How to Create a SOUND LIBRARY in DaVinci Resolve 18.5 + FREE Sound Library from BlackMagicDesign!

[@GeorgeNobleFitnessMusic]

I'm so tired of looking for a solution to the problem of showing all the sounds in the library. You helped me a lot, thank you!

[@ririlan2137]

This is a complete version of how to manage a Sound Library!!! Everything is in here, no need to look elsewhere. Well done Jason. :))

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome! That’s the goal, one stop shop for all the info you need to know. Thanks so much for watching, I appreciate you!

[@03KenDelaCruz09]

Explanation clear, concise and straight to the point. Love it. Keep it up man😎

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! 😁

[@paulg3388]

I didn't know any of this, and it just took me 15 mins following your clear instructions, and voila !! thanks man !! AGAIN !! :)

[@JasonYadlovski]

Awesome, you’re welcome! Thanks so much for watching and I’m glad the video was helpful!

[@paulg3388]

@@JasonYadlovski I’m now going to sit here for hours on Artlist downloading every sound effect I like :-) hope you are well and enjoying the new basement space !

[@JasonYadlovski]

Awesome! I could spend all day on that website every day for like a week picking out good stuff.

[@paulg3388]

@@JasonYadlovski tell me about it ! I only took a sub recently so I’m going a bit nuts on it lol

[@MitchBoyer]

Great tutorial as always. Thanks, Jason!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks man!

[@mylifepart2]

everytime i need something....i come here....thanks J....as always....

[@AskJoe]

That *** was a huge tip for me. I agree, they really should be showing everything by default, or at least give people a button that says see all, or simply browse all. PS... Before learning about how to do this, I used a Bin inside my DaVinci Cloud Power Bin with some folders that say things like Intro Music, etc.

[@Kelgorr]

Very thorough video thanks! I was hoping to swap from power bins but I feel that being able to organise the media with sub folders is more useful than the longer waveforms at least for me personally. I do prefer the way that it scans in new files as opposed to manually dragging media into the power bins however.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! Yeah, I think each has its benefits. Just depends on how you like to use it. I use both, but probably use powerbins more. I wish the power bins were dynamically linked to the folders they pull from so I don't have to drop in assets in all the time.

[@ShoaibChaudary]

I never use this thing but after watching your video and apply the settings SL is very usefull and speeds up my music slection process thanks Jason.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Happy to help!

[@oldschoolandrew]

Thank you! I couldn't figure out why I was seeing no results when trying to look at the sound library!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad I could help!

[@usewisdom]

Thank you for this! 🎬

[@FIyingCat]

This video has been an a great help,THANK YOU!!!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@abuagwan]

thanks from India, you solve my all music problems

[@christywanders]

I'm learning so much from your videos!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Awesome! Thank you for checking out my videos, glad they are helpful!

[@dave_mably]

awesome, this was just what I was looking for, thank you!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome!

[@blumangocat]

Perfect!! Thank you, this had EVERYTHING I needed! 😊

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad it helped!

[@ScottioArnold]

Awesome video!!! Thanks for teaching this! Did not know this was possible.

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome!

[@isobelledger]

I didn't know Blackmagic had a free audio library!! Thanks so much :D (* is called an asterisk :P star works though ha!)

[@slimeking101]

BRO THE ***** SAVED MY LIFE!!! why do they make it so annoying???

[@amok00]

for real... why would they hide such a basic function behind something so stupid? why wouldn't you want to see all of your sounds by default ?

[@TroyQwert]

I imagined Blackmagic developers scanning all tutorials on KZbin for tips and tricks. 😊

[@SebastianFriedrichVisuals]

Hey Jason! Amazing and very informative video man - well done! I've also been using the sound library for a while but I have I'd say a love-hate-relationship with it, for a super simple reason: Let's take my SoundFX top folder - everything is really thoughtfully laid out with sub-folders like a folder for all risers, a folder for all 808's, a folder for all whooshes, another one for impact hits, etc - and within those folders are even more subfolders to really categorize those sound effects so I have an easy time searching through - I really hope BM will improve this sound library to represent the exact folder structure used so we can have it as categorized within resolve as we have on our harddrives! But maybe that's just me:D

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hey Sebastian! Thanks for checking out the video! I totally agree with you, I think the sound library can use some more work to make it easier to use and be able to organize it better or search it easier. Hopefully, BlackMagic will continue to update it, they seem to give us what we want in time and are always making Resolve better and better for us.

[@MichaelCarson1]

Exactly, same here. I was excited to see how to implement this but let down because I really need some type of organization method. Despite that, great video! Thanks! Hopefully this will be implemented soon because having a library would clean up my workflow.

[@j5s9cStu]

Really helpful and timesaving. Thanks Jason.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad it was helpful!

[@johnsobel4409]

Thank You! very well explained

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@faringam85]

Perfect video thx! I didn’t understand just one thing: if on my Mac (internal ssd) I have a 30gb EFX folder, is it better to use local database or create a new one? Thanks!

[@JasonYadlovski]

If you wanted to have the FX as their own sound library, you'd need to make a separate database for it. It can still be on your local drive if you wanted, just name the database something different and only have it for your FX. I make all my projects in one database, but I have a few databases for different music/FX libraries.

[@GaryCunninghamyouareenough]

This is awesome, Jason - massive thanks man 🙏🏻🤟

[@JasonYadlovski]

You got it Gary!

[@ezpz3581]

very good and informative video, everything is told precisely

[@JasonYadlovski]

THanks for watching!

[@OndrejPopp]

Looks like a nice feature, but the way it is implemented now is a bit complicated... Especially the three 🌟🌟🌟 thing! I think it is maybe a better idea to connect it to a bin, so you can also organize it in subfolders. In the end there is no difference between accessing video content or accessing music content. Subscription wise from a server or otherwise.

[@JasonYadlovski]

I agree, it could use some more work, but I think it's off to a good start. 😜

[@hemrajrai8187]

Very clear instruction thanks

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@Bazzasphotolife]

Thanks, Jason - Amazing teaching, as per usual!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks so much, I appreciate it!

[@DystopiaForge]

Thank you for the detailed explanation

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ArthurEliasMade]

thank you for the help!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Happy to help!

[@nparedes]

It would be great if Davinci added some extra metadata to order this Sound Library, like Music, Sound Fx, etc.

[@GuinnessFL]

answered all my questions - thanks

[@JasonYadlovski]

Great, glad I could help!

[@ponderingmoments]

Thank you...I knew there had to be an easy way to do this. Seems to me this aught to be in the actual sound library, tab like a option to ad multiple file locations imho. Now if only there was a way to filter out favorites or length.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hopefully they continue to make this better and better! BMD Always comes through for us. 😜

[@Play-Head]

Thankyou Jason !! Can I get it for Davinci free version.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Yes, you can use it in the free version.

[@followying392]

Then finallly I found *** , thank you Sir and have a good time ~

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@78youri]

Hello Jason. Great video. But the DVR sound library is not as great as we can hope for.... For example : impossible to add own comments, description in my language..... soon or later? :-)

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! The sounds and effects in the library are pretty good, but it would be nice to be able to add more information. Maybe in time they will make it better and better. 😁 thanks for watching!

[@onairediciones]

Thanks for your time

[@JasonYadlovski]

My pleasure! Glad it was helpful!

[@LidiaDAngelo-z1x]

Thank you Jason

[@NukeJesus]

To see the entire library type in “***”

[@MisterMuppit]

I have distorted audio in all my sound libraries. I thought I fixed it but it is back. I have no idea how to fix it. Do you know any way to fix that? The weird thing is that once I drag it from the library to the timeline, the distortion disappears. Weird bug I guess, but very annoying... Any tips or help would be appreciated!

[@ozzythemighty2767]

Great video. How bout fine tuning the library? lets say i want to categories like for example, gun shot = pulling sounds the pow sound. But lets say i say gun shot ricochet? How do you go about it so it's tagged & pulls out when entering the right key words? Do you create sub-folders? thx

[@pingopallo1]

any tip on how to easily rename files before importing them into the sound library? The beginning of the file should show its most distinctive info because that's what you see inside of the library when in daVinci, but as far as I've seen the file names usually go from generic info at the beginning of the name to get more detailed towards the end (e.g. cinematic sound effects_horror_zombie_death sound.wav) so if the name is too long you won't its most distinctive parts, any suggestion? Thanks in advance

[@JasonYadlovski]

I totally agree with you on the names of the files. I wish they were more descriptive sometimes or were easier to search. Since all of the files are different sounds, I don't think there is a way to batch rename everything with a name that corresponds to what the actual sound is.

[@VAsHachiRoku]

The resync after adding new files has been a pain! Hope they add a button to just run a sync from any project library. The other thing really need to fix is searching music meta tags especially genre of the music would be very helpful!

[@JasonYadlovski]

I agree, It's a good start and hopefully they continue to make it better. They always seem to make things better and give us what we want. 😜

[@lorib286]

*** so that's the secret to get the sound library! Thank you.

[@JasonYadlovski]

😁👍

[@bobbyjames8323]

YES!!! Thank you Jason!!!

[@JasonYadlovski]

😁👍

[@LeoVogt777]

the star is an Asterisk. Asterisk is used as a wildcard to search databases.

[@LeoVogt777]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! I didn’t know that. 😜😁👍

[@DustyFingersRC]

Excellent, thanks :)

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@JanoKugler]

Hey, huge thanks for the video😊. Finally I somehow understand the sound library, although I just can’t see myself using it, as it is just too hard to find anything. This could be something a future upgrade by BM could really make a really good feature out of. Seeing the waveforms and rating tracks, though are cool features, the rest just isn’t really thought through in my opinion.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Agree, there’s definitely room for improvement. Black magic design is always making things better and better and I’m sure they will make this better in time as well. Thanks so much for watching.

[@claudio.castilho]

How the hell are we supposed to know that we need to put "***" in the search bar to make the audio files appear??!! I've switched editing softwares before and currently learning Davinci and so far is my favorite but things like that just pisses me off. Thanks Jason for the video!

[@pbates11]

Nice video. Very helpful. Like your breezy style. So, for some reason, the files I imported into my local sound library are listed DOUBLE! And there aren't two of each file in the directory. How do I get rid of one of each?

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! Hm.....I'm not sure about the doubles....I'd have to look into it a bit.

[@PowelltoPalMedia]

Hello Jason appreciate video great helpful information , however I'm trying to download the free BM sound library , and after installation the folder is empty in my file explore and not populating in DR under sound library or Project library. Is it only going to work on the paid version. Also I am fully un to date on the new version of DR. 18.5. Any suggestions? I'm about to retry to install now.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hi! Assuming the download worked out OK for the free sound library, did you run the installer that comes with it? You have to install it on your machine, then restart resolve, and it should show up.

[@PowelltoPalMedia]

@@JasonYadlovski Yes I did and okay let me try to restart it. Thanks

[@PowelltoPalMedia]

@@JasonYadlovski You have to close Resolve first then install it. it worked thanks

[@LTL_king]

How do you click and drag a box to select a bunch of clips to move into timeline? How do you organize 100 go pro clips into the correct order of recording to just drag them into the timeline? How do you link audio and video of gopro footage and other footage? This way when you drag it into the timeline it doesn't put the audio at the end of the timeline. Since the date is never saved in between battery changing. I never bother setting the date. Unless you want to add in a how to make sure it always has the correct date n time which would help with organizing files.

[@smithschannel89]

Thank you

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@t4t0up60]

is it free to use? like am i gonna get copyright from using bmd's sound library

[@JasonYadlovski]

Yes, free.

[@ShoaibChaudary]

How to sort this by ratting I click on stars and it should bring 5 star at first and those files with few stars should stack accoridngly?

[@okechukwuanudokem2060]

still gonna use soundly for this but good idea too

[@JasonYadlovski]

I haven't used Soundly before, but it looks good. Do you still download individual files? If you do, you can still set them up in a sound library.

[@okechukwuanudokem2060]

yea i still download individual files@@JasonYadlovski

[@MountUpMedia]

Hey yo jason! How can I save my effects with my sound designed audio as presets so I can use the same assets across any projects? Effects like transitions, titles animations and logo stings!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You can make compound clips, then save that in a power bin. That's probably the best way to do it if you want to include video, sound, fx, etc.

[@MountUpMedia]

@@JasonYadlovski you can’t place compound clips in power bins

[@JasonYadlovski]

Ah, true that’s right, good call. Well, you could put all of the assets into a power bin, then you would just have to re-create the effect in the timeline, but at least all of the assets would be at one spot. Or you could make a template project that you always start with which has your effects and sound design already built into it, then you can just move it wherever you need to.

[@Skull_NightX]

how do i add sound effects to the library after ive already added it? wheni put a sound in the folder it doesnt show up

[@Navs_Music]

If we can able to see a categorical/genre wise SFX or music that would be lot better like what we have in FCPX. For ex: Ambience sound has lot of categories & if we can view them by categories or sub folders that would be lot more easier.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Very true. There are some AI features that will automatically categorize clips for you. I've got a video on it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXeanHZ8eN14hdU That might help....

[@Navs_Music]

@@JasonYadlovski Sure will check this out 👍🏻

[@MotMonk123]

Brother i dont have any problem with sound. I can hear the music in edit page and music page but i cant hear the music in fusion page could you please tell me how can i solve this problem, If you will help me it will be much appreciated brother love you from Nepal..

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hi! I'm not sure why you wouldn't have sound in Fusion......🤔

[@joltz000]

THX

[@Tdog-q9h]

I got my mp3 sound files but when I try to create the library it says that it entered 0 out of 45. Does anyone know a fix?

[@2424rocket]

The one thing you didn’t talk about is, the quality of the black magic sound effects or music. Is this very high-quality or is it just mediocre. Are these WAV files or is this crappy low-res music files. Please let us know.

[@JasonYadlovski]

The sound effects in the BMD sound library are very good. The only challenging part is finding what you want in the library.

[@nic-ori]

Thanks.

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome!

[@Sonic_Zeph]

Hey. I have a question. Anytime I try to add a sound to the sound library it says it wasn't able to add it to the library. It'll say 0 out of 3 added. Is there a way to fix this?

[@JasonYadlovski]

I thought you should be able to add to the sound library, but if you can’t add to the blackmagic Design library, I would just create a second library for all your own stuff.

[@Sonic_Zeph]

@@JasonYadlovski OK. Will look into it. Thank you!!!

[@xavier_j_lamour]

can this work for say if your Music file is using a cloud service like OneDrive?

[@JasonYadlovski]

I assume it could work, as long as the drive is accessible when you're in Resolve. It just looks to a file path, so you would just set the path to be your OneDrive.

[@xavier_j_lamour]

@JasonYadlovski thanks for the reply. I'll give it a try. If it does work out, I'll let you know. The reason I asked is I have a client who has a substantial amount of music on One Drive that he would like me to use. He updates it regularly.

[@tazztone]

why would BMD have us create a database just to be able to add a new folder to Sound Library

[@lukasboysen1325]

But this is no use for SFX. There seems to be no folder structure. If I need a riser I can not be scrolling through all that

[@JasonYadlovski]

There should be more organizational tools, I agree.

[@ADR69]

Yeah but searching for those effects is terrible. They are not named well or at least there aren't enough common ones. Not bad for free I guess.

[@JasonYadlovski]

That’s why I like to just show all of the library, I think it’s easier to find what I want. 😜 if you make you’re own library it would be helpful to name the files more clearly for easier searching.

[@PeekOfYouth]

So true. I searched for "punch" and I get deli meat slap 🤣

[@D878D5g7]

this seems unnecessarily complicated.

[@JasonYadlovski]

It could be a little easier. 😜

[@streetlegend5905]

ATO BESI KOTHA BOLIS KN BESI BUJHIS?

[@JasonYadlovski]

Because it it necessary. You can always fast forward.....🤔

[@sn0wolf]

How about you don’t force me to watch your commercials especially since I pay YT extra to not see them. Do however do a review of the products you feel you need to push and when I search I will watch your review since I’m a subscriber to your channel and will give it a like. If not I will dislike all your vids I watch with a commercial in it.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks for being a subscriber! Just fast-forward, it’s really not a big deal. I do that in almost everybody else’s videos that I watch too. It’s just the way it is on KZbin now. I appreciate your honesty, have an awesome day.

[@sn0wolf]

Except I listen while doing other things and my hands are busy

[@JasonYadlovski]

I see, can't help with that one....I hear ya though, I get tired of them on other peoples videos too. Unfortunately seems thats the way it's all going. I appreciate you watching!

[@supermanizmir]

talking too fast moving too fast, it is impossible for me to watch this again again again

[@JasonYadlovski]

Sorry it’s fast! It’s the Jersey in me I tell ya. 😜 Try changing the playback speed of the video to half. Works for some people. 😁

[@_pierre_]

I feel lousy. you are a great 'sound man' when it comes to (among other things) DR, Jason. that's also why i'm following you. but - and once again - the hardness and the very fast speed is also (ad.1) no longer for me to follow. I really don't find it anywhere to save because of the mega high speed with which you 'tell' everything. to bring the speed to 0.5 or to 0.25 is totally out of your reach. I will be hearing a single new item from you in the near future. if this is that fast again then it's really over and out on my side. I would find this really a pity, precisely because you are a professional top sound engineer. ad.1: knowing that several people are already dropping out precisely for this reason. I really think that's a

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hey Man! Thanks for checking out the video and sharing your thoughts. I appreciate your kind words and constructive criticism. I totally hear ya, I know I talk fast, but it's just how I'm wired.....it's the New Jersey I tell ya! 😜 Believe it or not, people here talk faster than I do! Maybe turning on subtitles might help you catch what I'm saying better? I don't think I can talk slower, I've tried and it just doesn't work well. I'd hate to see you go, but I totally understand the way you feel. As for the ads - as a business, I have to make a living doing KZbin. I've got a family to support like many others out there. I only promote products that I've used and that I think can be helpful to others. They way I look at it is that you can always skip ahead if you don't want to watch it. I do that on others videos too. It's all part of doing business and making it successful. I appreciate your honesty to drop a comment with your feelings. I'm happy to hear what people in my audience think and how I can improve. Little by Little, we get better. 😜 I hope you decide to stick around. 😁

[@transparent91]

I've never seen anyone use more filler words and filler sentences than this guy in my entire life

[@JasonYadlovski]

Wow, just wow. 😆

[@Danetto]

very great video

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks!!!

[@ViejoDigital]

you talk to much and don't go to the point.

[@JasonYadlovski]

🤣👍 thanks for watching.

[@ViejoDigital]

@@JasonYadlovski I really like your content but I feel you don't get to the point in this one.

[@JasonYadlovski]

All good, I hear ya. I’ve gotten comments that say the exact opposite as well, I just do my best to make good videos with lots of good information. 😜 thanks for your honesty and for checking out the video. 👍

[@lucianoorlievsky5164]

Super awesome, thank you!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You bet!