We are excited to announce Captivate as the newest addition to our External Services!
Captivate is a U.K.-based podcast hosting service provider, helping content creators with monetization, analytics and promotion to grow their audience. You can find more information on Captivate’s features and pricing here.

From now on, you can automatically export your productions to Captivate as MP3 file including all provided metadata. In addition, the title, author/artist, episode/track number, subtitle, summary, cover image and (episode) URL fields will be provided to Captivate for inclusion into the generated web page and feed.

How to connect your Captivate ...

We are pleased to announce our new External Service integration with PodBean!
PodBean is a U.S.-based podcast service provider that enables users without any technical knowledge to start podcasting in a blog-like environment.

Auphonic now fully supports exporting your Productions to PodBean in either MP3 or AAC format. Additionally, the title, summary and cover images will be sent to PodBean for inclusion into the generated web page and RSS feed.

For more details about PodBean, see also PodBean features and pricing.

Connecting your PodBean account

Thanks to our new integration (and the power of OAuth), adding your ...

We are happy to announce that LetsCast.fm is now fully connected to Auphonic!
You can export processed audio files from Auphonic automatically or import your recent productions directly in LetsCast.fm.

About LetsCast.fm

LetsCast.fm is a popular podcasting hosting company based in Germany.
Besides an Auphonic integration, the service offers unlimited podcasts and episodes in each plan. The feature set also includes your own podcast website, a modern web player based on the Podlove Web Player, and dynamic ad insertion.

For a full list of features, please see the LetsCast.fm Feature Box.

Pricing and available plans can ...

You run a podcast hosting service (or similar) and want to integrate it as publishing target within Auphonic? That's now possible using the Auphonic API.

Publishing / External Services section of a Production: integrate your service as an additional target.
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You can now connect your custom service or app (podcast hosting company, audio publishing platform, video tool, file service, etc.) as an External Service to Auphonic.
Then all Auphonic users will see your service at our External Services Page and will be able to reference it in any Production or Preset in the section Publishing / ...

We are pleased to announce the integration of Microsoft's cloud service OneDrive as External Service for incoming and outgoing file transfers to/from Auphonic.
OneDrive is tightly integrated with the Microsoft Office 365 productivity suite and offers 5 GB of free storage in its Basic plan, with multiple paid plans for more storage and features available.

The integration is very similar to our Dropbox or Google Drive interface and is described below.

Connect Your OneDrive Account to Auphonic

To start using OneDrive with your Auphonic account, you must first set it up as an external service: go to our ...

Did you ever experience a sudden drop in volume when converting your audio from stereo to mono? Chances are this has happened to you, as mono incompatibility is a common issue with stereo recordings. Auphonic now detects and fixes this for you automatically.

Phase correlation screenshot of Stereo Tool v3 by flux.

Why is mono incompatibility even an issue?

Let’s assume you just published your latest podcast episode. One day later your listeners are complaining about your episode sounding strangely thin and that they need to raise the volume significantly to hear anything. How ...

Today we are thrilled to introduce revised parameters for the Adaptive Leveler to move our advanced algorithms out of beta.
The leveler can now run in three modes, which allow detailed Leveler Strength control and also the use of Broadcast Parameters (Max. Loudness Range, Max. Short-term Loudness, Max. Momentary Loudness) to limit the amount of leveling.

Photo by Gemma Evans.

When we first introduced our advanced parameters, we used the Maximum Loudness Range (MaxLRA) value to control the strength of our leveler. This gave good results, but it turned out that only pure speech programs give reliable and ...

Following current standards, loudness normalization is applied regardless of the content of a production. Cinematic content, i.e. productions with a high loudness range, can benefit from dialog loudness normalization.
At Auphonic, we are introducing a classifier for automatic speech loudness normalization, and our processing stats now provide level statistics for dialog and music as well as the overall production.

Photo by Dima Pechurin.

Loudness of Cinematic Content

We have discussed the issue extensively, but it’s still true: getting the levels of your production right is difficult. It’s especially challenging when you work with music, sound effects and ...

Zapier is a tool that allows users to connect and automate services without any coding.
So far, if you wanted to start a new Auphonic production or retrieve the results of a finished production, you had to login to the Auphonic website, connect with one of our external services, or know how to code and use the Auphonic API.
With Zapier, in just a few clicks, you can set up your email account, a Dropbox watch folder, your podcast host, your Twitter account and many more web-based services to interact with Auphonic.

For example, it’s possible to ...

Should I set the loudness target for mono podcasts to -16 LUFS or -19 LUFS?
This seemingly simple question comes up often and is the main topic of this blog post.

Photo by Franck V.

We are also introducing the new loudness normalization parameter Dual Mono and we're announcing the move of our Advanced Audio Algorithms to Public Beta!

The Mono Loudness Problem

"If my stereo production is loudness normalized to -16 LUFS, should I use -19 LUFS for mono (3 LU lower)?"
Unfortunately, this simple question is not that easy to answer - it depends on how ...