Frequently asked questions

Audio Design Desk or add.app takes a new approach to finding and placing sound effects, sound design and music for video. Each of it’s 20,000 sounds understands where it is meant to sync to so you can do hours of work in minutes.

An Audio Design Desk subscription can be downloaded on our main page and purchased from within the application in the ADD Menu > License. Try for free for 30 days and find the license that works for you.

Audio Design Desk is currently available for Mac only.

• Operating System: MacOS Mojave Version 10.13 or later • Processor: 1.3 GHz Intel Core M or higher • Memory: 8GB RAM • Storage: A minimum of 10GB of disk space must be available before downloading our free sound library.

One license is issued per subscription, which allows users to operate add.app on two computers. If you would like your license to extend to more than two computers, please contact us.(javascript:void(0))

Yes! A 30-day free trial is available from our Download Page.(javascript:void(0))

In Audio Design Desk Tier 1 for $14.99/month USD you get these features: • 20,000 AAC Sounds with Sonic Intelligence™ • Quarterly Soundpacks • Movie, Stereo Export • A.I. Assisted Content Creation • Personal License In Audio Design Desk Tier 2 for $29.99/month USD you get everything in Tier 1 and the following features: • AAF + XML Export • Cuesheet Export • Access to 'Platinum' Sound Packs • Internet License In Tier 3 you receive everything in Tiers 1 and 2 and the following: • Unlimited Everything • World Wide Publishing Rights Contact us (javascript:void(0))to get a customized price for your project's needs

You can upgrade or downgrade at any time in the ADD > Licenses menu within the application.

Yes! Audio Design Desk has a teriffic importer to help you import and tag your sounds. To add sounds to your add.app Library 1. Go to the Library Menu > Import Audio 2. Drag your sounds into the ADD Importer. 3. Update your meta data to your liking and check your sync marker points. 4. Click the Import Files button.

Audio: • WAV • MP3 • AAC • AIF Video: • MOV • MP4 • M4V • MPG

Audio: • WAV • AIF • CAF • M4A Video: • MP4 • M4V • HVEC • Apple ProRes Project: • AAF • XML • MULTICHANNEL WAVE

Audio Design Desk provides video tutorials that can be viewed on our Vimeo Showcase.(http://www.vimeo.com/showcase/add)

Yes, a project created in Audio Design Desk can be exported in formats that are readable by Pro Tools, Logic, Avid, Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut Pro and any other application that supports AAF or XML.

The Audio Design Desk program manual can be viewed on our Online Manual Page.(javascript:void(0))

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Tutorials and discussions around the software, filmmaking, sound design, and sound for film. You can join on Facebook.(https://www.facebook.com/groups/addappusers/)

Join our Slack workspace to be the first to hear about software updates, announcements, and releases, to get faster support, and to share your work with our community.

Yes. Audio Design Desk does not store any debit or credit card information in our databases as our payment service is provided by Paddle (https://www.paddle.com)which is trusted by hundreds of companies around the world.