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Resonic vs Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer)

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When comparing Resonic vs Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer), the Slant community recommends Resonic for most people. In the question“What are the best power user tools for Windows?” Resonic is ranked 33rd while Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) is ranked 48th.

Specs

PlatformsWindows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (32 and 64-bit)

DevelopmentStalled

LicenseProprietary

Minimum free storage11 MB (Player), 50 MB+ recommended

PortableNo

Release DateMarch 21, 2019

PlatformsWindows

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Pros

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Portable version available

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Clean interface

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Fast

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Lightweight

About 8 MB, and about 11 MB with the integrated Soundfont for its MIDI playback synthesizer. Native application, no dependencies (no .NET runtime).

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Has a waveform seekbar and analyzers

Has a big single-click waveform seekbar and three real-time analyzer visualizations by default.

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Pure sound

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Supports all formats

WAV, BWF, RF64, AIFF, AIFC, FLAC, APE, ALAC, WV, TTA, DSF, DFF, MP3, MP2, MP1, M4A, MP4, AAC, MPC, MP+, OGG, OPUS, SPX, WMA, WMA Pro, WMA Lossless, MP4, WMV, AVI (certain codecs), MID, RMI, KAR, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD

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WASAPI/ASIO support

High-end audio cards can be easily used to their full potential without any additional software due to WASAPI (Player and Pro) and ASIO (Pro) support.

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Most actions can be done with a single click

Most actions can be done without having to double-click. Things like navigating folders, playing files, seeking audio, changing volume are all done with a single-click.

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Highly manageable multiple windows

Every window can be separately customized. You can choose between different views from 1 to 4 windows, and every window can have multiple tabs!

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You can view 4 windows simultaneously

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You can use tabs in every window

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Portable

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Free

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Does not use a lot of RAM

Q-dir with 4 windows and with 4 tabs in every window uses only 39mb of RAM on Win10x64.

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Fast and stable

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Very customizable

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Q-Dir allows you to save folder combinations as a favourite to open any time

Up to 64 folder combinations can be saved in a favorite, since each of the four windows is equipped with tabs (ie 4 x 16 tabs 4 x Tree View plus 4 x Address Bar).