Introduction

Curate organizes your sample library and helps you find sounds fast. Here's how to get going and make the most of its features.

What is Curate?

Curate is a desktop application that helps you organize, discover, and manage your audio sample library. Using custom-trained machine learning models, Curate automatically analyzes your samples and tags them with relevant metadata like instrument type, genre, key, and BPM.

Key Features

  • Intelligent Tagging - Automatically detect instruments, genres, keys, and BPM
  • Semantic Search - Find samples using natural language queries
  • Galaxy Visualization - Explore your library in a visual, interactive way
  • Shortlist - Compare and audition samples side by side
  • Crates - Organize your favorite samples into personal collections
  • Cross-Platform - Works on macOS, Windows, and Linux

System Requirements

macOS

  • macOS 12 Monterey or later
  • Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)
  • 4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB recommended)

Windows

  • Windows 10 or later
  • 64-bit processor
  • 4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB recommended)

Linux

  • Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch, and more (AppImage)
  • 64-bit processor
  • 4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB recommended)

Getting Help

If you run into issues or have questions: