freesound.org command line tool. It's pretty shit right now but improvements will happen.
I mainly use this with https://github.com/yaxu/tidal, so it only searches for wav files right now. I may allow other filetypes in the future with an options flag.
###Installation
You better have Ruby installed.
You'll also need to have a freesound.org API key. Once you have that, run export FREESOUND_API_KEY=whateveryourapikeyis, or stick that line in whichever dotfile you use for that sort of thing.
Preparations complete, clone the repo to somewhere: git clone git@github.com:revdan/fs.git
cd to that folder, and gem install commander freesound_ruby awesome_print os httparty terminal-table. I'd recommend RVM for gem management if you don't already use it.
Last of all, let's make an alias so we don't have to type those 4 extra letters each time: alias fs=~/path/to/fs/fstool
Test it works: fs grep dubstep
###Usage
####grep
fs grep <keywords>
Search for a wav file using the given keywords. Returns id | length | title.
This will include all, rather than combinations of keywords. For example, fs grep dubstep 140 will most likely find dubstep samples at 140BPM, rather than dubstep or 140BPM samples. If you want to search for two things, do two searches.
####info
fs info <id>
Prints all the attributes for a given sample.
####play
fs play <id>
Plays a lower-quality preview of the sample. Currently afplay for OS X, and mplayer for Linux (although I'd be happy to take suggestions on the matter).
####dl
fs dl <id>
Downloads the original wav file. It will ask for a directory but at the moment only supports directories below the current one. I'd recommend running this in your base samples directory, so you can create subdirectories grouped by names of your choosing. Again, this is on my list of things to improve.
####anal
fs anal <id>
Provides some basic sample analyis, obviously. Currently centered around what I find useful - mainly bpm and key.
####img
fs img <id>
Previews the sample's waveform. Uses quicklook in OS X (so you can hit space to get out again), and eog on Linux.
Happy hacking! 🎹