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questions · bugs · feedbackTell us your macOS or iPadOS version, the audio format, and the exact action that failed. Please do not attach private recordings unless you intentionally want to share them.
The short answers.
capture · slices · library · AUv3No. Decoding, waveform analysis, granular playback, slicing, capture, and Sample Brain search run locally. Ohms Sample has no account, analytics, advertising, telemetry, or cloud audio service.
In the macOS standalone app, choose Sample anything or press Option-Shift-S, grant Screen & System Audio Recording if asked, let the Mac audio you want play, then choose Freeze capture. Ohms Sample keeps up to the last 60 seconds in memory and loads the frozen audio into the slicer.
Load a sample, then drag a numbered vertical marker on the waveform. The 16 pads update immediately. Pad playback is non-destructive and never edits the source file.
Choose Add sample folder. Ohms Sample reads audio headers locally and indexes filenames, folders, format, and measured duration into SQLite FTS5. Unchanged files are skipped on later scans. Type ordinary words in the search field; raw search operators are never passed to SQLite.
Load and slice a sample in the standalone app, choose Sync AUv3, then insert Ohms Sample as an instrument in a compatible host. MIDI notes C3 through D-sharp 4 trigger slices 1 through 16. Master Gain and Reverse are automatable and saved with the host project.
Ohms Sample is planned as a $24.99 one-time universal purchase for macOS and iPadOS. There is no subscription or in-app purchase.