What is Riverside?
Riverside is a browser-based podcast studio that covers the full content production workflow — recording, editing, repurposing, and publishing — in a single platform. It outputs up to 4K video and uncompressed 48kHz WAV audio, and it’s used for podcasts, video interviews, webinars, and marketing video content. It’s not a general-purpose video editor or a podcast recording software that stops at the raw file — it carries sessions through to distribution. Motion graphics, color grading, and complex multi-layer visual effects are outside its scope.
Features & Benefits
- Text-Based Editing — edit recordings by modifying an auto-generated transcript, cutting or rearranging content the same way you’d edit a document; accuracy reaches 99% across 100+ languages
- Multi-Track Timeline — trim, split, splice, cut, and move segments on a color-coded timeline where each speaker gets a separate audio and video track; crosstalk removal and per-track volume control are built in
- 4K Local Recording — capture video at up to 4K resolution and audio at 48kHz WAV, stored locally on each participant’s device so recording quality isn’t affected by internet speed
- AI Layouts — automatically detect and switch to the active speaker, or manually set video layouts and aspect ratios for different platforms
- Magic Audio — apply AI noise removal and audio enhancement to any recording, balancing levels and reducing background noise across all participant tracks
- Filler Word and Silence Removal — strip filler words and adjust or eliminate pauses in bulk or one by one to control conversation pacing
- AI Speech Correction — fix spoken errors by editing the transcript; AI re-syncs voice and lip movement to match the corrected text
- Eye Contact Correction — adjust the appearance of eye contact for all participants so on-screen talent appears to look directly at the camera
- Magic Clips — use AI to identify highlights from a recording and convert them into short-form social video clips, with manual tweaking available
- AI Co-Creator — generate a full set of promotional assets from a recording, including social captions and thumbnails optimized per channel
- AI Show Notes — auto-generate episode titles, descriptions, chapter markers, key takeaways, soundbites, and guest bios from a transcript
- Auto Transcription — produce time-stamped transcripts immediately after recording in 100+ languages, with chapter markers applied automatically
- Animated Captions — generate and style captions with custom fonts, colors, sizes, and animations in one click; supports formats for Reels, TikToks, and YouTube Shorts
- AI Translation and Dubbing — translate and dub recorded content into 30+ languages using AI-generated voice dubbing
- Live Streaming — broadcast in full HD to YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, or any RTMP destination simultaneously
- Podcast Hosting and Publishing — publish episodes directly to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube with an RSS feed; includes built-in analytics on episode performance and audience behavior
- Webinar Tools — host webinars with audience call-ins, Q&A, chat management, registration, and automated email reminders; recording converts automatically into clips and summaries
- Async Recording — let participants record their segments independently on their own schedule for later assembly
- Teleprompter — display scripts, talking points, or questions in the recording studio view
- Media Board — upload and display slide decks in HD during a recording session
- Studio Branding — apply logos, custom backgrounds, color schemes, intros, and outros once and reuse them across all content
- B-Roll Generation — generate AI video footage from a text prompt to use as B-roll in edited content
Real-World Applications
Remote podcast interviews involve coordinating guests across different locations, often over inconsistent internet connections. As podcast recording software, Riverside captures each participant’s audio and video locally on their device, so the final file quality doesn’t depend on the call quality. The separate tracks give editors individual control over each speaker’s audio — adjusting levels, removing crosstalk, or isolating a single voice without touching the others.
Marketing teams producing video content at volume can use the podcast studio’s text-based workflow to cut down post-production time. Editing by transcript means cutting a 45-minute interview into a tight 12-minute piece takes as long as it takes to read and delete lines. AI Show Notes handles the metadata work — titles, descriptions, chapters, and takeaways — so the same session also produces the content needed to publish and distribute it.
Live webinars that need to generate content after the fact fit naturally into the platform’s workflow. A 60-minute webinar records in HD, and Magic Clips identifies the sharpest moments for social distribution automatically. The AI Co-Creator then produces channel-specific assets — vertical clips for Instagram, captioned versions for LinkedIn — without a separate editing pass.
Teams evaluating podcast recording software for internal communications or learning and development work can use studio branding and reusable intros and outros to keep every video consistent. The async recording feature lets subject matter experts record their segments on their own schedule, which then get assembled and published inside the same podcast studio where they were captured.
