Alternatives to SoundMiner

[seek]

I tried searching but only found old threads ... I am looking for an application or tool that will manage all of my sound libraries, sfx, ect. I want to be able to search by metadata. I use SoundMiner at work but am looking for something a little less expensive for the home studio. Any suggestions? I looked into Snapper by Audio Ease but it lacks some key features. I did like that it had the snap to curser within Pro Tools though . Thanks in advance!

[dj_grimmace]

Netmix is the biggest competitor with Soundminer but it costs about the same.

One alternative that I know of is Library Monkey. I've tried the demo at home, and it works relatively well, although not as slick as Soundminer. http://www.monkey-tools.com/librarymonkey/

The app I'm waiting on is made by Basehead - http://www.baseheadinc.com/
The mac version is in beta, but should be available shortly. Much more affordable than it's competitors and already used pretty widely, especially in sound or games.

[colinmansfield]

Originally Posted by seek

I tried searching but only found old threads ... I am looking for an application or tool that will manage all of my sound libraries, sfx, ect. I want to be able to search by metadata. I use SoundMiner at work but am looking for something a little less expensive for the home studio. Any suggestions? I looked into Snapper by Audio Ease but it lacks some key features. I did like that it had the snap to curser within Pro Tools though . Thanks in advance!

Have you tried Iced Audio's Audio Finder?

http://www.icedaudio.com/

You can try it for free. If you decide to buy it, updates are always free - and fairly frequent, since the developer responds to bug reports and suggestions almost immediately...

[promixr]

Since you're using it at work - you might want to stick with Soundminer... they have a version just for you

http://www.soundminer.com/SM_Site/Miniminer.html

[crg]

A new cross platform product(Mac or PC) was anounced at NAB that starts at $199US and should be ready in the next month or so...

http://soundminer.com/SM_Site/SMHDpromo.html