Sononym Changelog

What's new in Sononym 1.5.5

Apr 9, 2024
  • Added: Remove non-existing folders during refresh of library
  • Changed: In audio config, audio outputs are enumerated from 1 instead of 0.
  • Changed: Removed a couple of synchroneous I/O calls
  • Fixed: A project folder can appear with the wrong name
  • Fixed: Drag to create initial project can create invalid link
  • Fixed: Unable to change/override category of samples using menu
  • Fixed: Moving content around within library might create ‘ghost folder’

New in Sononym 1.5.4 (Mar 27, 2024)

  • Added: auto-detection of pointing device (touch or mouse input) when scrolling.
  • Added: ability to route outgoing audio to specific channels
  • Changed: Avoid jump to top when overriding category while category filter is active
  • Changed: Made it harder to accidentally start selection in waveform-display.
  • Changed: Improved performance of some file-operations.
  • Fixed: Problem when using Big Sur on a M1-based machine
  • Fixed: Large/unexpected metadata chunk can cause app freeze
  • Fixed: Maintain initially selected file when entering a folder
  • Fixed: An empty project folder can get the wrong path when pasted
  • Fixed: Failure to compute similarity when file isn’t yet indexed
  • Fixed: Custom entries in Thesaurus cleared when installing update
  • Fixed: A few minor issues when merging folders

New in Sononym 1.5.3 (Dec 8, 2023)

  • Added: Additional tokens and modifiers (trim, folder access)
  • Added: Drag files onto category panel for quick assignment
  • Added: Projects: ‘Auto-reveal in Sononym Browser’ option
  • Changed: Option to disable Thesaurus (synonyms) in search
  • Changed: Explore mode will skip files starting with “._”
  • Fixed: Unable to exclude a term with associated synonyms
  • Fixed: Dragging file outside app can move it once focus returns
  • Fixed: “Reveal in Sononym browser” would sometimes select wrong file
  • Fixed: Projects: “Reveal in Finder/Explorer” would reveal source file
  • Fixed: Projects: Drag-dropping a folder onto itself would rename it
  • Fixed: Project: unable to generate unique name for pre-numbered files

New in Sononym 1.5.2 (Nov 29, 2023)

  • Added: Option to automatically follow system theme on Windows/macOS
  • Changed: Slightly more contrast for the light theme
  • Changed: Bring back old arrow-key seek behavior
  • Fixed: An active similarity search might fail after upgrade
  • Fixed: Advance renaming not always applied to files in search results

New in Sononym 1.5.1 (Nov 22, 2023)

  • Fixed: Mangled metadata can cause crash on Windows
  • Fixed: Dragging cropped region into folder tree cause blank screen
  • Fixed: A missing asset will prevent applying naming profiles
  • Fixed: “Drop overlay” sometimes appear when selecting files quickly
  • Fixed: Rename dialog: offering to mount location is no-op
  • Fixed: Layout not always adjusted when resizing similarity panel
  • Fixed: Inconsequential warnings in status bar (don’t show)
  • Fixed: Sometimes, rename dialog doesn’t allow submitting
  • Fixed: “Resetting” name of items in Project not always possible

New in Sononym 1.5.0 (Nov 7, 2023)

  • New audio server with “stream-from-disk”
  • Support for embedded metadata (artist, genre, etc.)
  • Ability to move, copy and rename files & folders
  • Advanced/Batch Renaming (imprint files with all kinds of data)
  • Customizable table layout (change column order, size)
  • Native Apple Silicon Support
  • Additional playback options
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

New in Sononym 1.4.2 (Dec 2, 2022)

  • Fixed: Broken migration of configuration files

New in Sononym 1.4.1 (Dec 2, 2022)

  • Fixed: Apostrophe in path could lead to library not mounting
  • Fixed: App crashed when certain paths didn’t exist in OS
  • Fixed: Random select/play broken while browsing multiple libraries

New in Sononym 1.4.0 (Oct 7, 2022)

  • Search Across Libraries
  • Find Duplicate Samples
  • Filter By Multiple Categories
  • Edit BPM & Note Properties
  • Hide From Search Results
  • Search: Exclude Term
  • Additional Search Preferences
  • Additional Columns in Search-Results
  • New keyboard shortcuts
  • Other notable fixes and improvements

New in Sononym 1.3.1 (Oct 7, 2022)

  • Fixed: Potential layout shift when side-panel contains many items
  • Fixed: Crop-on-drag: audio encoding not supported by Ableton Live
  • Fixed: Right-arrow not triggering preview in results-table
  • Fixed: Shortcut for deleting files without prompt not working

New in Sononym 1.3.0 (Oct 7, 2022)

  • Faster Access to Libraries
  • Select and Search/Export Audio Regions
  • Favorites, Quick and Simple
  • System Clipboard Support
  • New Columns: Date Added, Crest Factor
  • Tweaked Filter Panels
  • Better Handling of Missing Files and Folders
  • New keyboard shortcuts
  • Other tweaks and bug fixes

New in Sononym 1.2.2 (Nov 24, 2021)

  • Fixed: Retain cursor position in results when deleting
  • Fixed: Guard against crashes while stepping through results
  • Fixed: Occasional crashes when quitting app during startup
  • Fixed: Auto-complete in search input could produce invalid text
  • Fixed: (mac) ‘Internal Portaudio Error’ on some systems
  • Fixed: (mac) Unable to ‘select all’ in text fields using keyboard
  • Fixed: (win) Command-line args not always passed on to app
  • Fixed: (win) Installer looking blurry on high-DPI screens
  • Tweak: Place samples that failed to analyse last in search results
  • Tweak: Submit search query on Return (don’t auto-complete)

New in Sononym 1.2.1 (Nov 24, 2021)

  • Fixed: top of GUI could disappear (“layout shift”)
  • Fixed: crash when drag-dropping folders within a collection
  • Fixed: (win) crash on doubleclick of some titlebar regions
  • Fixed: (win) ensure unique names for new collections

New in Sononym 1.2.0 (Nov 29, 2020)

  • Modernized Internals
  • Improved Text Search (Synonyms)
  • Additional Filename Columns
  • More Configurable Collections
  • Faster Audio Previews
  • Smooth Scroll on Touch/Trackpads
  • Improved Drag-Drop on Windows
  • Other Tweaks and Bugfixes

New in Sononym 1.1.1 (Sep 13, 2019)

  • This maintenance release fixes a number of issues which got reported since the launch of Sononym 1.1.

New in Sononym 1.1.0 (Aug 27, 2019)

  • Drag and drop of multiple files
  • Filter by notes across octaves
  • Shuffle/Randomize Search Results
  • Manually Override Classes & Categories
  • Remove/Delete Files and Folders
  • “Scroll-locking” During Similarity Search

New in Sononym 1.0.4 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed: possible crash while exploring folders with special characters (all platforms).
  • Fixed: drag-and-drop behaviour when dragging file out of the application and immediately back in.
  • Fixed: export behavior for collections should never schedule more than one export.
  • Fixed: similarity search from the waveform player didn’t work with files from a collection.
  • Fixed: similarity search from a collection could fail when the file originated from an unmounted library.
  • Fixed: sometimes, the explore tab could show content from the home folder instead of the selected location.
  • Fixed: fixed an missing .dll file issue that affected some Windows 10 installations.
  • Fixed (1.0.4): similarity search could fail when having indexed files with 1.0.3 on an ‘old’ database.
  • Fixed (1.0.4): don’t create a copy when importing a collection which is already in the Collections folder.
  • Fixed (1.0.4): similarity search from a collection could fail when source file was missing.
  • Fixed (1.0.4): replacing files in a collection could fail when moving between folders.

New in Sononym 1.0.2 (Sep 27, 2018)

  • General improvements to performance and stability

New in Sononym 1.0.1 (Aug 24, 2018)

  • Fixed: file scanning could stop prematurely when encountering certain types of corrupted audio files.