Krotos Studio is a platform for designing custom sound effects quickly and easily. It includes hundreds of presets for sound effects of most use cases you’ll need in your content; Ambiences, Foley, Whooshes/Transitions, Footsteps and many more! It can be run as a standalone app or as a VST/AU/AAX plugin in most DAWs. The software is used by both content creators and post production professionals. It is offered on an affordable subscription plan, with monthly or annual options. These subscriptions offer hundreds of SFX presets, with more presets added every month.
Krotos Studio Max combines Krotos Studio Pro, with all Krotos-designed and recorded sound effects libraries. They will all be available from the 'downloads' section on your Krotos studio account as individual library downloads.
Krotos Studio uses sophisticated granular engines that our team has developed. They have created an algorithm which analyse the audio samples available in the Krotos Studio factory library and combines them to create seamless recordings based on real-time user interaction. This works for both our AI-powered presets, and the AI Ambience Generator. We don’t use generative AI for any of our sounds. This is due to concerns about the legal status and impact of this technology in the media industry.
Depending on your connection, a 100MB, 1 min video should take less than 2 minutes. Depending on your connection, the complexity of the video and the duration it take up to 5-10 mins to analyse; grab a coffee and run this tab while you get on with some other work, we’ll let you know when it is ready!
Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) and Intel Macs are fully supported Krotos Studio software requires: A Mac Intel computer with a minimum of 2.4 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor, 4 GB of RAM and the operating system OS X 11 or later. If you are on an operating system below macOS 11, the latest version available that is supported is Krotos Studio 1.8.0 Note: The above version (1.8.0) does NOT contain the edit mode that is available with a Krotos Studio Pro subscription. Please ensure that your operating system is updated to macOS 11 before starting your Krotos Studio Pro subscription Or Windows computer with a minimum of 2.4 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor, 4 GB of RAM, and the operating system Windows 10 or above 10.5GB disk space (can also be installed on an external drive).
At this stage you need to be connected to the internet to use Krotos Studio. Without a connection you may find your session is interrupted and you may not be able to use the plugin.
Once Krotos Studio has installed: 1. Click on the burger menu in the top left corner 2. Head to ‘Settings’ and select ‘Library’ 3. Click on ‘Change Library Assets Location’
In Krotos Studio, you are limited to the presets, and you cannot add your own sounds. In Krotos Studio Pro, you can add your own sounds, remove and swap sounds from existing presets and much more. Up to 6,000 sounds can be imported per preset.
If you subscribed before 17th April 2025, you retain the rights granted under your original subscription, including commercial and broadcast use for the base tier of Krotos Studio, so long as your subscription remains active and uninterrupted. Should you cancel your subscription and re-subscribe, your license will change. See our Terms and Conditions for more information
If you’re unable to find your login details, don’t worry. Here’s your options to regain access to your account: • Check your emails for account registration information. • Click “Forgot Password” on the login page to reset your password. • Contact our support team for further assistance.
Krotos Studio Max includes everything in the Pro version and adds full commercial and broadcast rights, exclusive access to a premium library, and regular content updates.
You’ll need Krotos Studio Pro or Max. Basic doesn’t permit broadcast or large-scale commercial use, so for professional campaigns, Pro or Max is the right fit.
Krotos Studio Pro and Krotos Studio Max allow use for TV, video games, films and other large scale commercial projects. Krotos Studio, in its base tier provides license coveragefor advertising, clients, and for your own projects, but it does not cover broadcast or large scale commercial use.
Krotos Studio supports multiple stereo channel output in all supported hosts. Check our tutorials and the manual for more details. The plugin does not support 5.1 or other surround formats at this time, but the stereo outputs from the plugin can easily be used as part of a surround mix.
Yes, absolutely, you can cancel your subscription at any time. Simply click cancel within your account. Your subscription will be set to "pending cancellation" and won’t renew at the next payment date. Any sounds you have created with Krotos Studio/Pro during your subscription are yours and can be used outside the subscription period, to keep forever, royalty-free. If you cancel during your seven-day trial, you will not be charged.
At this time Krotos Studio and Krotos Studio Pro are only available on monthly/yearly subscription plans.
You can use both versions of Krotos Studio as a standalone application and as a VST/AU/AAX plugin in your favorite DAW. To use Krotos Studio in a Non-Linear Editor such as Adobe Premiere, Avid Media Composer, you can use the standalone app and drag and drop your performances/recordings directly into the timeline. In Da Vinci Resolve, you can use Krotos Studio as a plugin directly in the Fairlight tab. We have thoroughly tested on the following hosts, and can guarantee full performance: Pro Tools, Ableton Live and Reaper. The following hosts have been tested, but you may experience some issues: Logic Pro, Cubase, Nuendo, Studio One and DaVinci Resolve. Any other DAWs or host software are not supported at this time. You may find that the plugin works as expected, but if you have issues please contact support. We will expand full support for other hosts in due course.
Yes, you can pay either monthly or annually. Plus, we offer a discount for annual subscriptions. Make your selection at checkout, start your free seven-day trial, and you will be billed on day eight for whichever plan you have selected.
Existing paying customers are entitled to loyalty upgrade pricing. This will have been provided by email. If you have not received your loyalty offer, please contact support. To purchase Krotos Studio Pro, you will need to create an account at krotos.studio to checkout, if you have not already done so.
If you have a Krotos Studio plan, you can login and click ‘Try for Free’ on the main product page. If you are upgrading to a Krotos Studio Pro subscription, you will be offered credits based on how much time is remaining on your current Krotos Studio plan. This is the case for both monthly and annual subscriptions. You will see the credits in your account when you are logged in. The credit will be used towards the cost of the upgrade plan until it is depleted. If the credit is more than the cost of the first term of the plan you are upgrading to, the remaining credits will go towards each next term until depleted.
Yes! You can get a fully functional 7-day trial of Krotos Studio/Krotos Pro. You will have get access to all the content, presets and edit mode seven days. If you wish to then continue with Krotos Studio or Krotos Studio Pro, complete the seven-day trial and move your plan to move into the full version. If you cancel your trial within the seven day period, you will not be charged. You can only take the trial once.
Both subscriptions offer the same workflow, presets and new packs each month. Edit mode - which gives you the opportunity to add your own sounds or edit presets - is only available in Krotos Studio Pro.
No. It’s powered by real, traceable, licensed recordings — not synthetic audio. AI is only used to help you get to your sound faster.
Yes — it integrates perfectly with the Krotos ecosystem. You will be able to access V2S from within Krotos Studio as well, using a handy button which will redirect to you the V2s page in your browser
Completely. You get full access to stems, layers, and all underlying assets. Replace, refine, or mix however you like.
Not at all. It’s designed to support professionals by speeding up repetitive tasks — so you can spend more time doing the work only you can do.
All major browsers are supported, but we recommend Chrome or Firefox
At the moment you can use MP4, MOV and MPG files up to 5 mins in duration. Longer files and durations can be analysed on Krotos Studio Max plans. We aim to expand support for longer durations and formats in time.
Up to 5 minutes can be analysed as your first attempt (as a new user or Krotos Studio user). Longer durations can be analysed on Krotos Studio Max plans
You can analyse your first video for free!. Beyond that, up to 100 videos a month an be analysed on Krotos Studio Max plans (of up to 5 mins each). Up to 200 an be analysed on Krotos Studio Max plans