Sononym Changelog

What's new in Sononym 1.5.5

Apr 17, 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)

  • 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 1.5.3 (Dec 9, 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 28, 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 (link)
  • Fixed: An active similarity search might fail after upgrade (link)
  • Fixed: Advance renaming not always applied to files in search results (link)

New in Sononym 1.5.1 (Nov 22, 2023)

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

New in Sononym 1.5.0 (Nov 6, 2023)

  • Here are the most important new features at a glance:
  • 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 1.4.1 (Oct 11, 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)

  • Fixed: ASIO buffer size sometimes changing on launch.
  • Fixed: stability improvements, particularly on macOS.
  • Fixed: under some circumstances, a missing library could not be located.
  • Fixed: focus not retained after renaming items in project.
  • Fixed: assets deleted in explore mode not pulled when browsing root path.
  • Fixed: project folder tree shortcuts for expanding/collapsing nodes.
  • Fixed: quoted (literal) search terms not always preserved on location change.
  • Fixed: unable to drag files with broken links around in projects.
  • Fixed: changing more than 5000 favorites at once would throw an error.
  • Changed: Alt modifier to scroll-lock is replaced with “always lock to selected”.
  • Added: Offline documentation in PDF format (available from help menu).
  • Added: Improvements to how missing/moved-around libraries are handled.
  • Added: [Projects] drag a file onto an empty panel to create a new project
  • Several usability tweaks and improvements under the hood.

New in Sononym 1.3.0 (Nov 25, 2021)

  • Fixed: Emojis in filenames could break sample playback
  • Fixed: “Date modified” sometimes showing wrong time
  • Fixed: Incorrect certificate validation for update server
  • Fixed: Thesaurus could pick up wrong terms
  • Fixed: (Windows) Incorrectly labelled keyboard shortcuts
  • Fixed: Various minor bugs and inconsistencies
  • Improvement: Make crawler recognize relative symlinks
  • Improvement: Retain selected file on app relaunch
  • Improvement: Additional shortcuts for Waveform-panel
  • Change: Unfixed some columns in the search results
  • Change: Skip certain system folders in macOS 10.15 and newer
  • Change: Tweak note column appearance

New in Sononym 1.0.4 (Nov 23, 2018)

  • Follow-up to 1.0.3 with additional bugfixes

New in Sononym 1.0.3 (Nov 23, 2018)

  • Improved Pitch Detection accuracy, bugfixes

New in Sononym 1.0.2 (Sep 27, 2018)

  • General improvements to performance and stability