Sound effects for TikTok edits
Exported hot so they cut through in-feed, with a −14 LUFS alternative if you prefer to level it yourself.
- Format
- MP3
- Sample rate
- 44.1 kHz
- Loudness
- −9 LUFS
- Alternative
- −14 LUFS
Ready for TikTok
Every one of these already meets the spec above. Pick the TikTok download on any sound and it arrives correctly encoded — no re-exporting.
Why these are louder
Platforms differ in whether they normalise audio on playback, and the picture on short-form feeds is genuinely unclear — none of them publish their behaviour. What is consistent is that quieter audio tends to get lost against everything else in a feed.
The TikTok preset is mastered hotter than the others at around −9 LUFS. If you would rather set the level yourself, the YouTube preset on any sound is a conventional −14 LUFS and is a better starting point for mixing.
Layering with trending audio
If your video already uses a trending sound, adding effects on top means exporting a mixed audio track from your editor rather than relying on TikTok's in-app layering, which will duck one against the other unpredictably. Mix it in CapCut or your NLE, then upload as a single track.