What BOOM Library does

BOOM Library GmbH is a German professional sound effects studio founded in 2010 in Mainz by former Dynamedion staff, operating today with 1-10 employees under managing director Axel Rohrbach. The company creates and distributes royalty-free sound effect libraries, theme-based sound collections, and sound design software plugins for media production professionals working in film, television, video games, trailers, and advertising. Credited projects referenced in its marketing include Avatar, The Mandalorian, The Last of Us Part II, God of War Ragnarok, Thunderbolts, and Killers of the Flower Moon, indicating adoption at the high end of the AAA film and game markets.

The product portfolio is anchored by BOOM ONE, a flagship general sound effects library with 60,000+ files and 199,000+ sounds across 850+ GB, updated monthly for subscribers, alongside the Signature Series of 100+ theme-based collections (e.g., Cinematic Impacts, Guns, Casual UI, Magic Arcane Forces, World War II Firearms) recorded using proprietary multitrack recording technology with 12 to 30 channels per product to enable downstream customization. All assets ship as 24-bit/96kHz WAV with Universal Category System (UCS) and Sound Miner metadata for integration with industry-standard post-production tools. The BOOM Tools plugin line (Enforcer, RAIN, Transforce, Recenter, Uberloud) and the Quiet Planet nature ambience library (recorded by Gordon Hempton) round out the catalogue.

The business runs a hybrid product-led and direct sales model. Primary revenue comes from one-time perpetual buyout licenses and multi-year (minimum 3-year) subscriptions for sound libraries, supplemented by one-time plugin sales and enterprise multi-user licensing. Products are sold primarily through direct e-commerce at boomlibrary.com, with Smartsound LLC acting as authorized reseller for non-EU billing. The operation is highly capital-light with no indication of institutional funding, acquisitions, or parent-company ownership.

Name

BOOM Library

Legal name

BOOM Library GmbH

Website

https://boomlibrary.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BOOM Library GmbH is a German sound effects studio founded in 2010 in Mainz that creates and sells royalty-free sound libraries and sound design plugins to film, TV, game, and trailer audio professionals worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Sound Effects Libraries

NAICS

Other Sound Recording Industries (512290), Sound Recording Studios (51224)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Sample Libraries, Loops & Sound Content Platforms (MPAIAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Audio Plugins & Virtual Instruments (VST/AU/AAX) (MPAIAIAB), Production Music Libraries (Catalogs) (MPAIALAC), Sample Library & Sound Design Creation (for production use) (MPAIAHAM)

Keywords

• Sound effects library
• Royalty-free audio
• Film sound design
• Game audio assets
• Audio production plugins

Headquarters

HQ city

Mainz

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Sound Effects Library Sales (Buyout): One-time perpetual license purchase granting unlimited and perpetual sync rights for all projects released within the license term. Buyout licenses can only be granted to named individuals including single person businesses.
2. Sound Effects Library Subscription: Minimum 3-year subscription term. During the active term, subscribers can download, audition, edit, and integrate content into productions. Monthly updates with new sounds for subscribers. Upon expiration, productions finalized during the active term remain licensed in perpetuity.
3. Software Plugins: Sale of software plugins including RAIN (rain generator), Enforcer (bass plugin), Recenter, Uberloud, Transforce, and The Complete BOOM Tools bundle. Available as VST 3, AU, AAX formats for Windows and Mac.
4. Enterprise/Multi-User Licensing: Enterprise license agreement for commercial customers requiring multiple audio users. Scalable licensing that can add more users during the term for prorated license fee increase. Custom pricing based on organization size.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

BOOM Library produces and sells royalty-free, professional sound effect libraries and sound design software plugins for media production. The catalog includes the BOOM ONE general library (60,000+ files, 199,000+ sounds, 850+ GB), the Signature Series of theme-based collections (Guns, Cinematic Impacts, Casual UI, Magic, WWII Firearms, etc.), the Quiet Planet nature ambience line, and the BOOM Tools plugin family (RAIN, Enforcer, Transforce, Recenter, Uberloud). Products are delivered as WAV files at 24-bit/96kHz with embedded Sound Miner metadata and are sold via buyout (perpetual license), 3-year subscriptions, or enterprise multi-user licensing.

Product overview

BOOM Library is a professional sound effects provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of royalty-free audio content for film, games, TV, and media production. The product line centers on BOOM ONE as the flagship general sound effects library (60,000+ files, 199,000+ sounds across 850+ GB, updated monthly for subscribers), complemented by the Signature Series (theme-based collections like Cinematic Impacts, Guns, Casual UI, Magic Arcane Forces, World War II Firearms, and 100+ other themed packs), and Quiet Planet (nature ambiences from Gordon Hempton). The portfolio also includes BOOM Tools interactive software plugins (Enforcer, RAIN, Transforce, Recenter, Uberloud) that enable advanced sound design workflows. Products are available as buyout (perpetual license) or subscription (3-year minimum term), with enterprise multi-user licensing options. All products ship as WAV files at 24-bit/96kHz with embedded Sound Miner metadata.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BOOM ONE: The Ultimate General Sound FX Library - flagship general sound effects library with 60,000+ files and 199,000+ sounds.
• Signature Series
• BOOM Tools
• Quiet Planet
• Cinematic Impacts
• RAIN
• CASUAL UI
• GUNS
• ENFORCER
• Assault Weapons
• World War II Firearms
• Magic - Arcane Forces

Products and services

• BOOM ONE Flagship general sound effects library containing 60,000+ files with 199,000+ sounds across 850+ GB. Updated monthly for subscribers. Available as perpetual buyout or 3-year subscription. Targeted at professional sound designers, film, TV, and game audio teams.
• Signature Series Theme-based sound collections setting industry sound standards since 2010. Includes 100+ themed packs (Cinematic Impacts, Guns, Casual UI, Magic Arcane Forces, World War II Firearms, Assault Weapons, and more). Delivered as Designed (ready-to-use) and Construction Kit (raw source recordings) editions. Targeted at film, TV, game, and trailer audio professionals.
• Enterprise Licensing (Multi-User) Multi-user license agreement (MULA) for organizations. Allows a specified number of audio users to access content on professional workstations and notebooks. Scalable with prorated pricing for additional users mid-term. Custom pricing based on organization size. Targeted at production studios and media companies.
• RAIN Plugin Dynamic rain generator plugin that produces rainfall sounds from single droplets to heavy downpours with adjustable intensity, density, wetness, distance, and environment settings. Uses neural networks (Deep Learning) for Smart Gain compensation across wide dynamic range. Includes 50+ pre-designed environment layers and 26 scene presets. Available as VST 3, AU, AAX. $175.00 with 14-day free trial.

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Quiet Planet LLC (Gordon Hempton)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBOOM Library distributes Quiet Planet nature ambience recordings. Gordon Hempton, known as The Sound Tracker, records rare and pristine nature sounds. This partnership provides BOOM Library with exclusive access to world-class nature recordings. Quiet Planet products include their own license agreement governing single and multi-user usage terms.
• Smartsound LLCcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized reseller for all brands operated by BOOM Library GmbH. Processes orders with non-EU billing addresses and orders in $US currency. Provides download link access and BOOM Loader access to customers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Artlist: Subscription platform for music and sound effects with universal licensing for video creators. Comparable on subscription SFX, similar SMB/enterprise buyer segments, and content-update cadence.
• Soundly: Cloud-native sound effects platform combining library access, search, and integration with DAWs/NLEs. BoM integrates with Soundly as a data-management client, and it competes head-on as a cloud SFX workflow tool.
• Soundsnap: Subscription-based sound effects marketplace with broad coverage and indie-friendly pricing. Directly competes on subscription SFX with month-to-month flexibility, in contrast to BOOM's longer lock-in.
• Pro Sound Effects: Curated, professional SFX library distributed as downloadable collections with strong positioning in film, TV, and game sound design. Same product model (curated collections, pro license) targeting the same buyer personas.
• Sound Ideas: The long-standing dominant royalty-free sound effects library serving film, TV, and broadcast with deep multi-decade catalogs. Direct head-to-head competitor on thematic and general SFX collections.
• Sonniss: Annual GDC Audio Bundle and curated SFX packs aimed specifically at game developers. Direct overlap on the game-audio customer segment, often used by indie teams that might otherwise subscribe to BOOM ONE.
• BBC Sound Effects: BBC's commercial archive of over 33,000 sound effects from broadcast history, distributed via third parties. Highly comparable as a curated, broad SFX subscription and download catalog for professional media production.

Broad incumbents

• Splice: Subscription marketplace for music samples, presets, and loops with some sound effects. Adjacent competitor on the sample/sound marketplace model that targets overlapping producer and sound designer buyers.
• Epidemic Sound: Large-scale subscription platform primarily for music with an expanding SFX offering for video creators. Broader incumbent competing partly on SFX, with wider content range than BOOM's curated editorial focus.
• Native Instruments: Major audio software and samples company with strong plugin and Kontakt sample library footprint. BOOM integrates with NKS (Enforcer is NKS-Ready) and competes at the intersection of sample libraries and FX plugins.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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