Pick the edition that fits the job.
Four editions, same core engine. Unlock the higher features for just the price difference any time you outgrow your tier.
Tier 01
FREE
starter version
Built for: anyone with a heartbeat. Individual / self-employed only.
Headline features
- Fresh cross-platform UI/UX with full Personalize
- Blazing-fast search, audition & transfer
- Full metadata importing & UCS importing
- Basic Target App support with Spot to Track
- HTTP path playback / streaming, iXML read & write
- Pitch shift baked into transferred files
- Quick database hot-swapping
- 6 months FREE CloudPack streaming
Limits
Transfers capped at 48 kHz / 24-bit, one file at a time. One search box. Minimal metadata fields. Split-file playback off. Online KB support only. No facility use.
Tier 02
Lite
basehead on the cheap
Built for: video editors, musicians, music editors, re-recording mixers.
Adds to FREE
- AI Generator — SFX & Text-to-Speech (ElevenLabs)
- Spectral Overlays on the Waveform
- NAG screens removed
- Chained search blocks + advanced search modes
- basehead Connect VST3/AU/AAX plugin (2-channel)
- Surround playback & transfer
- Imports: rescan / merge / combine
- Channel extraction, Sum2Mono, M/S, Timecode
- Multi-file transfer, target naming, file reversing
- External Wave Editor support
- Mini waveforms + mini art on Results List
- Reads Custom DB
[fields] - 12 months CloudPack streaming + free updates
- Ticket System + Slack support
Tier 03
Standard
the middle child
Built for: sound effects, dialog, and Foley editors.
Adds to Lite
- MIDI Triggering via USB keyboard or drum pad
- Multi-channel extraction
- Dual Target App & Wave Editor
- Multiple Results Lists & Taglists
- Mash & Replace + Save As…
- basehead Connect up to 8-channel
- Results List & NodeTree snapshots
- Full metadata editing in Details Panel
- Float any tab or panel
- NodeTree (Groups, Favorite Searches)
- Imports Watcher for changed folders
- Skip Silence + Import/Export Text Files
- Marker, Chunk Viewer, BurnIn & Meter panels
- Process Panel with VST3 plugin slots
- Spot with Handles + Follow Session Folder
- Drive Remapping + Wwise Integration
- Create Custom DB
[fields] - Add album art / images to files
Tier 04 · Top
Ultra
beast mode
Built for: sound designers, audio pros, SFX vendors & librarians.
Adds to Standard
- Fully modular UI — rearrange & dock everything
- Collections Node in the NodeTree
- Detect Duplicate Candidates — finds the same file across folders
- Metadata auto-complete while typing
- Dynamic / user-definable Details display
- Destructive editing
- Thesaurus searching
- Insanely powerful new Batch Renamer
- Mixer Panel — solo / mute / volume
- Metadata Viewer Panel
- pitchFX axis on Process Panel
- SyncPoint setting & spotting
- Physical file reversing before transfer
- Performance Take Recording
- Transfers up to 192 kHz / 32-bit
Scared to pick the wrong tier? No problem, just pay the price difference any time later to unlock extra features.
