Choose your library
Select a sample folder on your Mac.
Find the sound in your head.
Search your sample library in plain language. Describe the sound you want, then find and preview matches from your own collection.
A closer look at Sample Scout
Desktop walkthrough coming soon
Select a local library, index it, then search and preview sounds.
From library to sound in three steps.
Index locally
Sample Scout builds a local index of your audio.
Search by feel
Describe a sound in natural language and preview matching samples.
Built for the moment inspiration strikes.
Say what you hear
Search for “warm Rhodes” or “snare with reverb” without relying on filenames.
Preview fast
Listen to relevant matches and keep your creative momentum.
Keep samples local
Indexing, search, and playback happen on your Mac. Sample audio is not uploaded to a hosted search service.
A local search workflow
Sample Scout uses compatible CLAP audio and text embeddings to represent sounds and search descriptions in the same space. It indexes audio locally, ranks results by similarity, and plays the original local files. The model downloads on first use; sample audio is not sent to a hosted search backend.
Technical preview details
For Apple silicon Macs running macOS 26 or newer. The download is approximately 261 MiB; the model download is roughly 600 MB on first use and requires an internet connection. The app is ad-hoc signed and not notarized, so macOS may show a Gatekeeper warning.