INTRODUCTION TO HARBOR AUDIO MANAGER

The Harbor Audio Manager (“Harbor”) is a unique and powerful suite of tools for playing, organizing and managing digital audio files stored on your Windows98 or Windows2000 computer and  computer network.

Designed for digital audio professionals and serious digital audio hobbyists, Harbor's full-featured tools are integrated into a fast, fun and easy-to-use interface which works with a multitude of audio file formats including WAV, MP3, MIDI, AU, AIFF and SND.

All of the integrated tools included within this single application are available on two main display windows, the Launcher window and the Playlist window. The roster of tools includes:

QUICK LAUNCHER
Keeps up to twenty of your favorite or most used audio clips in “Quick Launch” presets, allowing you to play back any of these twenty files with just a single mouse click or keyboard function key press. Keep your favorite songs, station IDs or sound effects just a click or key press away.

LAUNCH GROUPS TOOL
Organize your audio files into a fully customizable “Explorer-style” tree view organizer. Group your files by artist, sponsor, file type, subject, purpose or any type of grouping you desire for fast and easy playback access to any or all of your audio files with just a couple of easy mouse clicks.

DB VIEWER
Harbor automatically maintains a fully searchable inventory and database of all digital audio files and audio playlist files on your computer and computer network. Use Harbor's DB Viewer for fast and easy one-click “drill-down” access to all of your audio files by file type or storage location (or both!). The DB Viewer allows you find, playback and view all these details for any audio file anywhere on your network within seconds via a clickable display that is ridiculously easy to use.

SEARCH ENGINE
 Use the DB Viewer's powerful built-in search engine to quickly find any audio files on your computer or network based on your own custom database notes, standard file attributes, and "chunk" information embedded in the audio files themselves. Simply type in full or partial words, names, phrases etc. into a single search box, and Harbor's smart fuzzy search engine will display any and all audio files on your network or PC that match, putting the best matches at the top of the list.

PLAYLIST EDITOR/PLAYER
A full-featured, Winamp-compatible playlist editor/player/jukebox allowing you to create, edit, manage or playback any and all of your audio playlists from a single screen. All of your playlists are listed on one screen; just click on a playlist to view its contents, edit it or play it back.  And all playlists created or edited in Harbor are fully compatible with  Winamp or any other application that accepts Winamp-compatible playlist files; no "exporting" of files out of Harbor is necessary like it is in many other jukebox players.

WAVEFORM EDITOR
Harbor can link to your favorite sound editing program. With the click of one button, you can launch any waveform editor program such as Sound Forge or Cool Edit Pro, and in most cases even have the audio file currently displayed in Harbor automatically loaded into the editor when it was launched. 

 

All contents of the Harbor Audio Manager application, including the executable program and all text, graphics and files used in the program and its help documentation are copyrighted by its author. All rights reserved.

“Harbor”, “Harbor Audio Manager”, “QuickLaunch” and  “QuickLauncher” are trademarks of SouthSIDE Multimedia Productions and Glen J. Stephan. “Microsoft” and “Windows” are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. “Winamp” Is a trademark of Nullsoft. RealJukebox is a trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. “Sound Forge” is a trademark of Sonic Foundry. “Cool Edit” is a trademark of Syntrillium Software.