SoundSeek is a query by example tool for exploring sound libraries. Unlike most tools for managing sound libraries, which organize sounds using text tags, SoundSeek organizes sounds using a handpicked set of timbral features. The interactive sound map then allows users to explore their library of sounds in a fun and intuitive way.
SoundSeek was developed for MacOS. It has been confirmed to work on MacOS 10.11, 10.12, 10.13.
SoundSeek requires ffmpeg to be installed using hombrew.
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Install homebrew from https://brew.sh
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Run
brew install ffmpeg
Install SoundSeek
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Download the latest SoundSeek.dmg from the releases page.
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Mount the dmg, and copy SoundSeek.app to your applications folder.
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Start up SoundSeek
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Click the "open" button to select a directory tree that contains audio files. Anything that ffmpeg supports is a valid audio file.
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Click the "record" button to record a query OR select an existing audio file as a query by clicking "open"
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Sound seek will display connected graph of nodes. Each node is the closest audio file in the directory, as measured along one feature.
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Click on a node to hear that file.
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Double click on a node to have SoundSeek return a new set of files that are close to this file.
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Once you've found the file you want, right click on its node to open it in the finder.