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Curate vs Setliner™

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Curate compared with Setliner™
Detail Curate Setliner™
What it doesIntelligent sample manager for music producers with AI-powered auto-tagging and semantic search Free chord charts and setlists app with optional one-time purchases
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Pricing modelNot given Freemium
Pricing€69.99 excl. VAT (one-time purchase). Free trial available with full features capped at 150 samples and 1 library. 14-day money-back guarantee. Free core app. Optional features: Custom skins and emojis $4.99, Chord Builder $2.99, Linked devices $4.99, Popout displays $7.99, Practice $9.99. Bundles: Setliner™ Pro $14.99, Pro + Practice $22.99. Team plans: 5 seats $49.99, 10 seats $89.99, 5 seats with Practice $94.99, 10 seats with Practice $
Key features
  • Intelligent auto-tagging with AI detection of instrument, genre, key, BPM
  • Galaxy visualization with similar sounds clustered together
  • Works fully offline after license activation
  • Song library with search, tags and A-Z index
  • ChordPro, plain-text and PDF import and export
  • Live transposition and capo selection
  • Chart viewer with auto-scroll and Bluetooth foot-pedal control
  • Setlist creation with per-song key and capo overrides
  • Nashville numbers display system
  • Chord Builder for exploring voicings and overrides
  • Linked devices for synced playback across multiple screens
  • Custom annotations and markup tools
  • Practice mode with chord highlighting and tempo feedback
What makes it different
  • One-time purchase with no subscription or recurring fees
  • AI tagging built specifically for sample libraries, not general-purpose AI
  • Samples stay on your device; no data uploaded to servers
  • Native desktop application for macOS, Windows and Linux
  • Combines audio content, filename and folder context for accurate tagging
  • Free core app with no subscription or time limits
  • One-time purchase model instead of recurring subscriptions
  • Works offline with files stored in your chosen folder
  • Available across Windows, macOS, Linux and Android platforms
  • Hands-free control via Bluetooth foot pedals
Community votes00
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Trust Flow (Majestic)60
Citation Flow (Majestic)160
Referring domains (Majestic)50

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