AudioFinder is a professional music application and unique in the world of music software, it has its own niche. AudioFinder lets you look at what is already on your system's hard disks in new ways so that you will find sounds that you never knew you had. AudioFinder is the fastest way to find audio files in the history of the planet -- really we mean it.

Ask yourself what good is it to have thousands of sounds on your computer if you don't know what they sound like or where to find them? How does one tame a hard drive full of sounds and make them appear when called? Those are the questions that brought AudioFinder into being. There are a zillion different ways to use AudioFinder even though it may appear very simple, it is actually very smart. It does the monotonous tasks and scanning for sounds while you do the fun and creative stuff.

AudioFinder was designed for digital musicians to gain control over their sample library. The idea behind AudioFinder is elegantly simple - provide a user interface like the Mac OS X Finder that is optimized for browsing and auditioning audio sample files. AudioFinder can be controlled exclusively from the keyboard or by the mouse. By using the up and down arrows the user can quickly scan hundreds of audio files. When the user finds an audio file that they would like to use in a project they can either copy the file or refer (make an alias) the file to the favorites directory. When the user has found all the sounds they plan to use in a music project they simply go to the favorites directory and start work using their music program of choice. Double clicking on a file opens it in the preferred audio program as configured in the preferences.

New in v4.7.9

• Added "Create Attack/Decay Fades at Slice Crossings" to the Sample Tool Process Menu. This will create small fade-ins and fade-outs at the slice points to avoid clicks and pops.
• Simple scanning now recognizes the aifc file extension.
• Increased the precision of the Delay Calculator.
• Changed Playback History to make the most recent sounds appear at the top.
• Added a warning that the LAME encoder cannot process files with more than 16 bits.
• Added Keyboard Shortcut for hiding the Folder Column Browser.
• Added "Browser" and "Finder Selection" with Keyboard Shortcuts to the Library menu.
• Made Folders show up in a bold font.
• Fixed playback bug with RAW files.
• Fixed a bug where sometimes an mp4 movie would attempt to display.
• Fixed Sample Tool crash bug when shuffling slices with some sounds.
• Fixed a bug where if Cocoatech's "Path Finder" was not installed and the user enabled it, they could end up with a series unstoppable dialogs.
• Fixed AudioViewer auto-hide bug.
• Other bug fixes.