Adobe Podcast

What is Adobe Podcast?

Adobe Podcast is a browser-based audio tool built around one hero feature: Enhance Speech. You upload a voice recording with background noise, echo, or a cheap microphone sound, and an AI model separates the voice, removes the noise and applies studio-grade processing. The result is a clean, broadcast-quality vocal that sounds far better than the source.

It launched in 2022 as a beta called Project Shasta, aimed at podcasters who wanted professional audio without a treated room or expensive gear. The web app also includes recording tools and a simple editor, so you can record, fix and polish a whole episode in one place.

Adobe has since folded podcast features into its broader Creative Cloud ecosystem, with podcast audio tools available in Adobe Express for quick fixes. The standalone Adobe Podcast web app remains free and is still the fastest way to use Enhance Speech on a single file.

Key Features

• Enhance Speech AI that removes noise, echo and room tone
• Studio-quality voice processing from any microphone
• Browser-based recording studio for podcasts
• Simple editor for trimming and arranging audio
• Free to use with an Adobe account
• Fixes recordings made on laptops, phones and webcams
• Integration with Adobe Express and Creative Cloud workflows

How to get started

Go to podcast.adobe.com and sign in with a free Adobe account. On the Enhance Speech page, upload an audio file, wait for the AI to process it, and preview the before-and-after comparison. The improvement on noisy recordings is often dramatic. Download the enhanced file when you are happy.

If you plan to record a podcast, use the web recorder to capture your voice directly, then enhance and edit in the same app. Note that processing large files can take a while, and the service works best on speech; music and heavy sound effects are not what the model is trained for.

• Sign in at podcast.adobe.com with a free Adobe account
• Upload your voice recording to Enhance Speech
• Preview the enhanced result against the original
• Download the cleaned file or continue editing
• Try the browser recorder for your next podcast session

Use cases

• Cleaning up podcast episodes recorded on bad microphones
• Fixing video voiceovers with background noise and echo
• Rescuing interviews recorded over video calls
• Improving voice recordings for streams and YouTube
• Polishing narration for audiobooks and e-learning

Pricing and licensing

Adobe Podcast is free. You need an Adobe account, which is also free, and there is no subscription required for the core Enhance Speech and web recording features. That makes it one of the best zero-cost audio cleanup tools available.

Adobe has rolled similar AI audio tools into paid products like Adobe Express Premium and Premiere Pro, so power users may encounter upsells as they grow. Your enhanced audio belongs to you, and Adobe does not claim rights to your content, but review the terms for any AI feature you use with sensitive material.

Pros and cons

The quality-to-price ratio is unbeatable: a genuinely impressive AI voice enhancer, free, in the browser, with no install. It rescues recordings that would otherwise be unusable and is dead simple to operate.

The downsides are scope. It is for speech, not music or full mixes, processing is cloud-based so it needs uploads and can be slow on long files, and heavy processing can introduce a slightly artificial sheen to voices that were already clean. For those cases, use the 'less processing' setting or a manual editor.

Alternatives

• Auphonic: automated audio post-production for podcasts and video
• Descript: AI editing and studio sound for spoken word
• Adobe Audition: full professional audio editor with noise tools
• Audacity: free open-source editor with AI noise removal plugins
• Krisp: real-time noise cancellation for calls and streams