User Interface Reference

Overview

The navigation bar at the top of the app provides access to all major features.

AI Assistant — chat-based sample discovery and production help
Library — your full collection with search, filters, Sound Profile, and the Map, Circle, and Scatter views
Settings — directories, processing, AI, billing, account

Workspace Selector — switch between workspaces; the active workspace’s BPM and key are applied to playback automatically
Directory Drawer — folder icon opens the File Browser with your configured sample directories
System Status — opens the Library status panel showing per-stage processing counts (Total, Analyzed, Classified, Uploaded, Enriched, Embedded, plus Failed when relevant), cloud sync state, and the most recent entries from the Activity Log. Includes a pause/resume control and Analysis Speed slider while processing is active. See Adding & Managing Samples for what each stage unlocks
Subscription Info — current plan and a low-pool indicator. Click to open Billing & Usage
Help & feedback — single dialog for docs, changelog, shortcuts, bug reports, feature requests, and Discord (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+/)

Link — enables Ableton Link and auto-enables Tempo Lock
Tempo Lock — time-stretches every sample with detected tempo to a global BPM
Key Lock — transposes every sample with a detected key to a target key

Pin Window — keeps Sample Vault on top of other applications. The navigation bar becomes more compact when pinned
Drag handle — when pinned, drag the grip in the center of the navigation bar to move the window
Resize — works like any other window, pinned or not

Right-click any sample anywhere in the app for the full action set.

Sample Info — full metadata, tags, technical details
Edit Sample — modify metadata (only on samples you uploaded or as admin)
Quick property editors — change Key, Scale, Tempo, Creator, Sample pack, Type (loop/one-shot), or Category without opening the full editor. Creator and Sample pack open a searchable picker; Tempo suggests your library’s most common BPMs
Tags / Genres — add/remove dialogs that mirror the Sample Info picker. Right-click any chip in the filter rail or Sample Info pane to Rename or Delete it across your whole library
Classify sample — re-run AI audio tagging without redoing local analysis
Add/Remove from Favorites
Copy to Clipboard — copy the file for pasting into your DAW
Open File Location — jump to the sample’s folder on disk or in the Library

Discovery — Find similar samples, What genre is this, Suggest complementary samples
Creative — Create a beat using this, Suggest arrangement ideas, Help me layer this
Analysis — Analyze the musical characteristics, What key is this in, Describe the mood