FoleyDock: a small sound-design workbench

FoleyDock is the tool I wanted between Explorer and a DAW. Most game SFX work starts as a pile of almost-right sounds. You listen, trim the useful bit, maybe stack a few layers, and export before the idea cools off.

I do not think the interesting part is that it can do everything. It cannot, and that is kind of the point. The browser, waveform, and export path stay close because those are the parts I kept reaching for.

The browser is where most of the time goes. Search results, local folders, and a waveform preview stay on screen together because the painful part is comparing ten similar impacts without losing your place.

A sparse media gallery would look cleaner, but it would be worse at the job. SFX libraries are messy. Filenames matter. Duration matters. Quick comparison matters more than making every file feel like a card.

The timeline is there when a single trim is not enough. Drop in a clip, layer another sound, line it up to a reference video, mark a range, export. That is the lane.

I think of it as a scratchpad. If a sound turns into a real mix session, move it to a DAW. FoleyDock is for the first pass, where speed matters more than having every knob.

You can actually try it out in our alpha sale on itch.io! If you cant afford it, just email me. me@austincrane.us