Metallic boom sounds for a car commercial edit: which license?

Picking metallic boom sounds for a car commercial edit is two jobs. First you place the hit so it sells the cut. Then you match the license to where the video will run. This guide walks through both with one real sound from Wavecrate, so every price and rule here comes from a live page.

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What a metallic boom does in a car edit

A boom marks a moment. It tells the viewer to look now. In a car edit, that moment is usually the hard cut to the car itself, the first full reveal after a run of close shots.

A metallic boom adds a ringing tail after the hit. That tail matters. It keeps sound in the air for a second or two after the cut, so the next shot does not start in silence. You get a hit and a short bridge in one sound.

Use it sparingly. One boom on the main reveal is strong. Five booms in thirty seconds turn into noise, and the viewer stops hearing them.

The sound in this example: Metallic Boom, Long, Deep

The example sound is Metallic Boom, Long, Deep. It sits in the Impacts category and comes from Signal Lab. It is Premium, runs 0:05 and was released on Oct 3, 2026.

The page describes it as "The sound of a cinematic boom with a ringing metallic tail in a huge space." It comes as a 24-bit WAV master and a 320 kbps MP3. Its tags include epic, dark, boom, impact, metal, cinematic, trailer, tech and sound design.

The page shows two license cards. There is no Free card for this sound. Paid licenses are not on sale yet (Wavecrate says purchases open soon), so the prices below are the listed prices for when sales open; items marked Free can already be downloaded with a free account.

• Standard, listed at $5: "Online content for one creator or business, no credit needed." It covers all online platforms, monetized, and your own business and brand videos. No credit is required. Registered channels are printed on the certificate. It is also included with Pro.
• Extended, listed at $19: "Paid ads, broadcast, apps, games and client work." It covers everything in Standard, plus paid advertising and TV or radio broadcast, apps, games and software, and client work with unlimited impressions.

Where to place the boom in your edit

You do not need special tools for this. Any editor works. Keep these habits in mind.

1. Land the boom on the hard cut to the car. Line the start of the hit up with the first frame of the reveal shot.
2. Let the ringing tail carry the next shot. Do not cut the tail short. Let it fade under the shot that follows.
3. Do not stack it with music hits. If your music track already has a big hit at that spot, pick one. Two hits at once blur together.
4. Keep it under a voiceover. If someone is speaking over the reveal, turn the boom down so the words stay clear.

Then play the edit back on normal speakers and on headphones. If the boom pulls your attention away from the car, it is too loud.

Licensing metallic boom sounds for a car commercial edit

The same five-second sound can need a different license depending on who makes the video, who it is for and how it gets shown. Here are three common car videos.

Use 1: a car reviewer's own YouTube video

You review cars on your own channel. You cut a spec-sheet style segment, and the boom hits as the car fills the frame. This is online content for one creator. Standard, listed at $5, covers it, including a monetized channel, with no credit required. Pro would include it too, once it is on sale.

Use 2: a dealership's own showroom video

A dealership makes its own video of a car on the showroom floor. It posts the video on its website and its social accounts. Nobody pays to promote it. This is the business's own brand video online, so Standard, listed at $5, or Pro covers it.

One limit here. Playing that video on a screen inside the showroom or at a car show is live or event use. The license table does not name that use, so treat it as not covered.

Use 3: a real car commercial

Now the boom goes into an actual commercial. That usually means one of these:

• It runs as a paid ad online.
• It runs as a boosted post. The site does not define paid advertising further, so treat a boosted post as a paid ad.
• It airs on TV. The Extended card names "Paid advertising and TV or radio broadcast."
• An agency or a freelance editor cuts it for a dealership. That is client work.

Any one of these needs Extended, listed at $19. A commercial is almost always paid, broadcast or made for a client, so most car commercials land on Extended. If you are not sure, assume Extended.

Free and Pro: what they do not cover

Browse the Impacts sound effects and you will see other hits next to this one. On 11 Oct 2026 the category listed 10 sounds. They included Deep Trailer Hit from Wavecrate Foley Lab (Premium, Standard $3, Extended $9), three Sub Hit, Long, Deep sounds, several Tech Braam sounds, Logo Sting, Long, Warm and Glitch Impact, Medium, Deep.

Only one was marked Free that day: Tech Braam, Long, Warm, Voice from Signal Lab. Its Free card covers "Online videos and podcasts, with credit." You must put the credit text in the description, and a free account gets 3 free downloads a month. It does not cover your own business and brand content, paid ads or client work. So it fits the reviewer's video with credit, but not the dealership video or the commercial. For those, it lists Standard at $5 and Extended at $19 like the boom.

Items can switch between Free and Premium. Read the sound page on the day you download.

Pro is listed at $99 a year or $12 month to month and is not on sale yet. It gives Standard on the whole catalog. It never includes Extended. Content you publish while subscribed stays covered. So Pro suits a reviewer who posts often, but a car commercial still needs Extended on the sound you use.

Once purchases open, a Standard license is meant to be upgradable if the video later becomes a paid ad. The pricing page says: "If you hold a Standard license, the Extended license costs only the difference."

Keep your certificate

Every license comes with a certificate and a code. Anyone can check that code at the verify page without contacting Wavecrate. Save the certificate with your project files. If a client or a platform asks where the sound came from, you can point them to the code.

Frequently asked questions

Is Metallic Boom, Long, Deep free to use?

No. On 11 Oct 2026 it was Premium with no Free card. Its page listed Standard at $5 and Extended at $19.

Does Pro cover a car commercial?

Usually not. Pro gives Standard on the whole catalog and never Extended. Paid ads, TV and client work need Extended.

Is a boosted post a paid ad?

The site does not define paid advertising further. Treat a boosted post as a paid ad, which means Extended.

Can I play the video on a showroom screen?

The license table does not name live or event use. Treat a showroom or car show screen as not covered.

Get started

Browse Wavecrate: you can join free and download items marked Free now, paid licenses are not on sale yet (purchases open soon), and every download comes with a license certificate and a code anyone can check on its verify page.

Listen to the boom against your own reveal shot, then note the license that matches where the video will run. Create a Wavecrate account to download sounds marked Free.