We Help Creators Bring Ideas to Life through Sound
Get to know Pro Sound Effects.
What Makes PSE Different?
Since 2004 we’ve been helping creators bring ideas to life through sound. Along the way we’ve developed the world’s largest library of professionally recorded sound. Discover what sets us apart from the rest.
40+
Exclusive artists & their recording teams
Oscar®-winners
300K+
Hours spent recording
100K+
Hours invested in curation, metadata & editing
100%
Proprietary library development process
100%
Royalty-free & legally cleared
20
Years in business
Partnerships
with world’s leading creative companies
34%
of what you watch,
play & listen to
is fueled by our sound
10 Million+
Creators used our
sounds in 2023
100 Million+
Creators by 2028
*Estimates based on PSE direct user and partner data, audio recognition technology, broadcast, streaming and gaming research reports in US & Europe. Excludes music services.
How We Empower Creators
Meet Our Core Team
Meet PSE’s core members - just one piece of our greater team and network driving our mission to empower all creators to quickly find and use the right sound for any creation.
Douglas Price
Founder & CEO
Kristen Bakalar
CPO
Rich Shawen
CFO
Abbey Winkelman
Executive Operations Specialist
Jeremy Siegel
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Steven Kopf
Licensing Manager
Christina Esposito
Customer Success Specialist
Andrew Emge
Marketing Manager
David Watkins
Marketing Specialist
Jamie Bishop
Marketing & Support Coordinator
Paulina Dixon
Marketing & Support Assistant
Matthew Willet
Lead Visual Designer
Daniel D’Errico
Library Manager
Sebastian Henshaw
Sound Editor & Software Support Specialist
Willy Jones
Software Engineer
John Sloan
Software Engineer
Daimen Duncan
Software Engineer