• Added Metadata Database for organizing sounds.
• Many other improvements and new features.
• Switched to simple drag install.
• Too many major changes to list here.
• Fixed AudioUnit Window display bug on 10.6.3.
• Other bug fixes.
• Fixed crash in Spot To ProTools with some file formats.
• Improved drag and drop to work in more apps. Will now drop on EXS24 Keys.
• Bug fixes in “Open URL…”
• Other bug fixes.
Try these settings:
AudioFinder normally attempts to hide files that don’t appear to be sounds. Sometimes the settings are too high and it hides everything.
• Added new Preference “Start with last folder and Playback History”
• Reworked the Metadata panel to show more information and allow copying of all the text to the clipboard.
• Added ability to mine some versions of metadata from a popular format.
• Added new Preference “Allow MIDI input in background” By default MIDI input is ignored when AudioFinder is not the front most application. This option allows it to controlled via MIDI even when in the background.
• Improved the playlist feature to allow skipping when not in shuffle mode.
• Removing a sound or moving it the Trash will no longer stop playlist.
• Fixed Command-Delete shortcut bug. Will automatically advance to playing the next file.
• Pitch Analyzer will now work with a selection as well as the whole file.
• Pitch Analyzer now inherits the volume settings from the AudioViewer.
• Bug fix Folder Column Browser was not following alias folders.
• Fixed selection to stick after a new file is created.
• Other bug fixes.
Changes in version 4.9.7
• Added AudioUnit Plug-ins and Presets to the Sidebar. Double Clicking on AudioUnit Presets opens the AudioUnit.
• Removed AudioUnits Presets menu.
• Double Clicking on a Sidebar item resets, ie: scan will rescan, bookmark will return to the original location.
• Improved Spot to Pro Tools file naming.
• All DSP Processing is now done at the current playback speed. For example if you change the playback speed and then apply an AudioUnit the resulting file will be at the current playback speed.
• Added new Preference “Allow unlimited Miniview files”
• Added alert when attempting to create Miniviews that result in a large amount of diskspace being used.
• Added new Preference “Use AppleScript Move to Trash”
• Fixed Folder Column Browser bookmark jumping bug.
• Bug file in converting Sample Rates which resulted in the sounds be either shorter on longer.
• Changed the Plug-in Manager’s default “Disabled” folder to “Unused” to match Pro Tools 8.0’s standard location for Digidesign Plug-ins only.
• 10.6.1 bug fix for navigation to Bookmarks.
• Improved the progress indicator messages.
• Added Natural Order Numerical Sorting.
• Bug fix in the list view when clicking on empty folders.
• Updated the “Logical” window background to match the current version.
• Updated and corrected several sections in the Manual.
• Other bug fixes.
Use the Tab key to move forward through slices and the Shift-Tab key to move backward. This makes it easy to preview a slice one at a time.
Other useful commands:
When there are Slices and the Selection Tool is enabled:
Command-Click select slice region
Command-Control-Click – silence slice region
Command-Shift-Click – reverse slice region
When there are Measure visible and the Selection Tool is enabled:
Option-Click select measure section
Option-Control-Click – silence measure section
Option-Shift-Click – reverse measure section
When there is a selection.
Option-Click within a selection to Fade-out
Command-Option-Click within a selection to Fade-in
Hold the Control Key down when starting a drag from the selection and a new cropped file will be created.


Shift-Click to extend a selection.
The only installed item is /Applications/AudioFinder (version number)
Then when it runs:
It writes a preference file to: ~/Library/Preferences/com.icedaudio.audiofinder.plist
and it writes cache files to:
~/Library/Caches/AudioFinder
it saves all user customization/config files to:
~/Library/Application Support/AudioFinder
Pro Tools doesn’t support spotting to tracks with elastic audio enabled.
If you see this dialog, do the following:
Here’s the work around:
1. Click on Polyphnc
2. Select “None – Disable Elastic Audio”
3. Your track will now look like this:
Now AudioFinder will spot in the track. Once you’re done, then re-enable elastic audio if needed.
• Added “Spot to Region” for Pro Tools. See the File menu any selected files are sent to Pro Tools directly, if a waveform selection is present, it will be exported as a clip and spotted.
• Added “Export Selection to Pro Tools” in the Sample Tool, imagine an audio editor that can export clips directly to the track spot.
• Added “New Empty Library” to sidebar Library menu to make it easy to start drag destination libraries.
• Bug fix for 10.6.1 when dragging items from the list view.
• Bug fix for 10.6.1 fixed an AudioUnit redraw display issue.
• Bug fix for Open URL feature.
• Other bug fixes.