Summary

Sononym is a sample browser software available for Windows, Linux, and macOS, designed to help users explore, organize, and discover sounds within their sample collections efficiently.

Features

• Powerful Sample Discovery: Extracts extensive information from samples, including unique properties like perceived brightness and timbre, enabling advanced search, filtering, and sorting.
• Similarity Search: Allows finding samples that sound similar to any chosen input, including live audio recordings.
• Duplicate Detection: Identifies duplicate or nearly identical samples across libraries, helping to streamline collections and save disk space.
• AI-Based Categorization: Uses machine learning to categorize samples into electronic music production-related groups, distinguishing between looped and one-shot sounds.
• Organizing & Exporting: Offers project features to bookmark, organize, and export sounds while maintaining file origin and naming conventions.
• Offline Functionality: Fully functional without internet connection, with optional use of cloud-synced folders if desired.

Supported Platforms

Windows (64-bit), Linux (64-bit), macOS (Intel and Arm64)

Software Delivery

Available as a standalone desktop application.

Audience

Sound designers, composers, electronic music producers, and anyone working extensively with sample libraries.