Resound for Nonprofits: AI Podcast Editor for Filler Removal and Audio Cleanup
Your nonprofit has a story worth telling, but "um," "ah," and long silences are getting in the way. Resound uses AI trained on 200,000+ real podcast examples to detect and remove filler sounds in minutes, so your podcast sounds professional without needing an audio engineer on staff.
What It Does
Spending three hours editing every 45-minute podcast episode just to remove filler sounds and awkward silences? Resound is a web-based AI podcast editor that automates the most tedious part of audio cleanup. You upload your recording, the AI analyzes it in minutes, and you review suggested cuts in a spell-check style interface, pressing a key to accept or skip each one. A 30-minute episode that used to take hours to clean up can be ready to export in under 10 minutes.
Resound was built by the founders of Resonate Recordings, a podcast production company that spent years manually editing thousands of episodes. Starting in 2019, they built internal automation tools to handle the repetitive parts of editing, trained their models on hundreds of thousands of real podcast recordings, and spun the technology into a standalone product in 2022. The result is filler sound detection that is genuinely accurate rather than just experimental.
Beyond filler removal, Resound includes one-click audio enhancement (called Enhance) that applies noise reduction, level normalization, and mastering to give recordings a polished, broadcast-ready sound. For nonprofits without audio production staff, this combination means a volunteer or communications coordinator with no prior audio experience can produce consistently professional-sounding episodes.
Best For
Organization Size
Small to mid-sized nonprofits with 2-50 staff members. Particularly valuable for organizations where one or two people wear many hats and cannot dedicate significant time to audio post-production each week.
Use Cases
- Weekly or monthly nonprofit podcasts
- Recorded interviews with donors or beneficiaries
- Board meeting recordings for archiving
- Audio content for social media and campaigns
Ideal Roles
- Communications Coordinators
- Marketing staff handling content
- Volunteers managing media production
- Executive Directors who self-record
Key Features for Nonprofits
AI Filler Sound Detection
Proprietary ML models trained since 2019 on 200,000+ real podcast recordings detect non-verbal filler sounds (ums, ahs, ehhs, errs) with approximately 90% acceptance accuracy. Every suggested cut is shown to you for approval before anything is removed.
One-Click Audio Enhancement
The Enhance feature applies noise reduction, audio leveling, and mastering in a single click, removing background hum, normalizing volume across speakers, and polishing audio to broadcast standards. No EQ or compression knowledge required.
Silence Detection and Trimming
AI automatically identifies silences longer than a configurable threshold to tighten pacing. Removing long pauses between sentences improves the listener experience significantly, especially in interview-format podcasts where speakers pause to think.
Spell-Check Style Review Workflow
Rather than applying cuts automatically, Resound shows each AI-suggested edit and lets you approve or skip with keyboard shortcuts. Up arrow cuts, down arrow keeps, left/right navigate. A 30-minute episode review takes roughly 5 minutes at a confident pace.
AAF Export for Professional Handoff
Export your edited audio as an AAF file to import into Pro Tools or Logic Pro for advanced editing. This hybrid workflow lets nonprofits do AI cleanup in Resound and hand off to a freelance audio engineer for final touches without losing the cleanup work.
MP4 Video Export
Creator plan and above can export audio as MP4 video, making it easy to repurpose podcast content as audiogram-style videos for YouTube or social media. Reach donors and supporters on platforms that prefer video without a separate video editing step.
How Resound Uses AI
What's Actually AI-Powered
Filler Sound Detection
Resound's core AI uses proprietary machine learning models built from the ground up since 2019, trained on 200,000+ real podcast audio examples. Importantly, the model analyzes actual audio waveforms rather than transcripts. This gives it a speed and accuracy advantage over transcription-based tools that detect fillers by reading text first. The model identifies the acoustic signature of non-verbal sounds like "um" and "ah" even when speakers have different accents or speaking styles.
Silence Detection
AI identifies pauses above a configurable threshold (typically 3 seconds) and flags them for review. This is less complex AI than filler detection but is still ML-based rather than simple rule-based audio processing, allowing it to distinguish intentional dramatic pauses from dead air.
Audio Enhancement (Enhance)
The one-click Enhance feature uses AI-powered audio processing to remove background noise, balance levels across multiple speakers, and apply mastering at appropriate loudness standards for podcast distribution. This replaces what would otherwise require manual EQ, compression, noise gate, and loudness normalization in a traditional DAW.
What's NOT AI (But Still Useful)
- •Manual trimming via the waveform editor is standard click-and-drag audio editing, not AI.
- •File upload, export, and storage are standard infrastructure, not AI features.
- •The review interface (keyboard shortcuts, waveform display) is standard UX design.
AI Transparency and Limitations
- Filler sounds only, not filler words:The AI detects non-verbal sounds ("um," "ah") but does NOT currently detect verbal filler phrases ("like," "you know," "so," "right"). Filler word detection is listed as coming soon.
- Audio quality affects accuracy:The AI performs best on recordings made in quiet environments with a decent microphone. Recordings with heavy background noise or very low recording levels may produce more false positives requiring manual review.
- Quality regression reported in 2024:Some AppSumo lifetime deal users reported that a May 2024 update degraded audio enhancement quality for their recordings. If audio quality is critical, test your specific recording setup during the free trial before committing to a paid plan.
- Human review is built in by design:The spell-check workflow requires you to review every suggested cut. This is intentional. Resound does not apply edits automatically, so you always have final say.
Real-World Nonprofit Use Case
Imagine a workforce development nonprofit that records a weekly 40-minute podcast featuring interviews with program graduates, hiring managers, and policy advocates. A communications coordinator with no audio background records each episode on a USB microphone and previously spent 2 to 3 hours per week in Audacity removing filler sounds manually while listening to the entire episode at 0.75x speed.
After switching to Resound, the coordinator uploads the raw recording, waits roughly 90 seconds for the AI to process it, then spends 6 to 8 minutes reviewing and approving the suggested filler cuts using keyboard shortcuts. She applies Enhance in one click, exports as MP3 for the podcast host and MP4 for LinkedIn, and is done. What took 2.5 hours now takes under 15 minutes.
The time savings go directly toward story research, guest outreach, and social media promotion for each episode. The podcast's listener feedback improves noticeably once the audio sounds cleaner and more professionally paced, and a local foundation cites the podcast as one reason they trust the organization's communications capacity when evaluating a grant application.
Quick Win: Clean Up One Episode Today
- 1.Sign up for the free trial at resound.fm (no credit card, includes 1 hour of processing for 14 days).
- 2.Upload a raw recording of a recent episode or interview (WAV, MP3, or video file).
- 3.Let the AI process it (typically 1-3 minutes), then review the suggested filler cuts with keyboard shortcuts. Accept or skip each one.
- 4.Click Enhance, export, and compare the result to your usual editing output. Note how long it took versus your current workflow.
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Processing/Month | Tracks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 20 minutes | 1 track |
| Creator | $15/month | 4 hours | 2 tracks |
| Professional | $30/month | 10 hours | 4 tracks |
| Studio | $60/month | 30 hours | 4 tracks |
| Enterprise | Custom | 50+ hours | 4 tracks |
The Creator plan at $15/month (4 hours of processing) is sufficient for most nonprofits producing one or two weekly 30-45 minute episodes. Storage retention ranges from 1 day (free) to 60 days (Studio). All plans include filler sound detection, silence detection, and trim tools. The 14-day free trial provides 1 hour of processing with no credit card required.
Important Limitations to Know
- Short storage retention:Free plan files are deleted after 1 day. The Creator plan retains files for 15 days. Download your exports promptly after editing.
- No annual billing discount:As of early 2026, Resound does not offer an annual billing discount. All plans are billed monthly.
Pricing is subject to change. Verify current pricing directly with Resound before purchasing.
Nonprofit Pricing and Discounts
Resound does not currently offer a dedicated nonprofit discount program and is not available through TechSoup or similar nonprofit software discount platforms. This is worth noting, though the Creator plan at $15/month remains one of the more accessible entry points for podcast editing tools.
What to Do
- 1.Start the 14-day free trial (1 hour of processing, no credit card) to verify that Resound handles your specific recording setup and speaker voices accurately before committing.
- 2.Contact Resound directly at [email protected] and ask whether nonprofit pricing is available. Smaller SaaS companies often accommodate mission-driven organizations even when a formal program isn't listed.
- 3.If budget is a significant constraint, consider Descript, which offers $8/user/month for nonprofits and includes transcription alongside editing features.
Learning Curve
Time to First Polished Episode
Most users produce a clean, export-ready episode within their first 30-minute session. The workflow is straightforward: upload, wait for processing, review edits, click Enhance, export. No prior audio knowledge is needed.
Learning Keyboard Shortcuts
The review workflow is optimized for keyboard use. Learning five shortcuts (up, down, left, right, spacebar) unlocks the full speed advantage. Most users are comfortable with these within a single episode review session.
What Requires More Time
Multitrack projects (recording interviewer and guest on separate tracks) take a bit more setup but are straightforward once you understand the track layout. API access (Studio plan) requires developer knowledge.
Realistic Timelines
No coding required for any plan except the API (Studio and Enterprise).
Integration and Compatibility
Input Formats
- WAV audio files
- MP3 audio files
- AAF project files
- Video files (audio extracted)
Export Formats
- MP3 (all plans)
- WAV lossless (Creator+)
- AAF for Pro Tools/Logic (Creator+)
- MP4 video (Creator+)
Platform Availability
- Web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
- No desktop app required
- No mobile app (desktop browser only)
NOT Included
- No podcast hosting or RSS
- No transcription service
- No remote recording
- No team collaboration features
Accessibility Note for Nonprofits
Resound does not include transcription, which is an important accessibility consideration. Podcast transcripts improve access for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences and are often required for ADA compliance when the podcast relates to public services. Nonprofits committed to accessibility should pair Resound with a separate transcription tool such as Rev or Descript to produce episode transcripts.
Honest Pros and Cons for Nonprofits
Pros
- Genuine time savings: Reduces filler removal from hours to minutes for most episode lengths. Users consistently report 80% or more time savings on the cleanup phase of editing.
- No audio expertise required: The spell-check workflow is genuinely accessible to non-technical staff and volunteers. No DAW knowledge, no EQ settings, no compression curves.
- Accurate filler detection: Proprietary ML models trained on a large, real podcast dataset give Resound a meaningful accuracy edge over newer tools with less training data.
- Affordable entry point: At $15/month for the Creator plan, Resound is accessible to nonprofits with modest communications budgets, especially relative to hiring freelance audio editors at $50-100+ per episode.
- Professional AAF workflow: The ability to export AAF for Pro Tools or Logic Pro enables a clean handoff to a freelance editor if your organization scales up production.
Cons
- No filler word detection yet: Verbal filler phrases ("like," "you know," "so") are not yet detectable. If this is your main editing need, Descript's transcript-based editing currently handles it better.
- No nonprofit discount: Without a dedicated program or TechSoup listing, nonprofits pay the same as everyone else. This is less of a barrier at $15/month but worth noting.
- No transcription for accessibility: Nonprofits must use a separate tool to produce episode transcripts, adding cost and workflow steps if ADA compliance or multilingual accessibility is a priority.
- Short file retention on lower plans: Files are deleted after 1 day (free) or 15 days (Creator). Download exports promptly or they'll be gone before you remember to retrieve them.
- 2024 audio enhancement quality reports: Some users reported degraded Enhance quality after a 2024 update. Test your specific recordings during the trial to verify the output meets your standards.
Alternatives to Consider
Descript
$8/mo Nonprofit PricingThe most feature-complete podcast editing tool on this list. Descript uses transcript-based editing where you edit audio by editing text, and it includes transcription, screen recording, captions, and filler word detection (not just filler sounds). Nonprofit pricing of $8/user/month makes it excellent value. Steeper learning curve than Resound, but far more capable. Best choice if transcription for accessibility is important or if you want an all-in-one solution.
Adobe Podcast (Enhance)
Free Audio EnhancementAdobe's free Enhance Speech tool is exceptional at background noise removal and audio quality improvement, often better than Resound's Enhance feature for heavily noisy recordings. However, it does not include filler sound detection, silence removal, or multitrack editing. Best used alongside Resound (Adobe Enhance for audio quality, Resound for filler removal) or on its own if noise is your only problem.
Riverside
Recording + EditingRiverside excels at high-quality remote recording (local 4K capture, separate audio tracks per guest) with some editing features built in. If your nonprofit records interviews with remote guests and quality is a top concern, Riverside's recording quality is best in class. Its editing features are less specialized than Resound for cleanup, but the combination of recording and editing in one platform may simplify the workflow for teams recording remotely.
Why choose Resound over these alternatives: If filler sound removal speed and accuracy are your primary needs and you already have a recording setup, Resound delivers the fastest turnaround with the lowest learning curve. If transcription, filler word detection, or nonprofit pricing matter more, Descript is the stronger overall choice.
Getting Started with Resound
Start the free trial at resound.fm
Go to resound.fm and create a free account. No credit card required. You'll get 1 hour of processing for the first 14 days, enough to test 2-3 episodes of typical length.
Upload a raw recording and let the AI process it
Upload a WAV or MP3 file. For a 30-minute episode, processing typically completes in 1-3 minutes. Use this time to grab your keyboard shortcut reference: up arrow to cut, down arrow to keep, spacebar to play/pause, left/right to navigate.
Review filler cuts and apply Enhance
Go through the suggested filler cuts using keyboard shortcuts. Play the audio around each suggested cut to confirm it's correct before approving. After review, click Enhance to apply audio cleanup. Preview the enhanced version before exporting.
Export and upload to your podcast host
Export as MP3 for your podcast host (Buzzsprout, Podbean, Spotify for Podcasters, etc.). If you need to continue editing in another tool, export as WAV or AAF. If you want audiogram content for social media, export as MP4. Download your files promptly given the storage retention windows.
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Get Implementation HelpFrequently Asked Questions
Is Resound free for nonprofits?
Resound has a free plan that includes 20 minutes of processing per month, which is not enough for regular podcast use but lets you test the tool. There is no dedicated nonprofit discount program. Contact Resound at [email protected] to ask about nonprofit pricing. The Creator plan at $15/month is the recommended entry point for nonprofits producing regular podcast content.
What is the difference between filler sound removal and filler word removal?
Resound detects filler sounds (non-verbal utterances like "um," "ah," "ehh," "err") but does NOT currently detect verbal filler phrases ("like," "you know," "so," "right"). Filler word detection is a coming-soon feature. For filler word removal, Descript's transcript-based editing is currently more capable.
Do I need audio engineering knowledge to use Resound?
No. Resound is designed for non-technical users. The spell-check style interface shows each suggested edit and you approve or skip with keyboard shortcuts. A 30-minute podcast can typically be reviewed and exported in 5 to 10 minutes. No prior audio editing experience is needed.
What formats can Resound export to?
Resound exports to MP3 (all plans), WAV and AAF (Creator and above), and MP4 video (Creator and above). The AAF format enables handoff to Pro Tools or Logic Pro for advanced editing. MP4 export lets you repurpose podcast audio as video content for YouTube or social media.
Does Resound include podcast hosting or transcription?
No. Resound is a specialist editing tool only. It does not include podcast hosting, RSS feeds, transcription, remote recording, or team collaboration features. Nonprofits need separate tools for hosting and transcription. For transcription to support accessibility compliance, consider pairing Resound with Rev or Descript.
How accurate is Resound's filler sound detection?
Resound's proprietary ML models were trained on 200,000+ real podcast recordings since 2019 and achieved approximately 90% acceptance accuracy in testing. Accuracy can vary by speaker accent, microphone quality, and recording environment. The spell-check review workflow means you see and approve every suggested cut, so false positives don't result in unintended edits.
How does Resound compare to Descript for nonprofit podcasters?
Resound specializes in fast, accurate filler sound removal at $15/month. Descript offers transcript-based editing (you edit audio by editing text), includes transcription, filler word detection, and an all-in-one podcasting suite, with nonprofit pricing of $8/user/month. Choose Resound for speed and simplicity. Choose Descript for transcription accessibility and a more comprehensive feature set.