PodMaster – Broadcast-grade podcast mastering
Your podcast. Ready to be heard.
PodMaster cleans the noise, balances the EQ and matches loudness to broadcast spec — tuned by ears with 20 years behind the console.
Try it freeFree · No account needed · .wav / .mp3 / .m4a
Drop your episode here
.wav, .mp3, or .m4a — or click to browse
Same recording. Before and after.
Hear the difference.
No upload required — just press play.
After — PodMaster
after masteringHow it works
Three steps. No session files.
01
Upload
Upload WAV, MP3 or M4A. File size and duration limits depend on your plan — see the FAQ.
02
Processing
Noise reduction, EQ balance, loudness to broadcast spec.
03
Download
Broadcast-ready audio in your inbox.
The Saltwaves suite
One studio. Many tools.
Everything is built on the same principle: pro audio results without the pro audio learning curve.
Built by a sound engineer with 20 years behind the console — not scraped data.
Live sound. Broadcast. TV. Streaming. That experience is baked into every decision the chain makes.
“Saltwaves is a really smooth tool that makes a clear difference right away. Excited to follow where this goes!”
Jonatan Samuelsson · Adora, NarniaPricing
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Free
$0 forever
- Full quality, no watermark
- 2 hours of processing a month
- Email delivery
- No account needed
Creator
$190 /year
- 10 hours of processing per month
- Priority processing
Studio
$390 /year
- 30 hours of processing per month
- Everything in Creator
- Batch processingsoon
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FAQ
Fair questions.
Downloads are available for 48 hours after processing completes. Temporary working copies are removed after processing. Original uploads, previews and masters are removed by scheduled cleanup; physical deletion may occur later than link expiry, including when cleanup is retried after a failure. Download and keep your own copy.
.wav, .mp3, and .m4a, up to 200 MB on the free tier.
Auphonic offers loudness, cleanup, EQ and multitrack tools. PodMaster focuses on one spoken-word file at a time, with noise reduction, EQ balance and loudness processing built on 20 years of broadcast experience. Try the same original recording and compare at similar playback levels.
PodMaster is built for spoken word — that's the entire point. Episodes with music beds and intros work, but the chain is tuned for voice, not for mastering music releases. If your show is music-heavy, tell us — it helps us prioritize.
Processing time depends on episode length and the queue. We email you when your file is ready — no need to keep the tab open.
Processing runs on our own hardware inside the EU. Paid uploads are temporarily stored in private Supabase Storage in Frankfurt before processing; Free uploads go directly to our hardware. Downloads expire after 48 hours. Uploads, previews and masters are removed by scheduled cleanup; see our Privacy Policy for details.
Nothing. Upload your raw recording — no pre-processing, no noise reduction, no EQ. The chain works best on untouched audio.
The chain processes one file end to end, with one set of decisions. It's built for a consistent source — a solo host, a narrator, a single mic in a single room. Interviews recorded to one track will process, but two voices with different mics or different rooms are better handled as separate files.
Marcus Bornold — 20 years in live sound, broadcast and TV production.