Guides to removing background noise, leveling and cleaning up voice recordings, ranked lists of audio tools, and articles from Gleam Audio.https://gleamaudio.com/enhttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/convert-wav-to-mp3/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/convert-wav-to-mp3/Convert WAV to MP3 in one run: pick the format, set the quality for speech, name the results and check them before they leave your machine, offline.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudiopodcastingeditinghttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/split-recording-into-chapters/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/split-recording-into-chapters/Split a long recording into chapters: mark each boundary on the picture of the sound, check every part, and save the pieces as separate files, offline.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudiopodcastingeditinghttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/how-to-reduce-background-noise-in-a-video/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/how-to-reduce-background-noise-in-a-video/Get fans, traffic and room noise out of a video's audio: export the track, clean it offline in Gleam Audio, and put it back. Nothing is uploaded.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudionoise-removalvideohttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/what-is-an-opus-file/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/what-is-an-opus-file/Opus is an open audio format that sounds better than MP3 at the same file size. Here's what it is, where you'll meet it, and how to open and convert it.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudiopodcastingopen-sourcehttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/sound-repair-software/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/sound-repair-software/Repair recorded audio by matching the damage to the tool: steady hiss and hum, clicks and crackle, or clipped peaks. Four picks compared, free and paid, October 2026.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudionoise-removalpodcastinghttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/ai-audio-restoration/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/ai-audio-restoration/Restore hissy, muffled or noisy old recordings with AI on your own computer: remove steady noise, even out the loudness, and convert the result. Nothing is uploaded.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudionoise-removalaihttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/audio-leveler/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/audio-leveler/An audio leveler matches a recording's loudness to where it plays: a podcast, audiobook, music streaming or broadcast. Here is the job, in Gleam Audio, offline.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudiopodcastingnoise-removalhttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/mic-enhancer-software/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/mic-enhancer-software/Mic enhancer software fixes what makes a recording sound cheap: it takes out noise and rumble, evens the level, and sets it for where it plays. Here is the whole job, offline.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudiopodcastingnoise-removalhttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/reduce-breathing-sounds-microphone/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/reduce-breathing-sounds-microphone/Reduce breathing sounds in a voice recording: keep the mic off to the side, take out the room noise, and lower the breaths that are left. All offline, on your own computer.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudiopodcastingnoise-removalhttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/best-mac-apps-for-podcasters/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/best-mac-apps-for-podcasters/Five Mac apps for podcasters compared: free starters GarageBand and Audacity, one-pass cleanup in Gleam Audio, and the full studios Logic Pro and REAPER.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudiopodcastingmacoshttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/pre-publish-checks-before-exporting-a-podcast-episode/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/pre-publish-checks-before-exporting-a-podcast-episode/Seven checks that catch the expensive mistakes before they ship: loudness, true peak, noise, clipping, format, metadata, and a backup. Run them and the episode survives its host.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudiopodcastingnoise-removalhttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/things-every-youtuber-should-fix-in-their-audio-setup/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/things-every-youtuber-should-fix-in-their-audio-setup/Eight audio fixes that make a video watchable: room noise, loudness near -14 LUFS, true peak, steady levels, and an export YouTube accepts. One offline app does the cleanup.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudioyoutubepodcastinghttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/complete-guide-to-cleaning-up-spoken-audio/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/complete-guide-to-cleaning-up-spoken-audio/A plain-language guide to cleaning spoken audio: the kinds of noise, what to fix while recording versus in post, the loudness targets platforms expect, and how to check the result.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudionoise-removalpodcastinghttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/why-noise-reduction-makes-voice-sound-robotic/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/why-noise-reduction-makes-voice-sound-robotic/Noise reduction can damage speech as it removes background sound. Learn how to spot the cause, adjust your settings, and compare results in Gleam Audio.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudionoise-removalpodcastinghttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/offline-noise-removal-apps/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/offline-noise-removal-apps/Four desktop tools for cleaning recorded speech without an upload. Compare quick batch cleanup, manual editing, and detailed repair before choosing one.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudionoise-removalpodcastinghttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/podcast-audio-cleanup-apps-september-2026/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/podcast-audio-cleanup-apps-september-2026/Seven ways to clean and finish spoken episodes, from transcript edits and multitrack mixes to automatic leveling and local batch processing.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudiopodcastingnoise-removalhttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/voice-noise-removal-apps-september-2026/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/voice-noise-removal-apps-september-2026/Seven tools for cleaning noise from spoken recordings. See which fit steady hum, echo, one-off sounds, full podcast edits, or a batch of files.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudionoise-removalpodcastinghttps://gleamaudio.com/blog/remove-background-noise-from-voice-recording/https://gleamaudio.com/blog/remove-background-noise-from-voice-recording/Clean fans, hum, traffic and room noise out of a voice recording on your own computer, step by step, with nothing uploaded. Works on Mac, Windows and Linux.Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTaudionoise-removalpodcasting