Ma Musique is available on the Mac App Store. After purchase, click Get and the app will download and install automatically. You can find it in your Applications folder or via Launchpad.
When you open Ma Musique for the first time, the library will be empty. Ma Musique works with music stored anywhere on your Mac — it does not copy or move your files. You are in full control of where your music lives.
To add music to your library:
Tip: Ma Musique watches your music folders for changes. When you add new files to an existing folder, they will appear in the library automatically.
The main window is split into two panels:
The playback toolbar runs along the bottom and provides transport controls, volume, and the progress scrubber.
Click the album artwork thumbnail in the toolbar to open the Now Playing view. This large floating window shows:
For a more compact experience, open the Mini Player from the Window menu. It provides essential playback controls in a small, unobtrusive window.
Use the volume slider in the toolbar to adjust playback volume. Click the speaker icon to mute or unmute; Ma Musique remembers the previous volume level when you unmute.
Click or drag anywhere on the progress bar to seek to that position in the track.
Click the Shuffle button to play songs in a random order. When shuffle is active, Ma Musique picks a random song from the queue after each track ends.
Click the Repeat button to loop the current song indefinitely. Click again to turn it off.
Double-click any song in the playlist or library to start playing it immediately.
Use the view selector at the top of the library panel to switch between:
Type in the Search field (top-right of the library panel) to filter by title, artist, or album. Results update as you type.
Ma Musique automatically detects cover art stored alongside your music files (common image filenames like cover.jpg, folder.jpg, front.png, etc.). If an album folder contains multiple images — for example scans of the CD, back cover, and booklet — they will all be displayed in the Now Playing view, cycling every 5 seconds with a smooth fade transition.
Note: Embedded artwork inside MP3/FLAC tags is also supported and will be displayed if no image files are found in the album folder.
To remove a root folder from your library, right-click it in the Folder view and choose Remove from Library. This only removes the folder from Ma Musique's index — your files are not deleted.
There are several ways to add music to the queue (right panel):
Tip: Dragging an entire album inserts all its tracks in album order.
Drag songs up or down in the playlist panel to reorder them. The currently playing song is highlighted; reordering does not interrupt playback.
Right-click a song (or selection) in the library and choose Play Next to insert it directly after the currently playing track, without disrupting the rest of the queue.
.m3u-compatible) so they remain portable.Ma Musique includes a built-in tag editor so you can fix or complete the metadata of your music files without leaving the app.
Right-click a song (or a selection of songs) in the library or playlist and choose Edit Tags… The tag editor window will open.
Select multiple songs before opening the tag editor to edit them all at once. Fields left blank will not overwrite the existing values, so you can, for example, update only the Artist field for an entire album in one step.
Click Lookup on MusicBrainz in the tag editor to search the MusicBrainz database for accurate metadata for the selected track. Review the results and apply the ones you want.
Ma Musique includes a multi-band parametric equalizer powered by the macOS AVAudioEngine.
Go to Window > Equalizer (or use the toolbar button) to open the equalizer panel.
Tip: To restore a flat response, set all band gains back to 0 dB.
Crossfade smoothly blends the end of one track into the beginning of the next, eliminating silence between songs.
Use the Crossfade Duration slider to set how many seconds the fade overlap lasts. Shorter values (2–3 s) suit most music; longer values (5–8 s) create a more DJ-style blend.
When the playlist reaches its last song, you can optionally have Ma Musique fade out the audio gracefully instead of stopping abruptly. Enable this in the same Player preferences pane.
Open preferences via Ma Musique > Preferences… (⌘ ,).
Configure general application behaviour such as what happens when you close the main window.
Advanced logging options for troubleshooting. These are not normally needed in everyday use.
Ma Musique places a small icon in the macOS menu bar (top-right of your screen). Click it to access a quick-control menu without switching to the main window:
The menu also shows the currently playing song title and artist.
A real-time audio spectrum analyzer can be displayed in the status bar, giving a visual representation of the frequency content of the audio as it plays.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Play / Pause | Space |
| Stop | ⌘ . |
| Next Track | ⌘ → |
| Previous Track | ⌘ ← |
| Rewind 10 s | ⌘ ↓ |
| Forward 10 s | ⌘ ↑ |
| Preferences | ⌘ , |
cover.jpg or folder.jpg in each album folder for automatic detection.Ma Musique supports MP3 and FLAC audio files.
If you encounter any issues or have questions, please reach out to Snow Line Software support. We offer fanatical support — we genuinely want your experience to be great.