Actually, from my observation, Sononym has a slow updated cycle, once a year. Every November or so, they release a new version. These rapid updates were hotfix updates, out of the norm. I would not expect anything new from them until November 2026.Alchemedia wrote: Sun Feb 08, 2026 8:13 am Sonomym is great and updated regularly.
Version 1.6.1 - Released Nov 28th 2025
Version 1.6.2 - Released Dec 4th 2025
Version 1.6.3 - Released Dec 8th 2025
Version 1.6.4 - Released Dec 13th 2025
Best 'Sample Manager' plugin?
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- KVRian
- 600 posts since 1 Jul, 2009
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- KVRer
- 2 posts since 23 Apr, 2016
SonikSearch is where it's at. It had an update recently and is now like Synonym + ADSR + XO + Atlas all in one, and the performance is smooth. Plus, I can run it as a VST/AU and sync it with my DAW so the loops play in time with the other loops in my DAW so I get a sense of how the sample might fit in with my project.
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- KVRian
- 860 posts since 22 Jan, 2022
Looks incredible. Surprised there's not more buzz around this one.sir_drock wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 7:06 am SonikSearch is where it's at. It had an update recently and is now like Synonym + ADSR + XO + Atlas all in one, and the performance is smooth. Plus, I can run it as a VST/AU and sync it with my DAW so the loops play in time with the other loops in my DAW so I get a sense of how the sample might fit in with my project.
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- KVRist
- 237 posts since 4 Oct, 2021
SonikSearch does look interesting but I'm not entirely sure what it gives me over the free ADSR that I use at the moment. I may be convinced if I could demo it but there's no demo. They say that they offer a 14 day refund policy but I'd prefer to have the money stay with me for 14 days while I demo it rather than have to ask for it back.
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- KVRist
- 276 posts since 21 May, 2014 from USA
Soniksearch does look good. I've been considering Audiomap Mini but I'm wondering if Soniksearch is worth triple the price. I have a fairly large sample library and ADSR can be sluggish sometimes. A demo would be helpful, especially considering there is not much discourse out there about it.
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- KVRAF
- 6295 posts since 12 Jan, 2018
Just in case anyone else was wondering and couldn't find it immediately too: https://sonikstation.com/soniksearch.html
Looks interesting and a demo would have indeed been helpful.
Looks interesting and a demo would have indeed been helpful.
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- KVRAF
- 5055 posts since 27 Jul, 2004
Can you navigate with the arrow keys on the QWERTY keyboard?sir_drock wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 7:06 am SonikSearch is where it's at. It had an update recently and is now like Synonym + ADSR + XO + Atlas all in one, and the performance is smooth. Plus, I can run it as a VST/AU and sync it with my DAW so the loops play in time with the other loops in my DAW so I get a sense of how the sample might fit in with my project.
If so can "arrow right" trigger and more importantly retrigger (while the sample plays) a sample?
I hate i.e. the behaviour of Bitwigs browser where right arrow triggers but also stops the sample preview when it´s pressed again while the sample is still playing...
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- KVRist
- 276 posts since 21 May, 2014 from USA
Thanks, I wouldn't have caught that if you didn't mention it. Guess I'm going with Audiomap!Cuauhtli wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 4:11 pm soniksearch isn't available for Windows if anyone is interested.
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- KVRAF
- 8464 posts since 29 Sep, 2010 from Maui
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- KVRAF
- 2725 posts since 15 Apr, 2004 from Capital City, UK
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- KVRist
- 31 posts since 17 Aug, 2025
As a Sononym user from the beginning days, I can’t wait to try this out. It seems to do everything Sononym does, but better because it has a plug-in version for in daw use. Sononym is promising that for years and are still working on it. If this program is as good as I think it is it might replace Sonomym completely!
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- KVRist
- 479 posts since 31 Jan, 2018
So the Windows version of SonikSearch has been released, that's cool: https://sonikstation.com/soniksearch.html
If anyone has any impression of the software, that'd be great.
If anyone has any impression of the software, that'd be great.
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- KVRian
- 975 posts since 21 Feb, 2015
Should not DAWS have great sample management just essentially baked in at this juncture?
Currently, I'm not using alot of samples, so dunno. I can understand, if someone has 300,000 samples, management would be meaningful. This stuff is interesting.
Currently, I'm not using alot of samples, so dunno. I can understand, if someone has 300,000 samples, management would be meaningful. This stuff is interesting.