Sound Effects Software | Krotos Studio Pro

From idea to final sound,
in seconds.

Krotos Studio Pro lets you create, edit and customise any sound effects in real time.

Foley, ambiences, Whooshes and much more. Easily perform unique sounds in any DAW or NLE.

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"Sound design really doesn't get much easier than Krotos Studio"

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Excellence in a Post-Production Hardware or Software Audio Product

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Sync sound to picture in real time

Incredible new sounds every month

Create and perform any sound effect

All sound effects are 100% royalty free

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Your go-to for everyday sound design

Every category of sound effects covered
- From simple city ambiences, footsteps for any surface, cloth foley all the way to futuristic jet packs
Complete, versatile and powerful
New presets added monthly (100+ added last year alone)
83% of Krotos Studio users design with it daily or weekly

Create exactly what you need, rather than search your library

Import your own sounds
Create limitless variations
Create any duration of ambience or music instantly with Instant Render —no repetition, looping, or manual editing required

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Ultimate control for the professional

Runs in Pro Tools and other all major DAWs
- VST/AU/AAX and Standalone
Use Stem Drag and Drop to get stems of every performance for mixing or using in further designs
- Easily get the layers that make up any performance
Perform your own sounds like never before with your mouse, MIDI controller or automation
- Get 30 secs to 3 hours of custom background ambience in seconds

Tight deadline? No problem

Design unique sounds in seconds, not hours
300+ presets included for sound designing under pressure
81% of Krotos Studio Pro users agree it is faster than traditional workflows

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Technology that enhances your creativity

Create unique ambiences based on any image or prompt
Use AI to build a personalised ambience preset for your scene
- Uses real, high-audio audio on your local system
- All ethically trained on our own library
- Recorded by our sound designers

Krotos Studio Pro

All the benefits of Krotos Studio, with your own sound effects library.

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Loved by industry professionals

"I can now very easily create the perfect sound effects for my video footage using Krotos Studio."

Sebastian Friedrich

Freelance Video Editor

"Your one stop shop for sound design, Foley, Backgrounds and anything that you can think of doing with your SFX library".

Michael Pacheko

Sound Designer | Composer

"With Krotos Studio, I can perform SFX like I would play a musical instrument"

Marek Klemczak

Composer - Singing Serpent Music

Technical Specification

You can use both versions of Krotos Studio as a standalone application (Windows and Mac) and asw a VST/AU/AAX plugin in your favourite DAW.

To use Krotos Studio in a Non-Linear Editor such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, you can use the standalone app and drag and drop your performances/recordings directly into the timeline.

In DaVinci 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, 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 workds as expected, but igf you have issues, please contact support. We will expand full support for other hosts in due course.

Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) and Intel Macs are fully supported
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Krotos Studio/Krotos Studio Pro are available a VST/AU/AAX plugin and a standalone application
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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
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‍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
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‍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).

From idea to final sound,
in seconds.