Pro Sound Effects provides professionally recorded sound-effects libraries for editors, sound designers, engineers and producers. Its catalog contains more than 1.2 million sounds in 655 categories, with files edited and tagged using descriptive metadata. SoundQ is a free desktop app for searching and organizing those libraries, as well as unlimited local files and collections. It can send cloud sounds to an editing timeline and supports metadata in open iXML format. SoundQ offers Spot to Timeline support for Pro Tools, Reaper and Adobe Premiere, and the company says it works with all NLEs and DAWs. Other features include keyword translation, shared collections, multichannel auditioning, smart search, varispeed and reverse playback, and Freesound.org CC0 access. It handles mono, stereo and multichannel audio, including WAV, AIFF, OGG, FLAC and read-only MP3, up to 32-bit/192kHz. A free cloud library includes royalty-free effects and music. Listed one-user lifetime licenses range from 79.00 USD per once to 1499.00 USD per once; the standard license permits royalty-free commercial use.
Who it is for
It suits sound professionals working in film, television, games, technology, schools and media companies, as well as people organizing local sound libraries. Teams needing multi-user licensing should note that this requires a custom license.
What is good
- Catalog lists more than 1.2 million sounds.
- SoundQ searches unlimited local files and collections.
- Free cloud library includes effects and music.
- Spot to Timeline supports Pro Tools, Reaper and Adobe Premiere.
- Standard lifetime license covers royalty-free commercial use.
What to know first
- Multi-user use requires custom licensing.
- Subscriber downloads are limited to 10,000 per month.
- Automated retrieval is prohibited.
- MP3 files are read-only.
Verdict
Pro Sound Effects combines a large tagged catalog with SoundQ tools for searching and placing audio in editing workflows. Check the single-user license scope and monthly subscriber download limit against your needs.
Pro Sound Effects plans and pricing
All plansCompared on sound effects libraries
- Download model
- unlimited
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Perpetual usage
- Yes
- Catalog size
- 1,200,000 sounds
- File formats
- WAV
- Broadcast use
- Yes
