Matchering vs TrackGleam

Matchering is open-source software for matching and mastering audio. Give it a TARGET track and a REFERENCE track, and it produces a mastered TARGET that follows the reference’s RMS, frequency response, peak amplitude, and stereo width. Matchering 2.0 comes as a containerized web application, Python library, and ComfyUI node, and is integrated into the UVR5 Desktop App. The Python library also provides a command-line application and can connect with the Python ecosystem. It requires Python 3.8.0 or later and a machine with 4 GB of RAM. WAV and MP3 are supported input formats, though MP3 loading needs a separate FFmpeg installation. The project says the algorithm uses digital signal processing rather than a neural network, and works well across nearly all genres, especially EDM, with an exception for experimental music with a very specific form. The free plan is listed at free under GPLv3, with no published paid plans. The maker advises against exposing its web application to the public Internet without security and scalability changes.

TrackGleam is a browser-based audio mastering tool with EQ, compression, saturation, stereo shaping, and true-peak limiting. It accepts WAV, MP3, FLAC, and M4A audio, as well as MP4, MOV, and WebM video, and processes the audio track in video files. Gleam Engine V5 uses a 14-stage chain and genre-aware presets, with optional linear-phase reference matching. GleamAI analyzes more than 60 measurements and offers five mastering directions: punch, warmth, space, energy, and transparency. Free and paid masters can be downloaded as WAV or MP3 without a watermark. Free Gleam includes unlimited mastering at no cost. Other options include a $1.99, paid once Single purchase, a $5 as a one-time purchase Creator Pack, and Producer subscriptions at $8.99 a month or $89.99 a year. With any purchase, GleamLab includes Mix Doctor and Music Visualizer without using mastering credits. Processing runs locally; AI mastering sends numeric measurements rather than audio. The optional lyric-finding feature sends a temporary mono audio copy to Groq for transcription. Producer unlimited use is restricted to music the subscriber creates, owns, or is authorized to master.