If you are serious about content production, your recording quality matters.
Not because audiences expect broadcast production. But because a clear, high-quality recording produces better clips, cleaner transcripts, and more usable content when you put it through your repurposing system.
Riverside FM is the tool that makes this accessible — even without a professional studio.
What Riverside FM is
Riverside FM is a browser-based recording platform designed specifically for podcasts, video interviews, and long-form content. It records separate, uncompressed audio and video tracks for each participant — locally, on each person's device — then uploads them after the session.
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This is the key difference from Zoom or Google Meet. Those tools compress your audio and video in real time, and the quality degrades on unstable connections. Riverside records locally first, so your recording quality is not affected by internet speed during the session.
The result is broadcast-quality separate tracks for each speaker — which gives you significantly more control in editing.
Why the transcription feature is essential
Riverside FM transcribes your recording automatically after each session. The transcript is ready — usually within minutes — as a text document you can download, edit, or paste directly into Claude for repurposing.
This is the feature that makes Riverside FM essential in a repurposing workflow. The recording produces the video content. The transcript produces all the written content. One session. Two raw materials. Thirty or more pieces of content.
Using Riverside FM for repurposing
Once your session is done: download the separate audio tracks for your podcast edit, download the full video for Opus Clip to process into short-form clips, download the transcript for Claude to turn into LinkedIn posts, articles, and carousels.
Riverside also has a built-in clip editor that allows you to identify and clip highlights directly inside the platform. For quick clips you do not want to run through Opus Clip, this is a fast alternative.
For solo recording and client interviews
Riverside is not just for podcasts. It is equally useful for: client case study interviews (you get a clean, separate recording of their voice for testimonial content), speaking practice and recording (review your delivery, clip the best moments), and founder video content recorded remotely.
Practical setup
Use a USB microphone or a quality clip-on. Record in a quiet room with soft furnishings to reduce echo. Turn off notifications before recording. Brief your guest on the setup — Riverside works in-browser, so no download is required for participants.
From £15/month for the standard plan. A free plan is available with limited recording time.
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