01 · You Choose One Destination

• Keep the SAUCE library on your Mac, inside any folder or on an external drive
• Sauce remembers the selected location the next time it opens
• Choose a new location and Sauce offers a complete, resumable library transfer before switching
• The old library and every original source file remain untouched

02 · You Drop the Ingredients

• Drop individual files, complete folders or years of forgotten samples
• Accepts XPM, WAV, MP3, M4A, AIF and AIFF
• Add more before starting—or click the drop zone to choose in Finder
• Mixed folders are welcome

03 · It Opens the Old Context

• Reads sample references inside MPC XPM drum programs and sample-based presets
• Releases their audio from the original pad order and package
• Adds every resolvable sound to the same Curiosity Engine as loose audio
• Old programs become new ingredients instead of sealed archives

04 · It Listens, Cleans & Sorts

• Combines filename clues, folder context and one shared confidence-scored waveform analysis
• Uses a compact offline classifier trained on almost 2,000 carefully sorted real-world samples
• Recognizes kicks, snares, claps, hi-hats, cymbals, percussion, bass, loops and tonal sounds
• Stores versioned analysis results in the library instead of repeatedly guessing
• Converts everything to stereo-capable 44.1 kHz / 16-bit PCM WAV
• Normalizes generated audio to a dependable level
• Uses audio fingerprints to keep true duplicates out

05 · It Creates New Relationships

• Reshuffles loose sounds and recovered XPM ingredients into fresh musical contexts
• Balances useful drum roles with deliberate wildcards instead of blind randomness
• Prefers combinations your library has not heard before
• The same folder can reveal a different result on another drop

06 · It Re-Sauces a Studio Jam

• Recognizes recordings of one minute or longer as a Jam Surprise
• Archives the untouched original as Jam MM-DD-YYYY-XX inside SAMPLES/Jams
• Listens across the full performance without loading the entire recording into memory at once
• Finds transients, phrases and loosely repeating musical moments without quantizing them
• Keeps timing drift, pickups and imperfect loop points; only tiny edge fades prevent clicks
• Mixes those moments with underused drums from the existing library
• Creates 16 new HOT SAUCE kits while every existing kit remains untouched

11 · It Leaves One Clean Library

SAUCE/
├── SAMPLES/
│   └── Jams/
├── MPC SAMPLE KITS/
├── MPC KITS/
├── MPC PRESETS/
├── HOT SAUCE MPC SAMPLE KITS/
└── HOT SAUCE MPC KITS/

• Sorts accepted WAV files into clear musical categories
• Numbers samples consistently without overwriting existing files
• Names every new kit and preset with two peaceful words from different worlds
• Remembers what has already met and keeps the library growing over time
• Turns sample management into a by-product of making something new

OTTER CIRCUIT KIT · MANGO SATURN KIT · PIXEL ORCHID PRESET

12 · It Keeps the Experience Simple

• One destination chooser, one drop zone and one action
• Clear estimates before processing and real pipeline phases while Sauce works
• Measured progress, safe cancellation and rollback
• No account and no subscription
• Standalone macOS app for Apple Silicon and macOS 13 or later