Pro Sound Effects vs The Hollywood Edge
Pro Sound Effects
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| Figure | Pro Sound Effects | The Hollywood Edge |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 6 | 1 |
| Spec score · Sound Effects Libraries | 7.9 (#12) | 7.0 (#31) |
| Headquarters | 240 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11249, United States | Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada |
| Support | The licensing page offers chat support, a licensing email contact, and a free consultation with a licensing representative within one business day. | The Hollywood Edge contact page directs customers to Sound Ideas and lists its Richmond Hill, Ontario address, email, and phone numbers. |
Plans
Pro Sound Effects
- Cinematic Dread$79, paid once
- All Metal$99, paid once
- Ambient Spaces$129, paid once
- Ambient Moods$149, paid once
- Ann's Animals$149, paid once
- Aviation$1,499, paid once
The Hollywood Edge
- Hollywood Edge Complete Sound Effects Library Hard Drive$4,998, paid once
In their own words
Pro Sound Effects
Pro Sound Effects offers professionally recorded sound-effects libraries whose files are edited and tagged with descriptive metadata. Its catalog lists more than 1.2 million sounds in 655 categories. SoundQ, a free desktop app, organizes and searches sound libraries and can send cloud sounds to an editing timeline; it also supports unlimited local files, collections, and open iXML metadata. Spot to Timeline is listed for Pro Tools, Reaper, and Adobe Premiere, and SoundQ is described as working with all NLEs and DAWs. Features include keyword translation, shared collections, multichannel auditioning, smart search, real-time varispeed and reverse, and Freesound.org CC0 access. It supports mono, stereo, and multichannel WAV, AIFF, OGG, and FLAC, plus read-only MP3, up to 32-bit/192kHz. SoundQ includes a free cloud library of royalty-free effects and music. A standard lifetime license covers one user for royalty-free commercial use; multiple users need custom licensing. Listed one-user licenses range from $79.00 USD to $1,499, paid once.
The Hollywood Edge
The Hollywood Edge has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.