If you have ever needed a client, a co-producer or an A&R to hear a mix while you play it, you have probably met Audiomovers LISTENTO. It is the reference product for real-time audio streaming from a DAW, and it earned that place. trakk'em now does a version of the same job from a web page, so a fair question is: which one do you actually need?
This is an honest comparison. The two tools overlap on the core promise (someone far away hears exactly what leaves your master bus, in lossless, right now) and differ on almost everything around it. Prices and features below are as of September 2026, with sources at the end; both products change, so check the current pages before deciding.
The short version
- LISTENTO is a studio tool: a transmitter plugin inside your DAW (or a standalone app, or a browser transmitter), a receiver plugin or app on the other end, multichannel up to Dolby Atmos, latency you can push down to a tenth of a second, talkback, video sync. Sold on its own, by yearly subscription.
- trakk'em Streaming is a web page: you broadcast from a browser tab, listeners open a link in any browser on any device, in lossless. Stereo only, one to five seconds of delay by design, no plugin anywhere. Included in the same Pro plan that already handles your private links, listen stats and file delivery.
If you mix in Atmos, score to picture, or need to talk to the person on the other end through the same tool, LISTENTO. If you need people to hear a mix live with nothing to install and want to know who showed up, trakk'em.
Side by side
| Audiomovers LISTENTO | trakk'em Streaming | |
|---|---|---|
| How you send | Transmitter plugin (AU/VST3/AAX), standalone app, or Web Transmitter in a browser | Browser only (Chrome or Edge), any audio input |
| How they listen | Browser link, LISTENTO Player app (iOS/Android), or Receiver plugin | Browser link, any browser, any device |
| Anything to install for listeners | No for the browser link; yes for the app or plugin | No |
| Audio quality | Lossless PCM up to 32-bit/384 kHz; Opus and AAC options | Lossless PCM at the source sample rate; Opus about 320 and 128 kbps |
| Channels | Multichannel, up to 128 channels, Dolby Atmos (Pro) | Stereo |
| Latency | User-defined, as low as 0.1 s | Listener-chosen buffer: about 1, 2 or 5 s |
| Talkback | Yes (Pro) | No |
| Video sync, A/B/C/D file player | Yes | No |
| Session password / PIN | Yes | Not yet |
| Link | Session link per stream | One permanent link per account; Studio gets a personal URL |
| Before you go live | Listener waits for the session | Waiting room: the page connects by itself when you start |
| Who listened | Not a focus | Per-listener: city, device, quality tier, connection time; broadcast history |
| Listener count | Reported as 10 (Basic) and 150 (Pro) simultaneous listeners | No published cap during the beta |
| Recording | Receiver plugin can record the incoming stream | No |
| Price | Basic $99.99/year, Pro $199.99/year | Pro €9.99/month or €7.99/month billed yearly, including the rest of trakk'em |
Where LISTENTO is simply better
It lives in the DAW. The transmitter is a plugin on your master bus. No virtual cable, no routing, no "is the browser capturing the right device". For a working studio that is the whole point, and we are not going to pretend a browser tab matches it.
It is multichannel. Up to 128 channels, Atmos included, with the receiver reproducing the layout on the other end. trakk'em is stereo and will stay stereo for a while; if your deliverable is an immersive mix, there is no comparison to make.
Latency. LISTENTO lets you set the buffer down to about a tenth of a second. That is what makes it usable for a producer directing a session remotely, or a composer playing to picture with the director watching. trakk'em deliberately trades latency for stability and quality (see below), so it lands at one to five seconds.
Talkback, video, multiple streams. Talk to the listener through the same tool, sync a local video file to the incoming audio, receive four streams at once. These are the features of a remote-collaboration suite, and LISTENTO is one.
Where trakk'em is different, and sometimes better
Nothing to install, on either side. The broadcaster is a browser page. Route any app into it with a free virtual audio cable (guide here), pick the input, go live. Listeners get a link. No account, no app, no plugin, on a phone or a laptop. LISTENTO's browser link covers the listening side too; the difference is that with trakk'em there is no other side to set up.
The link is permanent. trakk'em gives you one streaming URL that never changes: put it in an email signature, a bio, a client's bookmarks. Before you go live the page sits in a waiting room and connects on its own when you start; after you stop it goes back to waiting, ready for next time. There is no session number to send out each time.
You see who is listening. Every connected listener shows up with city, device, chosen quality and how long they stayed, live and in the history afterwards. That is the same idea behind trakk'em's private links (knowing whether the A&R actually pressed play) applied to a live set. LISTENTO does not try to do this.
It is part of a delivery workflow. The stream is one feature of an account that also holds your library, your per-listener private links, listen analytics down to which bars got replayed, downloads, attachments and file requests. Play the mix live today, send the tracked link tomorrow, receive the stems the day after, all in one place. LISTENTO is a single-purpose tool priced as one.
Price. Pro is €9.99 a month (€7.99 billed yearly) for everything, streaming included. LISTENTO Basic alone is $99.99 a year and Pro $199.99.
The latency question, honestly
LISTENTO reaches 0.1 s because it is native software on both ends with its own relay network. trakk'em runs in a browser, over a WebSocket, through a shared CDN, and streams uncompressed PCM for its lossless tier. We chose to protect audio quality and stability first: a listener on a normal home connection picks a buffer of about one, two or five seconds and hears a glitch-free lossless feed, instead of a sub-second feed that drops out. For "listen to this mix while I play it" that delay is invisible; for "play along with me" it is not, and trakk'em is not the tool for that.
Which one should you pick
- You are a mix or mastering engineer with regular remote approvals, sometimes in Atmos, and you want talkback in the same window: LISTENTO. It is the professional standard for a reason.
- You want to let a client, a band or a small audience hear a mix live, from any device, with zero setup on their end, and you also want to know who listened: trakk'em Streaming, and you are probably already paying for it if you use trakk'em to send music.
- You want both: they coexist fine. Keep LISTENTO for the session work and use the trakk'em link when the audience is "anyone I send this to".
Live streaming in trakk'em is in beta on Pro and Studio: see how it works, or compare the plans.
Sources
- Audiomovers unveils new features for LISTENTO at NAMM (Mix, January 2025): 128 channels, multi-stream, video player, talkback, prices ($99.99 Basic, $199.99 Pro per year), Pro-only features.
- Audiomovers LISTENTO upcoming new features (Production Expert): feature descriptions and the "real-time audio streaming plugin and service" wording.
- Audiomovers announces Web Transmitter (ProSoundWeb): browser transmitter, PCM up to 96 kHz/32-bit, Opus 128-256 kbps, AAC 96-320 kbps.
- ListenTo by AudioMovers review (We Rave You): latency as low as 0.1 s, listener counts (10 and 150), session PIN, receiver options.
- Auxfeed vs LISTENTO: third-party feature table (plugin formats, mobile apps, relay-only streaming).
- trakk'em pricing and the live streaming page for the trakk'em side.