Adobe Podcast

Adobe Podcast (formerly Project Shasta) is Adobe's AI-powered audio tool for podcasters, content creators, and remote teams who need professional-sounding audio without professional recording equipment. It has two core products: Enhance Speech (AI audio cleanup) and a web-based recording studio for remote interviews.

What Adobe Podcast Does Well

Enhance Speech is Adobe Podcast's breakthrough feature. It takes audio recorded on a cheap USB microphone or laptop mic and processes it to sound like a professional studio recording — removing background noise, echo, air conditioning hum, and mouth sounds, while improving overall vocal clarity. The transformation is dramatic and has made it widely shared among content creators. The free tier allows about 1 hour of processing per day (30-minute, 500MB file limit); it is also integrated into Premiere Pro for video editors.

AI recording enables remote podcast recording with each participant's audio captured on their own device and uploaded separately. This prevents the audio quality degradation that affects platforms like Zoom or Riverside when one participant has a poor connection. The separate tracks are then synchronized and processed.

Transcript and editing (Project Shasta features now rolling into Adobe Podcast) allow audio editing by editing the text transcript — delete a word in the transcript to remove it from the audio. This makes post-production accessible to non-audio editors.

Integration with Adobe Creative Cloud connects Adobe Podcast with Premiere Pro and Audition, allowing audio workflows to span tools without conversion steps.

Who Adobe Podcast Is For

Adobe Podcast is used by podcasters, YouTubers, video producers, and enterprise communications teams who record voice audio in suboptimal conditions. The free tier covers casual use; Premium ($9.99/month or $99.99/year) unlocks 4 hours/day of processing, longer files (up to 2 hours, 1GB), batch uploads, and video support, and is included at no extra cost with a Creative Cloud or Adobe Express Premium subscription.