SOUNDINDX RELEASE NOTES

Channel EQ, Smart Snap, composition fades, Automation lanesLatest

• Channel EQ. The EQ chip opens a panel docked under the waveform: Lo-Cut, four bands and Hi-Cut on one curve. Drag a point for frequency and gain, scroll for Q, ⌥-click to bypass a band, double-click to reset it. A live analyzer shows what is playing, and the same EQ is rendered into every export.
• Smart Snap. Selection handles snap to the nearest transient or zero crossing as you drop them. Right-click the button for the mode and for sensitivity — Hard goes for kicks and snares, Soft catches the quiet onsets too.
• Fade the whole composition. Right-click the export card for Fade in composition / Fade out composition: the fade is applied to the finished result — five loop cycles get one fade in at the very start and one fade out at the very end. Exact times live in Settings › Export.
• One export card. The in-app card is now exactly the menu-bar card: same render, same right-click menu. The menu-bar card stays the default; show the in-app one from Settings if you want your menu bar back.
• Automation with lanes. Volume Automation is now Automation: right-click to pick the Volume or FX lane and draw on the waveform. Curve mode bends a segment between two points, and points can be added right on a bend. On the FX lane, drag the flat line to set the overall effect level.
• FX and Key Match in the transport. One FX button: click for the effect at full wet, right-click for the FX Slot. Key Match listens and sets the pitch for you once the key is stable.
• The selection stands out. A selected range gets a frame and everything outside it dims, so what you are working on is always the brightest thing on screen.
• Reverse Loop and Loop Cycles combine; arrow-key browsing keeps the selected row centred; Daylight got a redesigned waveform, list and active-tool state; FX tail in export moved to Settings › Export; Clip Selected Area keeps the loop inside the clip. The two-file Lead-in + loop option was removed from the card menu.

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Lead-in loops, auto-advance, Open Session

• Lead-in + loop, as two files. Turn it on from the menu-bar card's right-click menu: dragging a loop then delivers a lead-in (the audio before the loop, sample-exact up to the loop point) alongside the seamless loop. In QLab: a lead-in cue, auto-follow, then the looping cue — a natural start and a gapless loop, with no editing afterwards.
• Auto-advance. When a sound finishes, play the next one in the list — for fast browsing. Off by default (Settings › Playback), so nothing ever advances on its own during a show.
• Open Session… in the start window. Open a saved session straight from launch, including one from another machine — no need to hunt through Recents.
• Arrow-key browsing keeps the list scrolled to the playing row; the License page now shows the version and a Contact Support button with your build details pre-filled.

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Recent clips, Tip box, Reverse fixes

• Recent clips in the menu bar. Right-click the card for the last five rendered clips — pick one and the next drag carries it again with no re-render. In tech, the same clip is needed twice more often than not.
• Tip box. A small Quick Help panel in the sidebar corner explains whatever tool the cursor is on. QUICK shows the essence, ADVANCED the full story; ✕ turns it off for good (Settings › General brings it back). Nothing ever pops up over the waveform.
• Reverse works with exports again. While a plain Reverse was applied, the menu bar card silently refused to render — fixed. The Reverse button now also moves the flip to a new selection instead of just switching off.
• Trial status is a dismissable card instead of a fixed pill; ⌃-click opens the card menu like a right-click; Daylight got a clearly visible active-tool state and its glass back.

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Three themes, export format, 14-day trial

• Themes are now Booth, Studio and Daylight. Daylight is redesigned: warm paper chrome, a solid blue waveform drawn one bar per pixel, and a clear blue glass state on active tools. Studio gained layer separation; Booth keeps its calibrated look with a solid lavender waveform. Waveform resolution tripled — zoom now reveals real detail.
• First-use tips. Short one-time hints the first time you use each tool — dismiss one, turn them all off, or bring them back from Settings › General.
• Export format. Settings › Export chooses 24-bit PCM (default) or 32-bit float, sample rate as source or fixed, and the file-name style ("Rain — 12.2s–24.8s", "Rain — loop ×3", or the original name). Exports carry a bext note of what was done.
• Menu bar card: steady width while rendering, and a right-click menu with Copy to clipboard and export settings.
• Trial is now 14 days (trials started earlier keep 30). The trial pill in the top bar shows days left; Settings › License shows how many of your 3 Macs are active.
• Search: Esc clears, ⌘F focuses. I / O set the selection at the playhead. Mono/stereo shown next to the format. File › Add Folder to Library (⇧⌘O). Settings › Audio shows the device sample rate.

Reverse Loop seams, Loop Match for Reverse Loop, Loop Cycles rework

• Reverse Loop no longer clicks. The preview file had edge fades at every lap; they are gone, and the turnarounds are now placed on waveform peaks where the reversal is smooth — most audible on low material.
• Loop Match works with Reverse Loop. The turnaround becomes a crossfade built from the audio beyond the boundary, the blue handle sets its length, and export renders exactly what you hear. Selectors never move.
• Loop Cycles is now simply a loop with a count. Same arming, same seam, same Loop Match as Loop; works with Reverse Loop. After the N-th cycle playback stops at the end of the region and the next Play starts from the region again. The count is the CYCLES chip next to PITCH/GAIN — drag or scroll, double-click for 2. Composition export ends with the last cycle.
• New icons: Loop Cycles shows the count at the arrow tip; Reverse Loop is a clear half-circle with arrows at both ends.

Loop Cycles, dark menu bar card, new loop icons

• Loop Cycles replaces Vamp Loop: the selection plays N times, then stops. Set the count with the CYCLES chip next to PITCH/GAIN (drag or scroll, double-click for 2). Export renders exactly N seamless cycles as one file, with Fade in/out on the whole clip — ten cycles of rain that starts and ends softly, ready for QLab.
• Menu bar card is now always dark with the SOUNDINDX mark integrated at the left edge; its bars react to the level.
• Loop family icons: Loop is a ring arrow, Reverse Loop two opposing half-circles, Loop Cycles a ring with the count. Shuffle has a standard shuffle icon. Default button order puts the loop tools right after the six main buttons (custom orders are kept).
• Search field aligned with the track list; FX Automation ⌥-shortcut removed; the in-app export card is off by default (Settings › Export).

Menu bar export, FX Slot presets, editable descriptions

• Menu bar export is the main way out. The card in the macOS menu bar renders the finished clip on press and the drag starts as soon as the file is ready — with the same card travelling under the cursor. Works when QLab is fullscreen. The in-app export card is now off by default (Settings › Export).
• FX Slot button in the top bar, left of FX tail: yellow when the chain is active. Right-click for plugin editors, bypass, clear chain and chain presets. The chain is global by default; Save Composition stores it with the track.
• Verified plugins. Plugins that pass SOUNDINDX's test protocol are marked Verified and listed first; support covers those.
• Edit Description from the row menu or Get Info — WAV files keep it inside the file (BWF), everything is searchable at once.
• Settings reorganised into pages with a short explanation on every setting.
• Search field now lines up with the file list. Transport and loop fixes from the theatre test week.
• Soundstack is not part of this release — it is being redesigned and returns in a later update.

All Files covers everything, adaptive click protection

• All Files now really means all: project folders and Soundstacks are part of the library view — searchable, sortable, and included in Duplicates. A Soundstack row opens the stack.
• Click protection adapts to your audio interface: the transport fade now scales with the device buffer size, so stop, playhead jumps and handle moves stay click-free on interfaces with large buffers — verified at sample level with a 2048-frame buffer.
• Fixed: selecting Duplicates in the sidebar could not be cleared by clicking All Files directly.

Loop Match handles, menu bar drag & click-free transport

• Drag export from the menu bar: the export card lives in the macOS menu bar too — drag the current result into any app, even when SOUNDINDX isn't frontmost (QLab in fullscreen, for instance). The card's logo pulses with the playing audio.
• Loop Match refined: pressing Loop Match switches Loop on by itself; the seam draws only inside the selection; the seam's moving edge carries a blue handle and a second handle waits at the opposite end for switching sides directly. Blue resize cursor over the handles.
• Click-free transport: stop, playhead jumps and handle moves now fade instead of clicking — verified at sample level with a new measurement harness. Click protection: Transport is now 0–200 ms (default 128 ms).
• Keep tools active across tracks (Settings): Loop, Loop Match, Reverse and Vamp stay on while browsing sounds.
• FX tail is now its own toolbar switch (top right) — independent of the export card, which can be hidden when the menu bar card does the job. The menu bar card's right-click menu can toggle it too.
• Fixed: a hidden Loop Match state could survive a track change and process "plain" loops invisibly; a race between plugin buffer reset and the audio thread could crash with third-party effects on track change.

Security hardening

• The app's embedded browser view is now locked to bundled content only.
• License file permissions tightened on disk.
• Internal cleanup after a full code review.

Soundstack tools & polish round

• Soundstack: per-block mute, solo, gain and pan, track names and colors, snap, arrow-key nudge, Fit view and a timecode readout.
• Type to jump in the sound list — start typing a name, the list follows. Tool shortcuts moved to shift-combinations (see the cheat sheet).
• Shift-click range selection with bulk delete; new Duplicates view with ⧉ badges on duplicate rows.
• Always-visible draggable scrollbar; stronger export card with the FX tail toggle inside it; exports named "Sound — loop.wav".
• Retuned Light theme; smoother seeking while playing (no more clicks).

Loop Match, both directions

• Loop Match can now borrow seam material from either side: drag the blue handle right to borrow from after the selection. Clip length stays exact to the sample.
• Arming Loop Match sets a sensible seam automatically — adjustable "Match seam" percentage in Settings. On a whole track the loop starts from the very first sample.
• Column filters, multi-select, Get Info level readouts, crash recovery and a refreshed bilingual guide.

Purchase & licensing

• Buy button in the app and full license flow: activate, validate and deactivate seats (3 Macs per license) with clear English messaging.
• Deactivating a seat now frees it immediately — no restart needed.
• Checkout via Lemon Squeezy with VAT handled at purchase.

Key Match & finishing round

• Key Match: detect the key of what's playing — through the microphone, system audio (macOS 14.2+) or a reference file — and pitch the loaded sound to fit.
• Full macOS menu bar, About window, Open Recent, window position memory, keyboard shortcut cheat sheet (see Help menu).
• Clearer error messages for missing folders, unreadable files and misbehaving Audio Unit plugins.
• Split View performance fix — large comparison panels no longer stutter.
• Refreshed startup screen; tooltips show live keyboard shortcuts.

First public build

• Library browsing and instant search over local sound folders.
• Waveform editor: trim, selections, loops (Loop Match, Mirror Loop), fades and volume automation.
• Soundstack multitrack layering with per-track curves and bounce.
• Audio Unit FX chain, pitch shift, EQ and gain with offline render on export.
• Drag-out export to QLab, DAWs and Finder; projects and sessions.