Plan the guest, record clean local ISO tracks, direct a shared live stage, and finish the episode or a portrait Short in one production workspace.
Your production should not be trapped inside a meeting recording. The app is built around source files you can keep, inspect, edit, and render locally.
The production room grew up
The booking desk, live Studio, and Editor now carry the same recording from the first invite through the final episode and its portrait clips.
Live Studio
Switch shared layouts, themes, cameras, microphones, graphics, and participant visibility from an icon-first control room.
Podcast HQ
Manage multiple podcasts, availability, private invites, upcoming recordings, past guests, and episode history from one signed-in home.
Editor + Shorts
Repair and reconnect local sessions, shape screen-share changes, build callouts, and cut portrait derivatives from transcript selections.
Built into the same episode
Each participant keeps a separate camera and microphone master on their device, independent of the compressed call preview.
Finished chunks move during the call, with connection strength and transfer visibility for the people running the room.
Use solos, splits, speaker rails, screen-led scenes, movable graphics, themed headers, and saved custom layouts across the room.
Keep synced production notes, live captions, links, chat, and a collaborative whiteboard beside the stage instead of in another app.
Track when a shared screen changes, disable unwanted ranges, add browser-source recordings, and turn useful links into on-stage callouts.
Use adjustable on-device background and framing tools for the live look while the untouched local camera master remains available.
Select the words that start and end a moment, preview it vertically, add burned captions, and queue a derivative without changing the episode edit.
Reconnect a recording folder, recover interrupted work, inspect readiness, and run final episode or Short renders on your computer.
Why local-first
Use the internet for talking and coordination. Use each participant's own device for the pixels and samples that matter.
How it works
Give guests a simple room. Keep the production controls behind the desk.
Schedule the room, share a private link, check devices, and add another camera angle when the show needs one.
Record separate local masters while the live preview, health checks, and progressive file transfer keep the room moving.
After the take, watch transfer and processing readiness in the editor inspector before opening the full workspace.
Choose cameras, layouts, headers, frames, and dynamic themes, then render the finished episode on your own machine.
Pricing direction
Most comparable creator plans cost hundreds of dollars every year. Because the heavy capture and render work happens on your hardware, the planned model is a perpetual creator license with one year of updates, followed by an optional update and connected-services pass.
Early access is free today. We are publishing the direction before turning on checkout so the terms can be clear and the product can earn the price.
$149one time
Planned launch price with 12 months of product updates and connected studio service included.
After year one: $59/year, optional.
Renew for new releases and hosted room services. No automatic-renewal claim is being made while billing is not live.
Purchasing and license enforcement are not available yet. Cloud-heavy AI or storage may be priced separately rather than hidden inside a perpetual license.
Questions, answered plainly
The useful distinction is simple: your recording masters and local renders remain yours. Connected rooms, invitations, transfer, and optional services use the network when the job requires it.
Try a local recordingYou can choose a folder and start a local recording without signing in. The private Podcast HQ, public booking management, remote guest rooms, and connected services still need online coordination and may require an account.
No. Guests join from a private link in a modern browser. Camera capability, available device storage, and maximum resolution still depend on their hardware.
The conversation preview can stutter, but each participant's ISO master is recorded on their own device. Completed chunks can transfer during the call, and the post-call inspector shows what is still arriving.
Yes. Podcast HQ gives each show its own recordings, calendar, guest history, episodes, availability, and booking page. Direct invites and calendar-ready guest links live beside the schedule.
The live program can use themes, graphics, framing, background removal, and effects while the raw local camera remains available. Some effects can also be replayed in the Editor; the untouched source is the safety net.
Remote calls, room state, guest invitations, progressive peer transfer, publishing, and optional cloud features use the network. Local recording, recovery, editing, and rendering are designed around folders on your computer.
Yes. Separate media tracks are the point: use the built-in Editor and local render path, or take the masters into another production workflow.
Not yet. The app is in free early access and this page does not represent a working checkout or paid entitlement. The proposed price makes the intended ownership model concrete while the product is still being finished.
Free early access
Record locally without an account, schedule the next episode, or join with the private token your host sent.
Create an episode, share a private guest link, and give everyone an add-to-calendar invite.
Open booking deskChoose a folder and record locally with no login. Remote guest rooms still use online coordination.
Paste the invite link or token your host shared.