2.0.0

Record

The new Record tool, at the top of the sidebar, records from a microphone or an audio interface. Pick the input, press Record, and watch the clock and the level meter as you go.

• Channels. Record in mono or stereo. With an interface that has several mics, pick Each channel as its own file to get one file per mic.
• Format. Takes are saved as 24-bit WAV, at the rate your input runs at. Use Convert to make an mp3 afterwards.
• Where takes go. Into the folder in Save to. With Next to Original Files, they go to a Gleam Audio folder inside your Music folder.
• What comes next. A finished take joins the file list, so you can run Remove noise or Enhance on it straight away.

The first time you record on a Mac, macOS asks if Gleam Audio may use the microphone. On Windows, recording needs Let desktop apps access your microphone turned on, under Settings › Privacy & security › Microphone.

Remove silence

Remove silence shortens the long pauses in a recording. Pick how long a pause must be to count, 0.5, 1 or 2 seconds, and how much of it to keep, a quarter or half a second.

What counts as quiet comes from each file’s own background noise, not a fixed level. A file with no long pauses says so and is left as it was.

Change speed

Change speed plays a recording faster or slower, from 0.5× to 2×, and the pitch stays the same.

Join

Join puts every file in the list one after another, in one new file. Use the arrows on each row to set the order, and pick a gap of none, half a second, 1 or 2 seconds between them.

The new file is named after the first one and keeps its format.

Video files

Every tool now takes video files for their sound, including mp4, mov, mkv, webm and avi. The result is audio only, saved as m4a, or in the format you pick in Convert.

See how loud each file is

Open Enhance and each file in the list shows how loud it is now, like “Now −18.4 LUFS, peaks at −1.1 dBFS”.

A Windows look

Appearance has a third style, Windows, next to macOS and GNOME. It follows the look of Windows 11, and it is the default on Windows.

Three licenses

A license now comes in three tiers. Each one lets you use Gleam Audio for work.

• Basic keeps 20 files a week, on up to 5 computers.
• Plus allows 40 files a week, on up to 5 computers.
• Max has no weekly limit, works on as many computers as you like, and comes with priority email support.

The sidebar shows your tier and, for Basic and Plus, how many files are left this week. A license bought before 2.0 is a Max license and keeps working as it did. Compare the licenses

Also new

• The sidebar starts at the top of the window, with the tools first.
• With a weekly limit, a recording counts as one file, and so does each join. The other new tools count one per file, as before.