Slip Sound Download

Find the right sound in a folder of 170,000 without waiting on anything.

Slip Sound is a desktop sample manager for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Point it at a folder, it indexes every audio file, and search returns in under 0.2 seconds. Everything stays on your drive. Free, GPL-licensed, no account.

Index 170k files
~2 min
Search
< 0.2 s
Export
WAV 16/24/32 · OGG
Platforms
Windows · macOS · Linux
Price
$0
Network calls
0
Slip Sound searching 178,825 sounds for 'bell', with a region selected on the waveform 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
  1. 1Categories or your own folders, with live counts
  2. 2Search: 100 of 257 matches across 178,825 files
  3. 3Filter by channels, max duration, favorites
  4. 4Click a category chip to reassign it
  5. 5Drag across the waveform to select and loop a region
  6. 6Export only that region, or drag it into your DAW
  7. 7Add effects, slice it into many files, or make a seamless loop

01Features

Browse, audition, trim, add effects, slice, loop, export. The things you do fifty times an hour are one key or one drag.

Instant search
Every word matches on its own, across names, categories and folders. Filter by channels, duration, favorites, or category. Results update as you type.
Right-click menu
Every action for a sound or a whole selection in one place.
Undo
Category changes and favorites, even bulk ones, come back with Ctrl Z.
Auto-categorize
Files are tagged on index from their names and paths. Can be turned off in Settings.
Folders view
Browse the real folder tree instead of categories. Pick a folder and search inside it.
Manual overrides
Reassign or clear any category. Your changes survive reindexes.
Waveform preview
Click to seek, drag to select, loop the selection. Auto-play as you arrow through the list.
Region export
Export just the selected slice, or drag it straight out of the app. Drag-outs land in a persistent folder, so they never go offline in Resolve or Premiere.
Effects
Reverse, pitch, speed, fades, mono, volume, peak or LUFS normalize, with before/after waveforms. Drag or export the result; the original is never touched. Save settings as presets. Works on Slicer slices and loops too.
Slicer
Cut one file into many. Drag out slices, tap M while it plays, or auto-detect sounds between silences.
Seamless loop
Crossfade a region's tail over its head so it repeats with no click. A/B it against the raw loop.
DAW drag & drop
Drag one file or a whole selection into Reaper, Ableton, FL Studio, Godot, Unity.
Batch exporter
WAV at 16, 24 or 32-bit, or OGG Vorbis. Any sample rate. Numbered or lettered output names.
Favorites
Star sounds and filter down to just those.
Sortable table
Sort by name, category, duration, channels, rate, or size.
Reveal in folder
Jump to any file in your system file manager.
Keyboard-driven
Every action has a shortcut. Press ? in the app for the guide.
Reopens where you left off
Your last library loads on launch.

02Tools

The jobs a browser usually sends you to a DAW for.

The Effects window reversing a bell with a fade-out and peak normalize, showing the original and processed waveforms side by side with presets on the left
Effects Ctrl P · Reverse, pitch, speed, fades, mono and volume or LUFS normalize, with the original and the result one above the other. B flips between them. Drag the result out or export it, for one sound or a whole selection. Presets for the settings you reuse.
The Slicer with ten auto-detected footstep slices, each with its own output name and start/end time
Slicer Ctrl K · One file of footsteps, hits or one-shots in, a folder of named files out. Auto-detect splits on silence; drag edges to trim, M to mark by ear, undo anything.
The Seamless Loop editor crossfading the tail of a drone over its head, with the result shown twice around the loop point
Seamless loop Ctrl L · Pick a region and a crossfade length. The tail blends over the head so the end runs straight back into the start. Hit B to hear it against the raw loop.

03How it stores things

The index lives inside the folder it describes.

D:/Samples/ ├── slip-sound.db ← SQLite index, categories, favorites ├── Ambience/ ├── Foley/ └── Weapons/

Every folder you open gets its own SQLite file at its root. Index once, and reopening is instant. Reindex only when you've added or changed files. There's no central catalog and no hidden app-data blob, so the index moves with the folder to another drive or machine.

04Shortcuts

Play / pause
Space
Focus search
Ctrl F
Previous / next sound
↑ ↓
Open folder
Ctrl O
Jump to top / bottom
Home End
Toggle sidebar
Ctrl B
Undo / redo
Ctrl Z / Ctrl Shift Z
Add to selection
Ctrl Click
Export selection / region
Ctrl E
Select range
Shift Click
Slice sound
Ctrl K
Make seamless loop
Ctrl L
Effects
Ctrl P
Toggle auto-play
Alt A
Select all matches
Ctrl A
Help guide
?

05MCP server

Optional. Lets Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code search, tag, and export your library.

Off by default; enable it in Settings. It binds to 127.0.0.1 only, mints a new bearer token each launch, and checks Origin/Host headers to block browser DNS-rebinding. Settings shows the URL and token ready to paste into an mcpServers block.

search_sounds
Filter by name, category, channels, duration, favorite
list_uncategorized_sounds
Page through untagged sounds for an agent to sort
set_category / clear_category
Tag or untag a sound
export_sound
Export, optionally trimmed, to WAV/OGG
get_sound · get_categories
Metadata and facet counts
toggle_favorite
Star or unstar
open_library · reindex_library
Switch folders, rescan for changes
reveal_in_folder
Open the file's location

06Download

Each release ships SHA256 checksums alongside the binaries.

# Linux
sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS-linux.txt
# macOS
shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS-mac.txt
# Windows — compare against SHA256SUMS-windows.txt
certutil -hashfile slip-sound-Setup.exe SHA256

07Instead of

A free, local alternative to Soundly, BaseHead, Soundminer, Resonic, AudioFinder, Sononym, and ADSR Sample Manager.