Explorer Alternatives

Explorer is described as 'Powerful application that allows you to manage your files with enormous control, for free. Designed from the beginning to work with and support surround and immersive formats, you get incredible control over them' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Explorer for Mac, Windows and Linux. The best Explorer alternative is Resonic Player. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Resonic Player or ADSR Sample Manager. Other great apps like Explorer are Resonic Pro, Sononym, Soundminer and Soundly.

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  1. Resonic Player icon

    Resonic Player

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    Resonic plays music files, sounds, and samples out of your existing folders. It's built to be fast, reliable, and powerful. It does what it is supposed to do, without the bloat, and with exceptional usability.

    56 Resonic Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Resonic Player is the most popular Windows alternative to Explorer.

    • Resonic Player is the most popular free alternative to Explorer.

    • Resonic Player is Free Personal and ProprietaryExplorer is Free and Proprietary
    • Resonic Player is LightweightExplorer is not according to our users
  2. ADSR Sample Manager icon

    ADSR Sample Manager

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    ADSR Sample Manager by ADSR - a smart sample management tool for your daw. ADSR Sample Manager makes your entire sample library searchable and audible directly in your DAW with smart and custom tags. Preview any sample in your library in the context of your track using MIDI or...

    10 ADSR Sample Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • ADSR Sample Manager is the most popular Mac alternative to Explorer.

    • ADSR Sample Manager is Free and ProprietaryExplorer is also Free and Proprietary
  4. SoundBuddy icon

    SoundBuddy

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    SoundBuddy aims to take away much of the tedious searching and clicking by storing samples, MIDI and presets from your DAW in handy libraries for instant recall. The libraries constantly monitor your DAW content to ensure changes are synced.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • SoundBuddy is the most popular commercial alternative to Explorer.

    • SoundBuddy is Paid and ProprietaryExplorer is Free and Proprietary
  5. Resonic Pro icon

    Resonic Pro

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    A powerful sample manager, audio browser, and creativity tool for audio professionals that comes loaded with a unique set of inspiring and workflow-enhancing features, and an extensive metadata system.

    12 Resonic Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Sononym icon

    Sononym

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    Sononym is a sample browser that organizes your sounds using machine learning, and allows you to explore how they are related to one another.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Sononym is the most popular Linux alternative to Explorer.

    • Sononym is Paid and ProprietaryExplorer is Free and Proprietary
  7. Soundminer icon

    Soundminer

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    Soundminer provides an advanced search engine for both Macintosh and Windows users, a highly advanced batch conversion engine, an integrated metadata management tool, an advanced sound design tool, a DSP processing host, a scalable server for multiple users, a web publishing...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  9. Soundly icon

    Soundly

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    Soundly is a fully featured sound effects platform for Mac & PC. Find your perfect sound effect in our massive cloud library, index local sounds, and share files in the Soundly collaboration cloud. With a wealth of features and a friendly interface.

    10 Soundly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  10. AudioFinder icon

    AudioFinder

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    AudioFinder can build a catalog of every sound on your system, save it, and search it instantly to find the sounds you need when you need them. Use AudioFinder to create custom sets for sound categories and specific projects, with fast file browsing to audition, analyze...

    10 AudioFinder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  11. Snapper icon

    Snapper

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    When you select an audio file in the Mac Finder, Snapper immediately appears right beneath the current window, showing you the wave form.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. Samplism icon

    Samplism

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    Samplism is a full-featured, audio file manager that helps you organize, search and preview your audio sample library.

    10 Samplism alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  13. SampleSort icon

    SampleSort

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    Samplesort is a Windows, macOS and Linux application designed for musicians, producers, DJs and foley artists to manage and search their audio file libraries. Features include one-click sample auditioning, 32Bit/192Khz audio support, ASIO & WDM and support for over 160 file...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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