Immersive audio

Explorer supports mono, stereo, surround and immersive formats (Dolby, HOA, Ambisonics,…)

Metadata

Playback your files while checking waveforms, channels, sample rate, descriptions, categories, formats, brightness, peak, energy, rating, and much more

Binaural playback

Listen to files in the right format, and if you only have headphones, you can hear it in binaural

Drag any file

Import or drag files and folders directly to Explorer and categorize them according to the Universal Category System

I/O Manager

Introducing I/O Manager: Binaural monitoring (including SOFA), advanced routing (with gain), Ambisonics decoding, and much more

Bass Management

Bass management to empower your listening experience to the fullest

Playlist creation

Several organization options: category (UCS), playlists, folders, sample rate, and more

Flags, stars and Nr of listens

Flag your favorite files to have them ready at all times, rate the audio files from 1 to 5 stars and see the sounds that you’ve used (exported) the most in the past

Inspector

Have a preview of the audio waveform while you are navigating through the table, see an overview of the properties of your audio file, see the metadata embedded in the file and add personalized notes to each audio

Search tags

Create search tags by category, playlists, folder paths, flagged audios, or even audio file properties such as Sample Rate, File Format, Audio Format

Search tools

Search for the keywords you are looking for or exclude certain words, set matching conditions, have multiple searches at the same time to improve your workflow

Brightness levels

Look for the brightness of the file to help you find the sound that best fits what you’re searching for

Time display

You can have multiple displays in Explorer with different time units depending on the project you are working on, as well as tempo and selection display

Effects

Quickly add effects to the selected sound before exporting, such as Pitch shifter, Clip Gain (amplify), Polarity inversion, Reverse, Whoosh effect and Normalization

Convert files

If you simply want to convert a file between formats the mini editor has a Convert button directly for your desired format to speed up your work

Export directly

Quickly export the edited or original file to your project by just choosing the destination location

Export options

Export the edited or original file with more options for the exported file (Sample Rate, Bit Depth, File Format, Channels, Metadata, Include Fades, Interleaved)

Spot to DAW

Spot the selected audio directly to your favorite DAW (Live and Audition only available for Mac users)

Spot to video

All Mac users can spot directly to Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects

Sound effects

Get access to over 100 000 professional sound effects (in mono, stereo, multichannel and Ambisonics) created by our talented and professional partners

Full access

If you subscribe to SFX Cloud, you will have access to both your local libraries and our online ones, which you can organize using all the options Explorer offers. There are no tiers to this subscription: one subscription gives you access to the full library!

Improve your workflow

You can’t find a specific sound in your local library that would work wonders in your project? There’s a very high chance Explorer SFX Cloud will have it. Improve your workflow, find the sound you need in seconds

EXPLORER SFX CLOUD

• Unlimited local files
• All Explorer features
• Supports all formats (including surround and immersive)
• Online SFX Cloud library (with over 100 000 sound effects)
• Unlimited downloads