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Finder Audio Tools replaces Finder’s preview engine with a much-improved version: instant playback, consistent volumes between samples, and full keyboard control.
FAT achieves sampler-grade performance by preloading audio into RAM and bypassing Quick Look.
Automatically see the waveform as you browse. Move the pointer over it for Transpose, Stretch, Normalize, Quick Riser, and Ableton Link controls.
No more loudness bias. Compare samples fairly with consistent volume levels.
No more blown eardrums. Set to 0 to -24 dB depending on the loudness of the track you’re working on.
Quickly audition risers and transitions — hear just the tail or the build-up to find the right one faster.
Hear Native Instruments presets right in Finder: Kontakt, Massive, FM8, Battery, Reaktor, Maschine, and all NKS-compatible libraries.
Preview common audio, loop, sampler, and MIDI formats directly in Finder. See list
Instantly preview MIDI files with real-time playback.
The sky’s the limit. Purchasing lets you vote on what ships next. Access to the Feature Board is in the app tray menu.
Fly through samples at the speed of thought with gaming-inspired hotkeys.
Works in Column View (⌘3) and List View (⌘2).
Choose your style, screen placement, with native macOS light-dark mode.
Stashes pop up over Finder (⌃S) so you can collect sounds while you browse.
The price will rise as we ship new features, but your license works forever.
WAV (including 16-bit, 24-bit, and ACIDized WAV), AIFF, CAF and Apple Loops, MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, ALAC, OGG, WavPack, Sound Designer II (SDII/.sd2), REX/RX2, NCW (Native Instruments), and MIDI are supported. REAPER projects (.RPP) also play when an .RPP-PROX preview is present.
NEW! NKS Preview Support: Automatically plays preview audio for Native Instruments presets — Kontakt, Massive, FM8, Battery, Reaktor, Maschine, and all NKS-compatible libraries. No setup required.
Finder Audio Tools uses system-level APIs that are not available on other platforms.
To make a Windows version, we’d have to build it from the ground up.
When you select an audio file in Finder, FAT loads neighboring samples into RAM, essentially creating a sampler instrument. No more waiting for slow Finder animations and disk seek times.
It also circumvents a decade-old bug in Finder that cuts off the first few milliseconds of a sample when playing it a second time, which is especially unacceptable for drum samples.
In the menu tray, select Suggest Features
That will take you to the Feedback Portal, where you can see all suggested features and their upvotes. Vote for your favorite features, or suggest something new!
At launch, there are 23 features that span a few categories — here are a few examples:
Playback upgrades: Loop mode, playing multiple files at once, pitch-shifting samples on the fly…
Visualization: Waveform and spectrogram views without leaving Finder…
Batch file operations: Bulk renaming, format conversion, auto-tagging filenames with BPM or duration…
MIDI improvements: Better audition sounds, controller support of audio playback, MIDI chord monitoring…
Navigation: Vertical tab navigation, jump back to most recent tab, folder-based notes…
Some are small quality-of-life additions. Others are major features that could change how you work.
Are updates free?
Yes. Every feature that ships is a free update. No subscriptions, no paid tiers.
Fill out this form for a 20 day demo.
If you want to buy now, we also offer a 20-day refund — no questions asked. So you’re welcome to purchase and try it risk-free.
If it’s not for you, simply deactivate your license (Options > Deactivate), let us know, and we’ll verify the deactivation and issue a full refund.
1. Open the DMG and drag to the Applications folder. Eject the DMG.
2. Launch and grant permissions when prompted
3. Access settings from menu bar icon
• macOS 12.0+ (Monterey or later)
• Launch at Login available on macOS 13+ (Ventura)
Feel free to look around.
