Sononym sample management/browser

[zenchickenclick]

It would be very nice if people who previously used their trial (and didn't purchase because Rosetta performance was very poor with lots of crashes at least for me with a 700GB library - on a dedicated SSD but yes, divided into 12 or so main folders, which were analysed separately, and were divided into subfolders etc) , could now re-trial natively on their ARM machines to check out if some bugs/crashes were due to Rosetta mode or software itself... I shot them an email exposing my case and am waiting on an answer.

[enCiphered]

I sorely miss the ability to rename files. It is really time-consuming to constantly switch between Sononym and finder or explorer, search for files, and rename them. Especially if you are working with tons of samples every day.

[enCiphered]

Oh wow, I just noticed that Sononym got updated to 1.5.0 with an Advanced Renaming feature!

Thank you so much

[wvshpr]

[humpo72]

nice update, the performance on my M2 Pro Mac is noticeably better when not using Rosetta. All I need now is the ability to assign categories to loops.

or is there a way to do that I don't know about?

[macmuse]

Question: I keep all my stuff organized by developer, and then files are renamed to include other details. After Sononym does its initial search and finds all my samples to categorize, I wanted to also see the same folder structure in the left pane (to mirror my drive) because I often want to start there. The middle pane where it puts everything together is fine.

[danoise]

Question: I keep all my stuff organized by developer, and then files are renamed to include other details. After Sononym does its initial search and finds all my samples to categorize, I wanted to also see the same folder structure in the left pane (to mirror my drive) because I often want to start there. The middle pane where it puts everything together is fine.

I'm not sure what the question was...You are looking to have two folder trees on each side of the search results - but surely there must be a difference between them, and the purpose they serve?

[burkek]

I wish Sononym supported Mac aliases. Symlinks are a PIA to create individually in Terminal. An app like Find Any File will actually export aliases for folders containing keywords you specify. Example: large folder containing subfolders of mixed content (guitars, strings, drums). Specify 'guitar' as the keyword, FAF finds all folders containing that keyword, presents them to you and allows you to export as aliases. It's a great way to create sub-sets or instrument-specific sets of folders without duplicating. And because they're small, you can place aliases anywhere. But, alas, Sononym wants the actual folder as input and won't use the Mac standard of aliases. I want to create genre-specific or instrument-specific libraries of my content, not a jumble of everything.

[kidslow]

I wish Sononym supported Mac aliases. Symlinks are a PIA to create individually in Terminal.

Aliases are a "standard" that is limited to Finder only, so anything that uses them needs to hook in through the Finder or its APIs, which is what FAF does (great tool btw). Whereas symlinks are a UNIX standard and available at the system level. I have been burned enough by aliases that I tend to prefer symlinks. I'm sure the Sononym devs have their reasons, like probably working at the filesystem level with their access.

You might check out something like this. https://github.com/nickzman/symboliclinker

Or do some digging, as there may even exist a tool or script that will take aliases and convert them to symlinks. Or send in a request to the dev of FAF and see if they will add an option to export symlinks in addition to aliases.

[burkek]

Thanks for the explanation and suggestions. This may lead me down a rabbit hole, but any solution is better than no solution.

[machinesworking]

Thanks for the explanation and suggestions. This may lead me down a rabbit hole, but any solution is better than no solution.

The easiest thing is the github posted above, it gives you a contextual menu choice to make a symbolic link from any selection. I've had it installed for years.
https://github.com/nickzman/symboliclinker

[danoise]

I'm sure the Sononym devs have their reasons, like probably working at the filesystem level with their access.

The main reason is that we offer the software on three different platforms which all support symbolic links. And it's actually the first time I hear of a software that has trouble resolving them (FaF).

[burkek]

The easiest thing is the github posted above, it gives you a contextual menu choice to make a symbolic link from any selection. I've had it installed for years.
https://github.com/nickzman/symboliclinker

That does appear to work! Thanks so much!

KEv

[aMUSEd]

I wish Sononym supported Mac aliases. Symlinks are a PIA to create individually in Terminal. An app like Find Any File will actually export aliases for folders containing keywords you specify. Example: large folder containing subfolders of mixed content (guitars, strings, drums). Specify 'guitar' as the keyword, FAF finds all folders containing that keyword, presents them to you and allows you to export as aliases. It's a great way to create sub-sets or instrument-specific sets of folders without duplicating. And because they're small, you can place aliases anywhere. But, alas, Sononym wants the actual folder as input and won't use the Mac standard of aliases. I want to create genre-specific or instrument-specific libraries of my content, not a jumble of everything.

The free and awesome Commander One file manager/Finder replacement has 'make symlink' in its right click menu

[burkek]

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The free and awesome Commander One file manager/Finder replacement has 'make symlink' in its right click menu
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Oh! Thanks for this! The challenge has been finding these little hidden gems within apps.

KEv