SampleSift
Find samples by sound, fast.
Only for Mac
Free · In‑App Purchases
Mac
SampleSift is the audio sample browser for producers and DJs who have outgrown Finder.
Point it at the folders where your samples live. It scans them, analyzes each file locally for BPM, musical key, energy, and content tags, and gives you a fast, searchable library that stays on your machine — no cloud, no account, no subscription.
WHAT IT DOES
• Audio analysis on your Mac. SampleSift uses Apple's Accelerate and SoundAnalysis frameworks to detect tempo, musical key, energy, and instrument type for every file. Multi-pass: a fast first pass surfaces filename-derived data immediately, with DSP and machine-learning passes refining results in the background while you keep working.
• Smart filters and collections. Narrow your library by BPM range, key, channels (mono/stereo), file format, energy, rating, and tags. Combine filters freely, then save the result as a smart collection you can return to with one click.
• Filename intelligence. SampleSift reads the naming conventions used by sample packs — "kick_120bpm_Cmin.wav", "Lead 140 F#m" — and pre-fills BPM, key, and tags before any audio analysis runs. Your library is browsable in seconds, not hours.
• Audition with waveform preview. Click a file to hear it. Spacebar to play and pause. Loop mode for one-shots-as-loops. Multiple-selection playback for stepping through a folder.
• Export curated sets. Filter to exactly what you want for a session, then Copy To drops them into your DAW's project folder.
• Watch folders. SampleSift sees new files as they land — drop a fresh pack into a watched folder and it appears in your library without a manual rescan.
• Duplicate finder. Find redundant copies of the same audio file across multiple folders by content, not just filename.
PRIVACY
SampleSift collects no data. It does not connect to the network. It does not phone home for telemetry, updates, ads, or anything else. Your sample library — its contents, filenames, tags, and analysis results — never leaves your Mac. The only directories the app can read are the ones you explicitly grant access to via macOS App Sandbox.
REQUIREMENTS
• macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later
• Apple Silicon or Intel
• Works with WAV, AIFF, MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG, CAF
SampleSift is built by Tweakbench, makers of small, focused tools for musicians.
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Browse more than one folder at a time. Hold Command (or Shift) and click to select several folders or subfolders in the sidebar: SampleSift shows all of their samples together, and your search, tags, and filters apply across the whole set. Analyze and Rescan work on the combined selection too.
Reading your tags just got easier. A new Tag size setting (Small, Medium, Large) in Settings makes the colored tag pills bigger and clearer on high-resolution displays — across the sample list, the filter bar, and the details panel.
And you can now give tags more room: drag the divider above the sample list to resize the tag area to whatever height suits you.
The developer, Tweakbench LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Tweakbench LLC
- Size
- 2.4 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- SampleSift Unlock $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Tweakbench LLC

