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.

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• 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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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• 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.

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Changes in version 4.9.5
• Added Session Favorites Bin Column to the sound list to make it easy to select favorites.
• Added forward and back history buttons.
• Added SARGAM notation Preference for when AudioFinder displays note names.
• Added the number of items selected to the status line.
• Plug-In Manager now opens with the last format selected.
• Added “Show System Owned Locations” option to the Library menu.
• Increased the default size of the Waveform Preview Cache.
• Speed up the cache clean up process on quit.
• Fixed refresh bug in “Group in New Folder”
• Fixed Return key playback bug in AudioViewer.
• Fixed bug in entering new values into the BPM text field in the AudioViewer.
• Other bug fixes.

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Changes in version 4.9.4
• Added support in the Sample Tool for saving files in WAV format.
• Added support in the Sample Tool for saving files in different Bit Depths and Sample Rates.
• Added Pitch Bend slider to the AudioViewer next to the mini keyboard to allow access to in between notes.
• Moved the Save and Load Preset menu items to the Presets menu.
• Improved the Scan Set editor to allow renaming of a Scan Set.
• Improved the Scan Set editor to allow moving a Scan Set by dragging it.
• Improved the Scan Set editor by adding a Duplicate feature.
• Refresh menu item in the Library popup menu will now also refresh the DEVICES sidebar group.
• Added an option to Preferences “Exclude Aliases” which is useful for systems with many aliases pointing remote storage.
• Added Tab Short Cut key to the Sample Tool for selection the next slice. Shift Tab selected the previous slice.
• Sample Tool bug fix. If the source file is on a locked volume saving to a different volume failed.
• Sample Tool now remembers it’s last width and height.
• Added shortcut to Sample Tool – Shift Up Arrow = Zoom in vertically.
• Added shortcut to Sample Tool – Shift Down Arrow = Zoom out vertically
• Added Library menu option “Match Whole Words Only” which requires an entire word to match. IE: searching for “horn” will not partial match “horns”
• Other bug fixes.

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Changes in version 4.9.3
• International language crashing problem fixed. Japanese particularly implicated.
• Added “OS X FINDER” Sidebar Group. Enhanced the Sidebar to import Mac OS X Finder Sidebar items into the new Group.
• Moved “Finder Selection” and “Spotlight Query” to the new “OS X FINDER” Sidebar Group.
• The “SPECIAL” Sidebar Group has been removed.
• Moved “Session Favorites Bin” to the “RECENTS” Sidebar Group.
• Changed the nomenclature of “Sidebar Folders” to “Sidebar Groups” to avoid confusion with file system folders.
• Any file can now be dragged to a Sidebar “BOOKMARKS” item or Sidebar “OS X FINDER” item to move (default) or copy (hold option key while dragging for copy mode)
• Added shortcut for for “Show Waveform Miniviews”
• Fixed playback bug with some mp3 files.
• Other bug fixes.

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