VoiceCleaner 1.1.8

VoiceCleaner 1.1.8 by Steamburger Studios

What's new in 1.1.8

• Plays at once. On some PCs the first Play of a session took a few seconds and showed a
  window: VoiceCleaner picked up another program's audio library (PortAudio from Csound or
  similar software) that opens every ASIO driver while starting, and Windows briefly showed
  a console window while VoiceCleaner looked up the Windows version. It now always uses its
  own audio library, starts no other program, and gets audio ready in the background as soon
  as the window opens. The first Play went from 2.8 s to about 0.3 s.
• Audio output, organized: System default (naming the current device), then the
  Active outputs, each once by its full name, the default first. Outputs that are not
  connected or are disabled are under Inactive (greyed out), and the same outputs through
  other audio systems under Other connections. Raw Windows driver names are shown readably
  ("Headset (Mpow Flame Solo Hands-Free)"). On a Mac, where every listed output is connected,
  the menu is just the list.
• Refined logo artwork in the app, the Windows icon and the installer.
• About: the VoiceCleaner name in the brand typeface, and a description of what it does now.

Speech cleanup and enhancement for WAV recordings: noise and room reduction, neural voice
re-synthesis, EQ and tonal balancing, dynamic leveling, loudness, recording (microphone and
desktop audio), sessions and playback. Works offline.

Which download?

	Download	Size
Most PCs (standard, CPU)	VoiceCleaner-1.1.8-win64.msi (installer)	291 MB
	VoiceCleaner-1.1.8-win64-portable.zip (no install)	353 MB
NVIDIA graphics card (faster)	VoiceCleaner-GPU-1.1.8-web.exe: small installer that downloads the rest	1 MB (downloads 2.25 GB)
	VoiceCleaner-GPU-1.1.8-win64-portable.zip.001 + .002 (no install)	3.00 GB

• Voice re-synthesis model: the 490 MB model is downloaded once, from NVIDIA's
  official repository, the first time you use Voice Re-synthesis. Everything else works
  offline.
• Standard vs GPU: both editions install to the same place, and installing one
  replaces the other.
• GPU portable ZIP: open the .001 file with 7-Zip. Or join
  the parts in a command prompt with `copy /b VoiceCleaner-GPU-1.1.8-win64-portable.zip.001
  • VoiceCleaner-GPU-1.1.8-win64-portable.zip.002 VoiceCleaner-GPU.zip`, then unzip.
• GPU installer without the web installer: download the VoiceCleaner-GPU-1.1.8-win64.msi
  and every vcgpu*.cab file into one folder, then run the .msi.
• Unsigned builds: Windows SmartScreen may warn on first run. Choose More info →
  Run anyway. Verify downloads with SHA256SUMS.txt.
• FFmpeg: VoiceCleaner ships an LGPL build of FFmpeg to open M4A, AAC, WMA and video files.
  Its source code is attached (ffmpeg-source-*.tar.gz).

Requirements: Windows 10/11 64-bit, 8 GB RAM. GPU edition: NVIDIA driver 570 or newer.

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macOS (arm64)

	Download	Size
Mac (Apple Silicon, M1 or later)	VoiceCleaner-1.1.8-macos-arm64.dmg: open it and drag VoiceCleaner to Applications	197 MB
	VoiceCleaner-1.1.8-macos-arm64.zip: the same app, zipped	197 MB
	SHA256SUMS-macos.txt: checksums to verify the downloads

Requires macOS 12 or newer. Noise reduction runs on the CPU and Voice Re-synthesis on the
Apple GPU (Apple Silicon). The 490 MB voice re-synthesis model downloads the first time that
feature is used; everything else works offline.

First launch: this build is not notarized by Apple, so macOS blocks it the first time.

1. Open VoiceCleaner from Applications. When macOS says it cannot verify it, click Done.
2. Open System Settings > Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway
   next to the VoiceCleaner message, then confirm with your password.

You only need to do this once. (On macOS 14 and earlier you can also right-click
VoiceCleaner and choose Open; macOS 15 Sequoia removed that shortcut.)

Desktop audio: System audio (all apps) records what the Mac plays (macOS 14.2 or newer;
macOS asks once for System Audio Recording permission). On older macOS, install a loopback
driver such as BlackHole; it is then listed under Desktop audio. Microphone recording works
on every version; macOS asks for permission the first time.

Opens more than WAV: M4A voice memos, AAC, MP3, FLAC, Opus/OGG, AIFF, WMA, AMR and the
sound of videos (MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI). Formats beyond WAV/FLAC/MP3/OGG/AIFF are decoded by
an LGPL build of FFmpeg inside the app, compiled from the source attached to this release.

Files: preferences in ~/Library/Application Support/VoiceCleaner, logs in
~/Library/Logs/VoiceCleaner, sessions in ~/Documents/VoiceCleaner Sessions.