Zencastr Editing is a paid feature that enhances and combines your separate recorded audio and video files into a polished, mixed file. With the Separate Enhanced Tracks option, available to users on paid plans, you can export individual audio files for each participant with enhancements like leveling, noise reduction, and loudness normalization already applied.
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What Are Separate Enhanced Tracks and Why Use Them?
Separate enhanced tracks are individual audio files for each participant, with Zencastr Editing’s audio enhancements, including leveling, noise reduction, and loudness normalization applied. Unlike the combined mix, which merges all tracks into one enhanced file, separate enhanced tracks are exported as individual MP3 or WAV files, allowing you to work with each participant's audio separately. This option also differs from the raw separate tracks recorded by Zencastr, which have no enhancements applied.
Separate enhanced tracks are perfect for users editing in external software, as the key audio improvements are already applied. This saves time on routine postproduction tasks while still giving you the flexibility to make additional edits as needed.
Before You Edit
Editing can be run for up to 6 participants at a time.
Editing can be started after the host stops the recording and participants’ files are uploaded.
Separate Enhanced Tracks are available for recordings in all languages to users on a paid plan.
1. Opening the Preview and Editor
To open the Editor:
From a Recording page, click the Preview button.
OR
From your Dashboard, on the Sessions tab, under the ‘My Sessions’ list, click the name of the session.
Locate the recording you want to edit and click the Preview button next to its name.
On the Preview page, click the Edit button in the top right corner.
2. Selecting Separate Enhanced Tracks
To select separate enhanced tracks:
In the Editor, click the Audio & Video tab at the top.
Under the ‘Audio’ section on the right, click Output Settings.
Next to ‘Separate Tracks’ select Enabled.
Next to ‘Output Format’ select WAV or MP3.
Make any additional adjustments to your postproduction on the Audio & Video tab or Content & Clips tab within the Editor.
3. Running the Postproduction
To run the postproduction:
On the Editor, click the Apply button to commit your selections.
On the Preview Page, click the Next button at the top right.
Note: If you aren’t hosting a podcast on Zencastr, skip filling out the Episode Info on the right section as it is for publishing an episode to a podcast.On the Review and Confirm insert, review the summary of what you are getting and the credits cost.
Click Run Now to start the postproduction.
Result: The postproduction will begin to run, and the necessary amount of credits will be deducted from your credits balance when the postproduction completes.
4. Getting and Downloading Postproduction Files
Once the postproduction is running, you can either close the Preview Page or stay on it. The postproduction will run in the background and you will receive an email when it completes.
Downloading Files From the Preview
If you stayed on the page while the postproduction ran, click the Download button in the top right corner of the Preview Page to download postproduction files.
Result: All your postproduction files will be zipped and downloaded to your computer.
Downloading Files From the Sessions Tab
To download postproduction files from the Sessions Tab:
From your Dashboard, on the Sessions tab, under the ‘My Sessions’ list, click the name of the session.
Click the Postproductions tab.
Click the 3-dot menu next to the name of the postproduction.
Select Download from the dropdown.
Result: All your postproduction files will be zipped and downloaded to your computer.
Downloading Files From the Recording Page
To download postproduction files from the Sessions Tab:
From your Dashboard, on the Sessions tab, under the ‘My Sessions’ list, click the name of the session.
Click the Join Session button at top.
On the Recording Page, locate and click the recording name that you ran the postproduction on.
On the Podcast Mixes track click the Download Audio Podcast and Download Video Podcast buttons.
Result: The individual files will download to your computer.
Note: The postproduction transcript is downloadable from the Preview Page or the Postproductions list on the Sessions tab, but can’t be downloaded from the Recording Page.
Related Questions
How long does it take for the postproduction to finish?
Postproductions normally finish in under an hour. The exact time can vary depending on the recording length and the number of participants selected.