What Are Epidemic Sound's Studio, Search by Video, and Find Similar Tools?

Epidemic Sound's Studio, Search by video, and Find similar are three soundtracking tools that help you match music and sound effects to video content faster. Studio automatically syncs human-made music and sound effects to your video at AI speed; Search by video suggests tracks based on frames within your content; and Find similar lets you search for tracks with a similar tone using a riff, hook, drop, or bridge you already like. All three are aimed at keeping creators in flow while soundtracking, and they sit alongside a catalog of music and sound effects that the site describes as worry-free and globally licensed.

Studio: automatic sync at AI speed

Studio is positioned as "a faster way of soundtracking." Instead of manually lining up beats, drops, or sound effects against your edit, Studio syncs human-made music and sound effects to your video at AI speed.

• Input: your video plus the music or sound effects you want to use.
• Action: Studio handles the timing and sync work.
• Expected result: a soundtrack that lines up with your footage without manual beat-matching.

The site also notes that Studio has received updates focused on enhanced creative control, user experience, and audio quality. If you already edit in Adobe or DaVinci Resolve, the Epidemic Sound plugin is available there as well, so you can soundtrack where you are rather than switching tools.

Search by video: let your footage suggest the music

Search by video flips the usual search flow. Rather than typing a mood or genre, you let your video do the work: the tool analyzes frames within your content and returns track suggestions.

• Input: video frames from your project.
• Action: the tool generates track suggestions based on what it sees.
• Expected result: candidate tracks to audition, aimed at "the perfect soundtrack, every time."

This is most useful when you have footage in hand but no clear musical direction — for example, a travel montage where you want the music to match the pace and tone of the shots rather than a keyword you guessed at.

Find similar: use music to find music

Find similar addresses a common problem: you hear a riff, hook, drop, or bridge you like, but you don't know how to describe it in a search box. The tool lets you search for tracks with a similar tone and sound using that specific musical element.

• Input: a riff, hook, drop, or bridge from a track you like.
• Action: the tool finds tracks with comparable tone and sound.
• Expected result: a shortlist of similar-sounding options to compare and download.

This is handy when a reference track sets the vibe for your video but you need alternatives — for instance, when you want several tracks in the same lane for a series of videos so they feel consistent without reusing the same song.

How the three tools fit together

A practical workflow: start with Search by video to get candidate tracks from your footage, use Find similar to explore variations around whichever track clicks, then bring your pick into Studio to sync it to the edit. The plugin for Adobe and DaVinci Resolve keeps that last step inside your editing software.

What to check before relying on these tools

• Account and access: the site offers a free account option ("Create free account," "No credit card required"), but the tools' availability across plan tiers isn't specified in the provided material — check the pricing page before building a workflow around them.
• Licensing: the site states the music and sound effects are royalty-free and covered worldwide with all rights included, which matters if you publish across platforms or regions.
• Catalog scope: content spans genres, themes, moods, and sound effects, including categories like ads and promos, vlogs, cinematic, travel, corporate, workout, sports, and nature, plus exclusive tracks from artists and producers.

If your main bottleneck is timing audio to picture, Studio is the direct fix. If it's choosing what to use, Search by video and Find similar shorten the search.