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What to use after Zencastr
Zencastr solves the hard half of remote recording: separate local tracks, guests who do not have to install anything, audio that survives a bad connection. Cast is not trying to replace that. It picks the files up afterwards and turns them into a finished episode.
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At a glance
| Zencastr | Cast | |
|---|---|---|
| The job | Recording the conversation | Finishing the episode |
| Remote guests | Its core strength | Not supported — bring the files |
| Per-speaker tracks | Recorded separately | Imported separately, kept separate through the edit |
| Editing model | Secondary to recording | Transcript first — cut the audio by deleting text |
| Music | Bring your own tracks | Generated per episode, ducks itself under the voice |
| Licence | Bring your own clearance | Commercial licence and a per-export licence record (Plus/Max) |
| Export | Recording exports | Platform loudness presets, stems, captions, chapters |
Keep recording where you record
Nothing in Cast asks you to change how a conversation gets captured. Record in Zencastr, download the tracks, drop them in. Each speaker stays on their own lane, so a cough on one mic never costs you the other side of the sentence.
The half that takes the afternoon
A two-hour interview arrives clean and still unfinished. Cast turns it into text you can edit: delete a paragraph and the audio goes with it, every “um” counted per speaker, every long pause listed with a threshold you set. Then the finish — music made for this episode that ducks under the voice, chapters, captions, and one file at −14, −16 or −23 LUFS depending on where it is going.
- Speakers stay on separate lanes
- Cut by deleting text
- Music that ducks itself
- One export, platform-ready
FAQ
01How do I get my recordings into Cast?
Upload a file or record straight in the browser — files up to 1 GB each on paid plans, 200 MB on Free. Either way transcription starts automatically as soon as the audio lands, so you can begin editing by text without asking for anything.
Read more →02Does Cast keep speakers on separate tracks?
Cast does not auto-detect who is speaking. You label speakers by hand: select the text and assign a speaker (⇧S), or set the speaker for a whole paragraph. Speakers are saved to your library and reusable across projects, and each one can have its own filler-word dictionary.
Read more →03How does Cast set loudness for each platform?
Apple Podcasts wants −16 LUFS; Spotify and YouTube want −14 LUFS; broadcast (EBU R128) wants −23 LUFS. Most tools make you type that number in. Cast ships the target with the platform — pick where you are publishing and it normalizes to that, with true peak at −1 dB. (Master is the exception: no normalization, no ceiling — untouched on purpose.)
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