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Zencastr

 & Ben Moore Managing Editor, Software

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology.

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Account Dashboard

Zencastr's dashboard organizes all of your sessions and displays relevant account information, such as your remaining recording and post-processing allotments.

Mic Check

When you create a new episode, Zencastr prompts you to select any external microphones or speakers.

System Analysis

Before you start recording, Zencastr runs a series of hardware and storage checks to make sure you don't run into issues.

Vocal Tracks

For each session, Zencastr produces separate voice tracks for each participant, which you can download and mix on your own.

Postproduction

Zencastr includes a host of post-processing tools that make it easy to mix and enhance all the individual tracks.

About Our Expert

Ben Moore

Ben Moore

Managing Editor, Software

My Experience

I’ve been writing and editing technology articles for more than seven years, most recently as part of PCMag's software team. I am responsible for content in the AI, financial, graphic design, operating system, photo and video editing, productivity, and small business categories, among others. I also worked for several years on the consumer electronics team, where I edited articles on topics such as cameras, headphones, phones, speakers, and tablets. Before PCMag, I was at Neowin.net, Tom’s Guide, and Laptop Mag.

The Technology I Use

I use a Lenovo ThinkPad P14s for work and a 2021 Razer Blade 14 for everything else. I also keep a Lenovo Yoga Tab tablet and a HiBy M300 digital audio player. My current phone is a Google Pixel 9a.

As for software, I use Firefox everywhere, as well as Bitwarden and Mullvad VPN. I rely on Adobe Lightroom to edit photos and Google Keep or Microsoft Excel to manage the rest of my life. To organize my music library, I use MusicBee on Windows and Musicolet on Android.

I’m currently split between wired and wireless headphones. I use a Fiio K3 amp/DAC for the Beyerdynamic DT 700 Pro X headphones and the Moondrop Kato earphones. For wireless audio, I switch between the Shure Aonic 50 (Gen 2) headphones and the Technics EAH-AZ40M2 earphones.

My current camera is a Nikon Z6III.

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