If you are a Sound Designer for video games or feature films using a DAW like Nuendo, REAPER or Pro Tools and want to speed up your workflow, then this is the tool for you!
Also Includes 26,000+ FREE Sound Effects!
Search with Sniper like Precision!
with 50+ Fields of searchable Metadata and four Separate Search/Input fields that allow for Deep and Thesaurus based searches to help you can find what you need with pinpoint accuracy.
The Audio Engine
- 16 channel Interleaved or Split Playback Metering with Individual Channel Extraction.
- Stereo, Mono and Fold Down Downmix buttons with Solos’ and Mutes available on the Quick Access Panel.
- Split LCR, Quad, 5.0 ,5.1 and Recorder A Channel file Playback.
- Ambisonic B-Format Interleaved Playback
- Choose between FILM, SMPTE and DTS playback channel orders.
The most Flexible Licensing Anywhere!
- You can bind your licenses to your System drive, USB Flash Drive or iLok.
- OR try our new CloudBased Licenses perfect for WFH users!
- Facilities can use our new multiple floating license system on a VM License Server to use over LAN/WAN.
- Jump between license containers at will with Self Manageable Licensing.
MainScreen1
Search Edit
Groups Unlimited Colors
Persnonalize
AudioEngine
UCS
TargetApps
Searchable Markers
SearchBlocks
Hardwired Support for these fine DAW’s, but any other can be used via Drag and Drop!
Check out the comparison chart below for the 4 different tasty flavors available.
FREE Edition
best price evah!- High Performance Modular Pixel Perfect Cross-Platform User Interface with a Fresh and Modern UI/UX
- Personalizion for custom Themes, accent Colors and Sound notications.
- Blazing Fast Search, Audition and Transfer of audio files.
- Filter Blocks for ‘Imports’ and ‘CloudPacks’
- Full Metadata Importing.
- Basic Target App Support Including “Spot to Track”
- HTTP path Playback/Streaming
- iXML Reading/Writing to Transfered files
- Pitch Shifting baked into Transfered files
- UCS Importing
- Quick Database Hot Swapping
- 6 Months of FREE CloudPack Streaming
- Surround files are folded down to Stereo for Auditioning.
- Transfers Limited to Stereo up to 48Khz/24bit and one file at a time.
- Limited to one search box.
- Minimal Metadata [fields] shown and searchable compared to the Premium versions.
- Split File Playback and Detection is Disabled.
- Internet required. Not possible to use in locked down facilities.
- Support is limited to the KnowledgeBase and SLACK only.
- For Self Employed and Individual Use Only! Facilities are Forbidden to use the FREE Edition as we all know you have money… 😉
Lite Edition
basehead on the cheap- All the features in the FREE Edition plus the NAG Screens are removed. 😉
- (New!) SFX Searching by chaining together multiple Search blocks.
- (New!) basehead Connect VST3/AU/AXX plugin to route audio into your DAW (2 channel support in LITE)
- Advanced Search Modes with w/ quick past search recall.
- Search Block Creation and Live Update of Search Results when Filter Blocks changed.
- Surround Sound Playback and Transfer
- Advanced and Deep Character Search Modes
- Description and Filename Renaming
- Individual Channel Extraction with Sum2Mono, M/S Decoder and Timecode Display
- Multiple File Transfer at a time, Target Naming Options and File Reversing
- Explode to Browse ‘Import’ folders
- Ability to Edit in an External Wave Editor
- Server Database Sharing Add-on Availble
- 12 Months of FREE CloudPack Streaming and FREE Uplates as default.
- Premium Support Available
Standard Edition
the middle child- All the features in LITE plus…
- (New!) Multi-Channel Extraction
- (New!) Dual Target App and WaveEditor Support
- (New!) Multiple Results Lists and Taglists possible now.
- (New!) Mash&Replace and Save As… Functions.
- basehead Connect with up to 8 channel support
- Results Lists and NodeTree SnapShots
- Full Metadata Editing in Details Panel
- NodeTree (Groups, Favorite Searches) and can make any node it’s own tab.
- Imports: Rescanning, Merging and Combining.
- Skip Silence and abilty to Import/Export Text Files
- Marker and Chunk Panels
- Database Sharing and Weekly Backup Options
- Process Panel with User definable VST3 plugin slots
- Advanced Target App Support w/ ‘Spot with Handles’ and ‘Follow Session Folder’
- Spell Suggest while Typing Searching
- Drive Re-Mapping and Wwise Integration (Wwise will come after the initial release)
- Ability to add Album Art/Images to files
- UCS Browsing via the NodeTree
Ultra Edition
Beast Mode Version!- All the features of the others plus these monster features…
- Collections Node in the NodeTree
- Metadata Auto-Complete while typing
- Dynamic/User Definable Display of Details
- Destructive Editing
- Thesaurus Searching
- Insanely Powerful New Batch Renamer
- Mixer Panel allowing Soloing and Mutes before transfer
- Metadata Burn In and Viewer Panels
- pitchFX Axis on Process Panel
- Connects to Server Databases without the need for an Addon
- SyncPoint Setting and Spotting
- Physical File Reversing before Transfer
- Performance Take Recording
- Transfers up to 192kHz/32bit
Each version was designed with these target users in mind basically…
Ultra – Sound Designers, SFX Vendors and Librarians
Standard – SFX, Dialog, and Foley Editors
Lite – Video Editors, Musicians, Music Editor and Re-Recording mixers.
FREE – Anyone getting started out the audio world that wants to start their career off right.
Try basehead FREE for 15 days!
Tech Specs
System Requirements:
Windows 10 – Win 11
macOS 10.15 thru macOS 14.4 (Intel/Apple Silicon)