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Latest feature drops.

2026-05-17 · BaseHead Blog

basehead’s Four Addons — Crave More Power!

DSS, LLS, TEAMS, and TWEAKER. Sync databases between clients, run your own license server, lock down team permissions, and (new) fire off samples from any MIDI keyboard.

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2026-05-07 · BaseHead Blog

April 2026 Feature Drop — 12 Languages, Import Watcher, DB Custom Fields, KeyCommands

Spring drop, and it’s a monster. basehead now speaks 12 languages, the ‘Imports’ Watcher arrives, the database grows 8 user-definable fields, keystrokes are now possible to remap, and TWEAKER gets many refinements.

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2026-04-25 · BaseHead Blog

March 2026 Feature Drop — Pro Tools, Voice Search, MIDI Triggering Round Robin

March comes in hot. Pro Tools, REAPER and Premiere Pro all got serious upgrades. Voice Search ships. Mini artwork lands on the Results List. MIDI Round Robin arrives with three modes.

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2026-03-02 · BaseHead Blog

February 2026 Feature Drop — Meters, Spectral Layers, AI Slop Drop

Meters Panel, Spectral Layers on the waveform, mini waveforms, and the ElevenLabs-powered AI Sound Generator — basehead’s February 2026 feature drop at a glance.

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2024-02-22 · BaseHead Blog

basehead v2024 Change List — Cross-Platform Rewrite and New Features

The full list of what’s new in basehead v2024 — the ground-up cross-platform rewrite with a new modular UI, faster engine, and major feature additions.

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2021-12-18 · BaseHead Blog

CloudBased Floating Network Licenses for basehead

basehead’s CloudBased Floating Network Licenses let you run basehead from anywhere — access your license from the cloud.

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The Main Window

Where all the business gets done. A whole new multi-thread beast under the hood that you’ll notice immediately the first time you use it — massively improved fluid UI and UX.

basehead main window

Multiple Results Lists

Just like using a web browser, open up multiple Search Tabs with Ctrl/Cmd + T.

Multiple results lists in basehead

Search Blocks

Create unlimited Search Blocks. Search, Filter and Folder Blocks can be created from just about any Node or Element — Ctrl/Cmd+Click any Import or Folder, a Group, even a UCS Category/Sub Cat.

Search Blocks in basehead

Audio Settings

The Audio Settings got an overhaul — much more visual now. Free routing abilities are coming soon.

basehead audio engine settings

AI Sound Generator

The AI Generator uses ElevenLabs’s API to generate sound effects (SFX) or speech with advanced AI models — all in the comfort of the basehead environment.

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AI Sound Generator panel

New Options Page

Just like almost every area of the program, even the Options have been redesigned and rethought — slicker, more modern, better laid out than before.

basehead options and UCS

Multi-Channel Extract

Also by huge requests — extract multiple channels in any order. They Spot to Track (S) in the same order as extracted.

Multi-channel extraction in basehead

Personalization for days

Change the accent and background colors, meters, playhead and waveform — saturation and hue slider controls included. System Sounds can be changed, custom-loaded, turned down, or off entirely.

basehead personalization options

Multiple Taglists

Create multiple Taglists and switch between them quickly. They get written immediately after each change. Tagging uses full parameter objects so there’s no waiting after pressing “T” — all the processing happens on the way to the DAW or Transfer Path.

Multiple Taglists in basehead

Unlimited ‘Groups’

Assign multiple Groups to a single record — huge. No more 16-color limitation; create unlimited Groups, each with its own personal color. Go nuts.

Unlimited Groups with custom colors

basehead Connect

A new included DAW plugin that streams up to 8 channel audio directly from basehead to your DAW of choice. VST3, AAX or AU in the full installer. Connect to the running plugin by pressing the B.C. button in the transport.

basehead Connect button
basehead Connect inside Nuendo

Explode ‘Import’ Folders

Browse directly inside Imports via the Explode Folder function in the NodeTree. Database-driven now — and you can create [folder] Search Blocks quickly from here to pinpoint searches.

Exploded Import Folders in NodeTree

Extra Transfer Options

Transfer at the Original Sample Rate / Bit Depth, and to FLAC.

basehead transfer options
basehead Connect plugin formats

Hardwired support for these DAWs.
Any other can be used via Drag and Drop.

Four versions to pick from.

Give the trial a spin and toggle between the three Premium versions to get a feel for the features in each edition.

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