Find and play the right reference for every session
Filter the music you own by key, BPM, genre, label, and loudness. Check mono, phone, and single frequency bands on the player bar, then drag the original file straight into your DAW. When you finish one of your own tracks, compare it against the labels in your library and log every demo you send.
Filter your whole collection the way you think
Add your Bandcamp, Beatport, and bounce folders to ARADAR. It reads artist, label, genre, BPM, and key from your tags, computes the Camelot code, and measures integrated LUFS, true peak, crest factor, and a 10-band frequency curve on import. Combine filters in one bar, play the shortlist in order, and drag the right track straight onto your DAW timeline.
Watched folders (⇧⌘R)
Point ARADAR at your music and bounce folders once. New tracks show up on launch or when you press Find new, and files under 60 seconds are skipped by default so sample loops stay out.
Key, Camelot, BPM & LUFS
Stack filters for Genre, Artist, Note, Camelot code (1A–12B), Label, BPM range, LUFS, or Never played. Narrow thousands of local files down to the three references that match your session key and tempo.
Drag straight into your DAW
Drag any row into Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, or Cubase. Your DAW receives the original AIFF, WAV, or FLAC from disk – no copies, no folder clutter, and no changes to your embedded ID3 tags.
Check mono, phone, and single bands at one loudness
Play AIFF, WAV, FLAC, MP3, and M4A files natively with key, Camelot code, BPM, and integrated LUFS on screen. Turn on Match loudness on playback (−14 LUFS default) so a loud commercial master is turned down to match your work in progress without touching the file.
Scrub the waveform, loop a drop, solo any of six frequency bands (0–80 Hz sub up to 5–20 kHz air), or fold to mono, side, and a 300–4,000 Hz phone speaker. Active checks stay latched as you click between tracks.
See which labels your track sounds like
Every label with three or more releases in your library gets an automatic sound profile built from its real audio: median 10-band frequency curve, ±1σ corridor, average BPM, integrated LUFS, and crest factor.
When your own bounce is ready, mark it as My Track to rank your labels by a transparent 4-axis match score (40% frequency balance, 25% loudness, 20% tempo, 15% genre).
Check your curve against the label, then log the submission
Overlay your finished track against any label’s ±1σ frequency corridor or a custom curve built from three or more favorite references. See immediately whether your sub or top end sits inside the label’s normal range before you export your final master.
Once you send the demo, log the label, submission date, private link, and response status (Draft, Submitted, Responded, Accepted, Released) so you never lose track of where a song is out.
Questions producers ask first
How do music producers organize reference tracks on a Mac?
Point ARADAR at your music and bounce folders. On import, ARADAR reads artist, label, genre, BPM, and key from your tags, computes the Camelot code (1A–12B), and measures integrated LUFS, loudness range, true peak, crest factor, and a 10-band frequency curve. You can stack filters by any field, play the shortlist at matched loudness (−14 LUFS), and drag the original file straight onto your DAW timeline.
Can I use ARADAR as my everyday music player?
Yes. ARADAR plays AIFF, WAV, FLAC, MP3, and M4A files natively with BPM, key, Camelot code, integrated LUFS, and a full waveform scrubber in the player bar. You can loop sections, solo any of six frequency bands, fold to mono, side, or a 300–4,000 Hz phone speaker, and match loudness across tracks without opening a DAW.
How can I compare my track to a record label’s sound?
When a label has three or more releases in your library, ARADAR builds a sound profile from their median 10-band frequency curve, ±1σ corridor, and real ranges for BPM, LUFS, and crest factor. Mark your bounce as My Track to overlay your spectrum against that corridor and see a 4-axis match score (40% frequency balance, 25% loudness, 20% tempo, 15% genre).
Does ARADAR copy, move, or re-tag my audio files?
No. ARADAR indexes your files in place using macOS security-scoped bookmarks and stores ratings, notes, and custom tags in its own local database. Dragging a row into Ableton, Logic, Pro Tools, or Cubase hands the original file to your DAW with no duplicate copies.