywhere?
No. No upload, no account, no cloud. Everything stays on your computer.
Which computers does it run on?
macOS (Apple Silicon chips are fastest, Intel Macs work too). The Windows version is on the way.
Is it a subscription?
No. One-time purchase, perpetual license. You buy it once, it's yours.
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