basehead Edition Comparison Chart:

Below is basic chart to see how the each version stacks up to each other
You can always ‘Unlock’ the higher features for just the price difference at a later date.
Spoiler Alert:  Ultra is the best one!  8)

Each version was designed with these target users in mind…

Ultra – Sound Designers, Audio Pros. SFX Vendors and Librarians.
Standard – Sound Effects, Dialog, and Foley Editors
Lite – Video Editors, Musicians, Music Editor and Re-Recording mixers.
FREE – Anyone with a heartbeat….haha

FREE Edition

best price evah!
Free
  • 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 and Transfers
  • Transfers Limited to 48Khz/24bit and one file at a time.
  • Limited to one search box and can’t create satellite search block.
  • 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 Online KnowledgeBase 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
Lite
  • All the features in the FREE Edition plus the NAG  Screens are removed.  😉
  • Support Available via the  Ticket System and SLACK Workspace.
  • SFX Searching by chaining together multiple Search blocks.
  • 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
  • Explodes Strata files to Associated REAPER Project.
  • 12 Months of CloudPack Streaming and FREE Updates as default.

Standard Edition

the middle child
Standard
  • All the features in LITE plus…
  • Multi-Channel Extraction
  • Dual Target App and Wave Editor Support
  • Multiple Results Lists and Taglists possible now.
  • 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
  • Weekly Database 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 Remapping 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!
Ultra
  • 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