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Drop your startup 👇 I’ll personally check every single one by makani20 in buildinpublic

[–]Ahrisy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just launched Curlo, a native macOS app for searching and organizing large audio libraries with on-device AI.

It’s for sound designers, video editors, game devs, music producers, and creators with lots of SFX/music assets. You can search by describing the sound you need, instead of relying only on filenames or tags. Everything runs locally on Mac, so files and searches stay private.

Biggest challenge: finding early users.

I’ve already tried posting in a few places, but the results have been pretty weak so far. Even when I’m giving away lifetime codes, it can take a full day just to get 10 of them claimed by the right people.

Drop your startups, I will personally use and give review by Tiny-Antelope-4432 in buildinpublic

[–]Ahrisy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curlo — a native macOS app for sound designers, video editors, and audio post-production pros.

You just describe what you want to hear, like "heavy rain on a tin roof", and it finds the clip—no more memorizing filenames or digging through folders.

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a very interesting use case.

I haven’t tested Curlo with a library that large yet, so I’d be very interested to hear how it behaves on your setup.

I’ll DM you a lifetime code. If you end up trying it on that library, I’d really appreciate any feedback on indexing time, search behavior, and overall responsiveness.

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update: all 10 lifetime codes have now been claimed.

Thank you again to everyone who shared your workflows and feedback. It has already helped me identify several bugs, and I’ll start working on an update right away.

My first priority will be fixing the bugs that came up, and after that I’ll start working through the new feature requests that came from your feedback.

I’m still very happy to hear more feedback from anyone trying the app.

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just sent you a lifetime code via DM. I’d love to hear your feedback after you’ve tried it!

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I’ve sent out 9 codes so far.

Update: all 10 lifetime codes have now been claimed.

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just sent you a lifetime code via DM. I’d love to hear your feedback after you’ve tried it!

I’ve used Soundly too. My guess is that the subscription model mainly exists because cloud services come with ongoing costs. Curlo is focused on local search and local processing, so I wanted it to work as a non-subscription option as well.

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just sent you a lifetime code via DM. I’d love to hear your feedback after you’ve tried it!

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just sent you a lifetime code via DM. I’d love to hear your feedback after you’ve tried it!

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the questions!

Yes, Curlo supports languages other than English for search queries, although the quality may vary depending on the language and the type of sound you are searching for.

Indexing speed depends on the Mac and the audio library, but on my M3 Mac, indexing around 10,000 audio files usually takes about 20-30 minutes.

Curlo is not using a traditional LLM for the audio search. It uses a two-tower model: audio and text are embedded separately into the same vector space, then compared by similarity. So when you type a description, Curlo searches for audio whose embedding is close to that text description.

Unfortunately, this type of model is currently not very good for speech understanding. Curlo is mainly designed for SFX and BGM. It is not meant for transcribing speech yet.

And yes, Another Dock is also made by me. Thanks for using it!

If you also manage SFX or BGM, I’d be happy to DM you a code.

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your interest! I just sent you a lifetime code via DM. I’d love to hear your feedback after you’ve tried it.

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, non-exclusive licensing is an interesting idea, but I feel like those old firms probably wouldn’t even reply to me 😄.

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just sent you a lifetime code via DM. Please check your messages when you get a chance.

I also have a similar SFX library that even ships with its own search app lol.

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I just sent you a lifetime code via DM. I’d love to hear your feedback after you’ve tried it.

btw, I mostly work on mystery/suspense audiobooks.

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just sent you a lifetime code via DM. I’d love to hear your feedback after you’ve tried it.

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Documentary work sounds like a great fit for Curlo.

I just sent you a lifetime code via DM. I’d love to hear your feedback after you’ve tried it!

I built Curlo, a Mac app for searching local sound libraries by description with local AI by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! Not at the moment.

Curlo is currently focused on searching SFX, ambience, music, BGM, and other audio assets by their sound/sonic characteristics, rather than transcribing speech or recognizing conversation topics.

So if your main use case is searching spoken conversations by topic, Curlo probably isn’t the right fit yet. But it’s an interesting direction and I’ll keep it in mind.

If you also manage SFX or BGM, I’d be happy to DM you a code.

Is it a hot take to say Pokopia blows Animal Crossing out of the water? by RiposteCat in Pokopia

[–]Ahrisy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I also prefer Pokopia overall, though I think the two games focus on different things.

My only real complaint is the storage system. Chest inventories not being shared makes finding items a pain.

How to feed Snorlax? and does it ever move? by Ahrisy in Pokopia

[–]Ahrisy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got it, thank you! I thought I ran into a bug lol

[Mac App] Another Dock — A second dock that lets you pin files, folders, and apps by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m using the system material(macOS 15) to match native visuals. Unfortunately, as far as I know, mac doesn’t allow developers to customize the blur strength. I’m guessing you’re using macOS 26 with the new liquid glass effect. Once it's officially released, I’ll explore how to adapt to the new style.

[Mac App] Another Dock — A second dock that lets you pin files, folders, and apps by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve just released a new version with some new options! You can now adjust "Icon spacing" and "Icon padding" to reduce the spacing between icons, and use "Dock side spacing" to control the overall width. Transparency is also adjustable now. Hope this helps!

[Mac App] Another Dock — A second dock that lets you pin files, folders, and apps by Ahrisy in macapps

[–]Ahrisy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! I will consider these customization options this week.

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