Getting started
1. Install
Download the build for your platform from the Download page and run the installer.
- macOS. Drag Audeeport into Applications.
- Windows. Run the
.msi. Click “More info” then “Run anyway” if SmartScreen complains. The installer is signed but reputation builds with installs. - Linux.
sudo dpkg -i audeeport_*.debor use your distribution’s package manager.
If macOS Gatekeeper blocks the first launch with “Apple cannot check it for malicious software,” right-click the app and choose Open, or unblock it in System Settings > Privacy & Security.
2. Activate
Open Audeeport. On the welcome screen, paste the license key from your account and give the device a name. Audeeport verifies the key offline. It doesn’t need to phone home to play music.
You can activate up to three devices simultaneously. Move freely between machines from your account.
3. Add your music
Settings > Library > Add Folder. Point Audeeport at one or more music folders. Your Music directory, an external drive, a NAS mount, anywhere your files live. Nothing is copied or moved.
Audeeport scans tags first and falls back to your folder structure. Album art is found in the album folder, in an Artwork/ subfolder, or one level up. CD1 / CD2 / Disc N subfolders are handled automatically.
A scan estimate appears before any long scan starts. If you quit mid-scan, you can pick up where you left off on the next launch.
4. (Optional) Verify your library
If your tags are messy (common with rips from CDs or downloads from less-careful sources), open the album action bar and choose Analyze. Audeeport queries online music databases against your tags and falls back to audio fingerprinting when text matching fails. You review the results album by album. Nothing writes until you say so, and you can choose between writing to the library only or to the file tags as well.
5. Pick your output
Settings > Audio > Output device. Audeeport lists your built-in audio, USB DACs, Bluetooth devices, and AirPlay / Cast targets. Pick one. The engine will negotiate sample rate per track.
If you’re on macOS and want bit-perfect playback to a DAC, check Exclusive output in Audio settings. Audeeport will hog the device, switch its sample rate per track, and warn you on screen any time volume, EQ, or DSP would alter the signal.
6. Set up your EQ
Settings > EQ. Pick a built-in preset to start, or skip if you want flat. The EQ is a 10 or 31-band parametric. Frequency, gain (±12 dB), and Q on every band. Preset switches are smooth-ramped so you’ll never hear a click.
If you have a parametric headphone correction file (Filter Type: PK / Fc / Q / Gain format), drag it onto the EQ panel to import.
Transport and shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Play / pause |
| Cmd + Right | Next track |
| Cmd + Left | Previous track |
| Cmd + Up / Down | Volume up / down (5%) |
| Arrow keys | Navigate album grid |
| Return | Open highlighted album |
| Cmd + , | Settings |
| Cmd + Q | Quit |
| Cmd + M | Minimise |
The full list is in Keyboard shortcuts.
Where to go next
- Importing and ripping. Bring over an iTunes or Music.app library, or rip CDs straight to disk.
- Audio engine. The technical details.
- Equalizer. Output profiles and per-peripheral curves.
- Skins. Themes and view modes.