AAC family
AAC-LC, HE-AAC v1 (SBR), HE-AAC v2 (SBR+PS), experimental xHE-AAC — ADTS .aac and/or MPEG-4 .m4a, with native WebCodecs and software fallback where needed.
Client-side audio · Browser & PWA · No upload farm
Coming soon
chainDRiVE
Effects-first transcoder with a real signal chain — not another Play Store junk converter.
Drop a folder of audio, dial LUFS and radio simulation, pick a codec like you mean it (AAC-LC / HE-AAC / xHE, LAME MP3, FLAC, Opus, AMR, specialty WAV), then batch-export a ZIP — entirely in the browser.
Open in browser — soon
Read the Lab note
In development. Screenshots below are captured from the live chainDRiVE app — packaging and public beta still in progress.
Converters flood the store. Engineers starve.
Most “audio converter” apps are format laundry: one slider, muddy defaults, and zero respect for loudness, psychoacoustics, or batch workflow.
What junk converters do
Ship A→B and call it done
- Hide codec profiles behind “High / Medium / Low”
- Re-encode everything through a mystery pipeline
- Crumble on folders — or charge for “batch unlock”
- Phone-home uploads dressed up as “cloud convert”
What chainDRiVE does
Treat conversion as the last stage
- Visible signal chain — LUFS → FX → brick-wall → encode
- Real codec knobs — HE-AAC profiles, LAME psycho sets, Opus apps
- Strong batch — queue many files → one
(cDRV batch).zip - On-device — OfflineAudioContext + workers; your media stays local
Inside the workbench
Media queue, effects, codec drawer, chain map, CHAiNAMP preview, job log, batch ZIP — swipe the rail.
The chain, not the black box
Every stage is intentional. Loudness first, creative FX in the middle, encode last.
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Decode → trim → rate
Load common containers (MP3, M4A/AAC, FLAC, WAV, Opus/Ogg, AMR, AIFF, CAF…). Resample and channel-map before any FX.
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LUFS normalize
K-weighted integrated loudness with a target you set (broadcast-style −24…−6 LUFS range) and peak safety — not a dumb “normalize to 0 dBFS.”
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Reorderable FX
Compressor, Signal Strength makeup, AM/FM radio simulator (hum, multipath, sferics, pilot…), Ear Protect shelf — drag the order, persist it.
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Brick-wall → encode → ZIP
Limiter closes the chain, then the encoder you actually chose. Multi-file jobs land in one
(cDRV batch).zip.
Codec depth that belongs in a lab
If the UI only offers “High quality MP3,” it is not a transcoder — it is a toy.
MP3 via LAME
CBR/VBR, HQ toggle, psychoacoustic profiles (speech / music / wide / MS-only…), narrow stereo width — knobs for people who hear the difference.
Lossless & voice
FLAC; Opus (Audio / VoIP / Low Delay + complexity); AMR-NB/WB; WAV PCM 16/24/32f plus IMA/MS ADPCM and G.711 A-law / μ-law.
Rates & channels
Sample rates from telephony up through 48 kHz; mono / stereo / joint stereo where the codec allows; size estimates before you commit.
Capability probing
Formats appear when the device can actually encode them — no fake “Supported” badges for codecs the browser cannot ship.
Privacy by architecture
CSP locks the app to itself. Processing uses local OfflineAudioContext and workers — your stems are not a SaaS upload.
Radio simulation from the same lab as KAOS-FM
Terrestrial AM/FM failure modes as audio-graph events — selective fading, multipath, mains hash, tool RFI — then print the result to a file.
AM character
Hum, buzz, hiss, heterodynes, crackle/pops, sferics, selective fading, carrier flutter — seeded so rooms don’t all sound identical.
FM character
Quieting hiss, multipath, rasp, power-tool RFI, stereo separation, ceiling whistle, stereo pilot, program flutter — plus Signal Strength makeup.
Field dump: Faking AM & FM in Web Audio.
Batch that respects operators
Queue a folder, set one chain + one encode profile, run once — get a ZIP, not twelve mystery downloads.
Multi-file queue
Drag-drop, select, process all. Same loudness and FX recipe across the set.
Cancelable jobs
Terminal-style process log so you can see decode → LUFS → FX → encode, and abort mid-run.
One ZIP out
(cDRV batch).zip packaging for the whole run — built for people who convert libraries, not single clips.
Where it will ship
Browser-first PWA from Dialer's Apps — same studio as Global Chaos CB Radio and KAOS-FM.
Desktop browser
Full workbench layout for Chrome and friends — the serious encode station.
Mobile browser / PWA
Phone-first chrome with the same chain and codec depth — installable when we open the gate.
Store packaging
Play packaging follows once the public web build is locked. This page updates when beta opens.
From Dialer's Lab
Why a decent on-device transcoder still matters when the store is full of junk.
Stay tuned
We’re finishing the public shell. When the beta opens, the button above turns into a real link.