A folder becomes a landscape.
Point the desktop app at your sample library. It analyses your audio and maps the relationships, while keeping your original files intact.
A new perspective on your sample library
Less searching.
More finding.
Your next idea is already in your library. Sample Hop connects sounds that belong together, so you can follow your ears somewhere new.
Your own samples. Analysed locally. Ready to explore.
↗ Follow a sound. Find an idea.SONIC NEIGHBOURSONE HOP AWAY
◉ Explore by sound⌁ Hear the connections▦ Build a kit↗ Take it into your DAW
Don't just look. Listen.
A little library.
A lot of possibilities.
This is the desktop app's actual viewer, running in your browser. Click a sound and see where it takes you.
Assembling your sound map…300 real sounds. The real desktop interface.
START SOMEWHERE
CC0 audio from Freesound creators · Credits · Browser MP3 previewsClick to listen Tab next similar sound S keep it
From a folder to a flow
Stop remembering filenames.
Start making connections.
One good sound leads to another.
Audition a sample, then hop to its sonic neighbours. Search by name or character, explore groups, and narrow things down by tempo or key.
Try a sound in the preview ↗Keep the happy accidents.
Collect favourites in a basket, try sounds together, and export a selection for your DAW. The map is the beginning of the track.
Explore the basket ↗Discovery is an instrument
Go from “what if”
to “that works”.
There is more here than a pretty map. Play a kit, explore a different arrangement, or hear samples in the context of your project.
Tap the pads to hear eight sounds from the demo library. Open the live app to build and play your own kit.
Try Kit in the live app ↗THE DISCOVERY KIT● LIVE AUDIO
Tap a pad. Start something.8 SOUNDS / CC0
The whole picture
Made for your library.
Built for your ears.
Local by design
Your desktop library is analysed on your computer.
Musical context
Explore tempo, key, timbre and sonic similarity.
Creative tools
Kit pads, a sketchpad, a list view and exports live alongside the map.
One shared viewer
The browser preview follows the desktop app's source.
What can I do in the live preview?
Play all 300 demo sounds, search names and analysed descriptors, hop along similarity links, change layouts and colours, filter by key or tempo, collect a basket, and explore Kit, Sketchpad and exports. This is the desktop viewer itself.
What needs the desktop app?
Mapping your own folders, running the sound model for new audio or microphone searches, watching library changes, native DAW dragging and Ableton Link need the desktop app. Browser similarity uses precomputed demo links. MIDI input and recording depend on browser support and permissions.
Are these real sounds?
Yes. This is the app's bundled 300-sound CC0 demo, from Freesound creators via FSL10K and FSD50K. The website uses MP3 previews; the desktop app uses your original files. See creator credits ↗
Can I still explore the big Freesound map?
The original interactive library is still here, including search, filters, similarity links, the basket and downloads. Open the Freesound map ↗
Where can I get Sample Hop?
Get the desktop app through the Microsoft Store for Windows, which handles installation and updates. Open the Store listing ↗
Your next idea.
Hiding in plain sound.
Give your sample folder a new way to surprise you.