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macOS and Windows. Your files stay on your computer.
macOS and Windows. Your files stay on your computer.
Get episodes, lectures and voice memos under upload and email limits. Pick a preset or type a size like 5 MB, and Hangar makes an MP3 that fits. Drop hundreds at once; nothing leaves your computer.
3.9 MB793 KBReal result from the recording: 80% smaller, 1:41, 320 → 64 kbps
Intel Mac or need help installing? All downloads
Hangar runs on Mac and Windows. Open this page there to download.
From the recording
1 file went in and Hangar wrote 1 file. It is the same run as in the recording, with the real names and sizes. Your originals are never changed.
1 file in1 file outoriginals untouched
3.9 MB793 KB80% smaller
How it works
MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, OGG, Opus and M4A all work.
Balanced suits most voice recordings. Or switch to a target size and fit under 3, 5, 10 or 25 MB, or your own number.
Every result is an MP3 that plays anywhere. If an MP3 would not get smaller, Hangar keeps your original.
New to Hangar? How to run a tool, step by step
Pick a squeeze
Light keeps stereo at 96 kbps. Balanced and Strong switch to mono at 64 and 40 kbps, which makes voice files much smaller with little audible difference. Prefer a number? Target size picks the bitrate for you.
Stereo at 96 kbps.
Best for music and recordings where stereo matters.
Mono at 64 kbps, the right size for most speech.
Best for podcasts, interviews and lectures.
Mono at 40 kbps, the smallest file.
Best for voice memos and strict size limits.
Every setting, explained in the Compress audio guide Mode · Squeeze · Fit under
The alternative
A website works for one small file you don’t mind uploading. For a long episode or a batch of recordings, every file has to upload before it shrinks.
Who uses it
Get a long episode under your host’s file limit on the first try.
Hangar for podcastersShrink recorded classes to fit your school’s course platform.
Send a client the read-through as an attachment, not a transfer link.
Hangar for agencies and studiosOne app, one payment
The same app trims, converts, compresses and captions video and audio, and does the same kind of work for PDFs and images. One payment covers every tool.
Save it as a chain
Speed a batch of lectures up to 1.5x, shrink each to a small mono MP3 and number them in order for listening on your phone.
How chains workEvery tool is free for 3 days, with no account and no card. After that, Hangar is a one-time payment from $45, with updates for the version you buy. There is no subscription.
Light keeps stereo and suits casual listening copies. Balanced and Strong go mono, so save them for speech.
Yes. In Target size mode, each file in the batch is made to fit under the size you set.
Yes. Set a size in MB and Hangar chooses the bitrate so the result lands under it. If the audio is too long for that size, Hangar tells you the smallest size it can reach.
Voice and podcast audio do not need stereo, and mono concentrates the bits, so the file gets much smaller with little audible difference.
Not from an MP3: if it would not get smaller, your original is kept. Other formats always become a new MP3, which can be larger if the original was already small.
No. Your files are processed on your computer and never sent anywhere. Hangar sends anonymous usage counts to improve the app, never file names or contents, and you can turn that off in Settings.
Yes. A license works on any mix of Mac and Windows computers. Solo covers 1 computer, Crew 3 and Fleet 10.
Then pay once, from $45, for every tool and the updates for your version. No subscription. 30-day refund.See plans
Intel Mac or need help installing? All downloads
Hangar runs on Mac and Windows. Open this page there to download.