After years of users asking for more visual control, we finally caved. Soundly now lets you customize the look and feel of your workspace, from interface colors to backgrounds and more.

Most people think it’s easy, but it’s actually surprisingly difficult. We’re of course talking about the task of telling the sound of rain from that of frying bacon. Don’t believe us? Try Soundly’s Rain or Bacon Challenge here.

The new Soundly, released today, includes Find Similar. It’s a powerful feature we’ve spent months perfecting. It analyzes the sonic qualities of any sound and instantly finds others that are just ...

The greatest films and shows have one thing in common. You forget there are cameras. You forget the people you’re watching are actors. You forget the sound is recorded. It feels so real that you forget you’re watching fiction.

It was early Sunday morning at the start of 2025. Our boss was already ranting about us needing more sounds in the library.

We’ve just rolled out new versions of our popular free tools, Shape it and Place it, giving sound designers even more precision and performance.