Sound effects for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve
WAV at 48 kHz, levelled to broadcast standard, so nothing drifts or clicks when you export.
- Format
- WAV (uncompressed)
- Sample rate
- 48 kHz
- Loudness
- −16 LUFS
- True peak
- −1 dBTP
Ready for Premiere & Resolve
Every one of these already meets the spec above. Pick the Premiere & Resolve download on any sound and it arrives correctly encoded — no re-exporting.
Why sample rate matters here
Video timelines run at 48 kHz. Drop a 44.1 kHz MP3 onto one and the software has to resample on the fly, which usually works but occasionally produces audible clicking at clip boundaries — and the clicking often only appears in the exported file, not during playback.
The Premiere and Resolve preset gives you 48 kHz WAV, so there is no conversion happening at all. It costs more disk space than an MP3 and that is the correct trade for a timeline asset.
Levelling
These are normalised to −16 LUFS with a −1 dBTP ceiling, which is a sensible starting point for a sound effect sitting under dialogue. You will still want to ride the level in context, but you will not be starting from a clip that is 12 dB louder than everything else on the timeline.
Placement
For an impact landing on a cut, put the sound on the frame after the cut rather than on it. The one-frame delay is what makes the edit read as a reaction rather than a transition — it is a small thing that separates edits that feel intentional from ones that feel mechanical.