Changelog

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Multi-Select Everywhere

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Repair Database

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Free in-browser tools

• BPM Detector — tempo, detection confidence, half/double alternatives, loop check.
• Mono-Compatibility Checker — per-band phase incompatibility (sub-bass through highs) so you can spot what collapses on club PAs, phone speakers, or vinyl.
• Camelot Wheel Converter — pick a key (or drop a track to detect) and see the three harmonically-compatible neighbours for DJ transitions.

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Bug Fixes & Performance

• Fixed “Upload to cloud” actions queueing uploads that would never succeed for Demo Room users and over-quota subscribers. Opens the upgrade dialog instead.
• Fixed the delete confirmation referring to non-refundable “credits” instead of library coverage.
• Fixed the browser demo getting stuck on “Downloading your library samples”.
• Fixed selecting a top-level category (Instruments, Drums, FX, Synth, Vocals, Other) in the sample browser sidebar clearing itself instead of filtering.

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Help & Feedback in One Place

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Send feedback without leaving the app

• Report a bug attaches diagnostics automatically: app version, OS, recent errors, and up to the last 10 MB of the local log file. A summary line shows what’s being sent, and you can switch the toggle off if you’d rather send nothing.
• Request a feature captures a short title and description.
• Send a message is for everything else — questions, comments, things that don’t fit a category.
• The error screen now has an “Add details about what happened” button that opens the bug form pre-filled with the error you just hit.

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User Experience

• The “Update available” notification now pops up automatically as soon as a new version finishes downloading, instead of waiting for you to click the sidebar button.
• Both the “Update available” and post-update “Updated to vX.Y.Z” notifications now show the release notes for that specific version when available.
• Search bar suggestions now surface sample-type and category filters from plain typing. Type loop or one-shot to see the matching type filter; type a category name like kick, snare, or drums to see matching folders from your library — no need to remember the !loop / category: syntax.

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Bug Fixes & Performance

• Fixed the Add Directory dialog flashing back to the top of the subfolder list while other samples were being processed in the background, making it hard to scroll through and select subfolders.
• Fixed deleting, bulk-editing, or resetting libraries with more than ~900 samples taking 2-3 minutes. The same operations now finish in under a second.
• Fixed macOS metadata sidecars (._ files that macOS writes next to real audio when copying to exFAT/NTFS drives) being treated as audio samples. They no longer get scanned, no longer appear in the library, and no longer fail to play with a “file path is not permitted” error.

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The Master Search Bar

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Sample Browser Enhancements

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New tokens

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Smart suggestions dropdown

• Type two characters and the dropdown opens with matching values across all dimensions, grouped by section. Pick one to insert the right token automatically.
• A “Filters” section at the top shows field shortcuts (creator:, pack:, collection:, etc.) when your prefix matches one. You pick up the grammar by using it.
• After committing to a dimension (typing & for creator, category: for category, etc.) the dropdown immediately shows top values without the two-character gate.
• The top of the dropdown also offers shortcuts to run your current query in the other search modes. For example, while typing in Find mode you can jump straight to Prompt or Instant search without manually toggling modes first.
• Suggestions are validated against your library: typing a partial value like &ad no longer applies a partial-name filter that zeroes out results.
• Keyboard: arrow keys to move, Tab to autocomplete, Enter to apply, Esc to close.

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Chip interactions

• Click any chip in the search bar to remove just that filter. On hover, the chip shows a red strike-through and × icon previewing the removal.
• The × button on the right side of the input clears every filter at once.
• Chips track the input’s scroll position now, so typing into a long query keeps the caret visible and the chips aligned with what you’re editing.

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Toolbar reshuffle

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Other improvements

• Tag and genre filter sections in the sidebar now show every value in your library, sorted alphabetically. Previously the list was capped at 50 and ordered by frequency, so less-common tags were either missing or appeared in a confusing order after expanding “+more”.
• Search bar font is slightly tighter (13px) so more chips fit on screen.
• Smarter placeholder text in Find mode shows token examples right in the input.
• Empty category: (or any other field with no value yet) is no longer treated as a filename search. Partially-typed tokens are correctly ignored until you finish them.
• Fixed typing into a search bar that already has many tokens not scrolling the chip overlay to follow the caret. Previously the visible text stayed static while you typed beyond the right edge.
• Help dialog (the ? button) is now wider with a proper table layout for tokens and modes, and uses higher-contrast text throughout.

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Performance

• Folders in the file browser tree now preload their contents on hover, so expanding feels instant.
• The tag and genre filter rail opens roughly 7× faster on large libraries, sub-second instead of multiple seconds.
• Background indexing no longer stalls the sample browser or filter sidebar for seconds at a time on Windows.
• Processing status and the System Status panel refresh roughly 6× faster.
• Browsing large libraries is much faster on Windows. The main sample list now loads in milliseconds instead of seconds, even at 1M+ samples.

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed stacking multiple tags or genres widening the matching samples (OR) instead of narrowing them (AND). The remaining filter chips correctly shrink as you add constraints.
• Fixed assistant chats getting stuck on a tool call that never finishes when the connection drops mid-request. The interrupted tool now shows as “interrupted” with a one-click Continue button that picks the conversation back up from where it left off.

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New pricing: No more credits

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No more credits

• Premium requests — Smart chat and AI collections.
• AI indexing — samples tagged per month.

• Home Studio: 50,000 indexed samples, 100 Premium requests.
• Professional Suite: 200,000 indexed samples, 400 Premium requests.
• Demo Room (free, one-time grants): 100 AI searches, 30 chats, 5,000 indexed samples.

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Library Status and Usage

• A dot on your profile avatar warns when a usage pool is running low. Open the menu to see which.
• Billing shows clear per-pool meters with reset dates instead of a single opaque credit number.
• The Library status dialog opens with a one-line verdict — “Analyzing 1,248 of 3,500 samples”, “All caught up”, or “Nothing’s running”.
• Adding a folder that exceeds your remaining coverage now tells you how many samples will be queued vs. skipped, instead of blocking the whole folder.

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Indexing Performance

• AI directory indexing is significantly cheaper and faster — sibling folders are tagged together.
• CPU stays saturated through long indexing runs, especially on Windows. RAM stays flat instead of climbing.
• The Analysis speed presets (Battery / Balanced / Fast / Max) now actually cap CPU usage. Previously every preset pegged multi-core machines at ~100%.
• Large DSP speedup on Windows.
• Long files (DJ mixes, full albums, multi-hour recordings) are skipped instead of loaded into memory and discarded.
• The sample browser and filter sidebar no longer stall for seconds at a time during background indexing.

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Sample Browser

• Continuous scroll replaces Previous/Next pagination. Auditioning through long searches no longer breaks every 25 samples.
• Scrolling is noticeably smoother on large libraries.

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User Experience

• Sign-in and startup splash screens now show window controls, so you can move or close the window before the app finishes loading.
• While offline, the title bar shows a single amber Offline · Sign in pill instead of a duplicate sign-in button.

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed default workspace layouts being duplicated on launch when the initial cloud sync was slow. Existing duplicates clean up automatically.
• Fixed directory indexing being partially charged or silently completing with empty tags when coverage ran out mid-batch. Coverage is now refunded in full, and jobs fail upfront with a clear message.
• Fixed assistant messages scrolling out of view while tool calls were running. Your last message now stays pinned near the top.
• Fixed sign-in showing a generic error toast when requesting a verification code too quickly. You now see an inline countdown.
• Fixed multi-word search tokens (e.g. $drum and bass, %hip hop) dropping everything after the first word.

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Faster Indexing, Heavier Right-Click

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Parallel Indexing Pipeline

• Richer System Status panel: processing now breaks into six stages — Total, Analyzed, Classified, Uploaded, Enriched, and Embedded — each with a tooltip explaining what it unlocks (tempo/key search, similarity, sync, genre/mood filters, prompt search)
• Classify samples on demand: right-click a sample or folder and pick Classify samples to re-run AI classification without redoing local analysis

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Right-Click, Edit Anything

• Batch-edit directories: right-click any folder in the File Browser to set the same properties on every sample under it, with live progress on large folders
• Tags and genres, inline: dedicated Tags and Genres dialogs on samples, and Add/Remove Tags/Genres on directories. Remove dialogs only list values that actually exist under that folder
• Rename or delete tags and genres library-wide: right-click any tag or genre chip in the filter rail or Sample Info pane to sweep or strip it from every sample at once

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Per-Folder Upload and Indexing Control

• Simplified credits: removed the Safety Reserve setting — your whole balance is now available for both AI features and background processing

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Also New

• Smarter search for poorly-named samples: each sample now inherits its parent folder’s AI description when generating its embedding, so a file like 01.wav inside a “Vintage 70s funk drum breaks” folder matches searches for that vibe. Applies to newly enriched samples

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Bug Fixes & Performance

• Faster local analysis on laptops: background analysis no longer oversubscribes CPU threads when multiple classifier sessions run in parallel; audio resampling during tagging is also ~3× faster. Biggest gains on 4–8 core machines
• Smoother indexing throughput: results now save as each file finishes instead of waiting for the whole batch, so one slow file no longer stalls the rest
• Fixed the assistant sometimes failing to send a message and leaving behind an empty chat that couldn’t be reopened after refreshing
• Fixed re-indexing a folder while a previous index was still running queueing duplicate jobs for the same directories
• Fixed dragging a sample and dropping quickly occasionally loading the audio file in the app window and forcing a restart (mostly on macOS)
• Fixed similar-samples search breaking after downloading a bundled library. Existing libraries are repaired automatically on next launch

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Unified Search: Find, Prompt, and Instant

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Find · Prompt · Instant

• Find (default): filters by filename as you type. Free, instant, fully offline.
• Prompt: describe any sound in plain English — AI returns the best matches even when filenames don’t help. Costs 5 credits per search.
• Instant: free on-device matching using a local model. Fast and offline, but less accurate than Prompt.

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Analysis Speed

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User Experience

• Favorites moved to the top of the filter sidebar for quicker access
• Active filters are now visually highlighted so you can see at a glance what’s narrowing your results
• Search help button (?) opens a quick reference with mode comparison and token syntax
• New Help button in the sidebar footer links to the documentation

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Bug Fixes & Performance

• Fixed the update notification showing “Update & Restart” before the download finished
• Fixed sign-in and sign-up links dropping the redirect parameter after authenticating
• Fixed the Getting Started checklist briefly flashing on launch for users who had already completed it

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v2.2.2

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User Experience

• Font picker: Choose your preferred UI font in Settings → Preferences. Ships with Space Grotesk (default), Inter, Geist Sans, Plus Jakarta Sans, Sora, Exo 2, Oxanium, and JetBrains Mono

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Bug Fixes & Performance

• Significantly faster sample and directory deletion, especially for large libraries
• Fixed scanning directories failing with “An unexpected error has occurred” when a filename contained unusual control characters
• Directory scans that were interrupted by closing the app now automatically resume on restart

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Ask Your Library Anything

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Assistant SQL Tools

• Ask questions about your library: “how many kicks between 60–80 BPM?”, “which genre has the most samples?”, “show me favorited samples I haven’t played in a month”
• Similarity search with filters: “samples that sound like this one but only lofi, under 80 BPM, in F minor” — combines vector similarity with any filter you describe
• Make bulk changes: “archive everything tagged lofi that isn’t favorited”, “remove the 808 tag from all kicks” — the assistant proposes the change and you approve it inline before anything happens
• Safe by default: Destructive statements are blocked automatically, and every write shows a confirmation card with a plain-English summary before executing

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User Experience

• Prompt Search now works in the browser demo
• Web account area consolidated into a single page — plan, usage, referral, and settings in one place
• Email preferences now sync between desktop and web
• Assistant chat messages pin your question to the top so you read the response from the beginning
• Tool steps in the assistant are now compact — in-progress steps show a spinner, completed steps collapse to a single line
• Notes editor is tighter and more compact
• The app uses custom scrollbars in more places to provide a more native feel

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Bug Fixes & Performance

• Fixed web account page throwing errors when adjusting preferences
• Fixed global shortcuts not being recognized
• Fixed demo video not playing on some browsers
• Fixed email verification sign-in bouncing back to the sign-in page

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v2.0.8

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User Experience

• “Check for Updates” in the user menu now opens the update dialog directly when a new version is found

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Bug Fixes & Performance

• Fixed sign-in on macOS silently returning to the sign-in screen after a successful browser auth
• Fixed a potential race condition when authenticating leading to authentication failing silently

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v2.0.1

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User Experience

• Added “Copy sign in link” option on the sign-in waiting screen for cases where the browser doesn’t open automatically
• Landing page navbar now shows an Account button in place of “Try Demo” for signed-in users, linking to account settings

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Bug Fixes & Performance

• Fixed “Analyze samples” context menu not queuing analysis jobs
• Fixed sync pulling from remote after a failed push, which could overwrite local data
• Fixed potential database corruption from background and manual syncs running simultaneously
• Fixed fresh installs with sync credentials failing on a nonexistent remote database
• Optimized database size and sync throughput when it’s idle

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The Rebuild: Offline-First, Faster Everything

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Offline-First Architecture

• Faster everything: Browsing, searching, and filtering are all significantly faster
• Lower memory usage: Data is no longer held entirely in RAM
• More stable: Fewer crashes and edge cases from the previous in-memory database
• Full data sync: All data in the app now syncs to the cloud — previously only a subset was synced

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Sound Profile

• Core: Tonality, Percussiveness, Brightness, Noisiness, Complexity, Attack, Rhythmic Density, Pitch Stability
• Frequency Content: Sub Bass, Bass, Low Mids, Mids, Highs
• Stereo & Temporal: Stereo Width, Temporal Centroid, Dynamic Range

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Sample Enrichment

1. Analysis — Local audio processing that extracts tempo, key, spectral features, and sound characteristics. Deterministic, fast, and free
2. Indexing — AI scans your directories and generates relevant labels: genres, tags, creators, and sample packs. Costs 20 credits per indexed folder — a fraction of the previous per-sample cost, which has been removed entirely

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Prompt Search for Everyone

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Processing Settings

• Processing Threads: Control how many CPU threads are used for audio analysis — higher values process faster but use more CPU
• Classification Models: Control how many audio classification models run simultaneously — each instance uses approximately 500 MB of RAM

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User Experience

• Copy with effects rendered: When time stretch or key transposition is active, right-click any sample to copy it with the effect baked in using “Copy timestretched”, “Copy pitched”, or “Copy timestretched & pitched”
• Master volume in title bar: A volume slider is now accessible directly from the title bar with a click-to-mute toggle
• Activity log refresh: The activity log has been streamlined to surface only the most relevant background events, reducing clutter

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Performance and Bug Fixes

• Sample analysis is up to ~10x faster
• RAM is now properly released after analysis completes
• File browser is drastically faster for large libraries (100k+ samples)
• Fixed a race condition where the AI Assistant’s tools would occasionally stop responding
• Fixed auth deep link occasionally failing to complete sign-in

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Native Experience Update

• Instant startup: The app launches immediately — no waiting for a remote connection or loading screen
• Full offline UI: Every part of the interface works without an internet connection, not just the local features. Previously, a network hiccup could leave you staring at a blank screen mid-session
• Faster across the board: Navigation, panel switching, and UI interactions are snappier since nothing is fetched over the network
• More reliable updates: App versions are fully self-contained — what you download is what you run, with no risk of UI/backend version mismatches

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Analysis Overhaul and Playback Controls Update

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Auto-Loop and Play Controls

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Sample and Directory Reanalysis

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User Experience

• Richer progress status: Scanning and analysis now display extended progress details so you always know what’s happening
• App data directory links: Settings → App Data now includes direct links to reveal cache, logs, and other app-related directories on your system
• Improved playback behavior: Pressing Space now always restarts playback from the beginning. Use Shift+Space to resume from where you left off
• New macOS icon: Redesigned app icon that feels more native on macOS

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Performance and Bug Fixes

• 10–20x faster sample analysis — major optimizations to the audio analysis pipeline dramatically reduce processing time across your library
• Fixed samples not obeying Link and not playing in sync
• Fixed AI Assistant chat input not rendering properly in certain cases
• Fixed assistant sample player using outdated sample info/edit dialogs
• Fixed download link on the web detecting the wrong architecture on macOS

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Recall, Refinement, and Waveform Update

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Recall Tab

• Tracks five interaction types: samples dragged to DAW, samples copied, browser searches, prompt searches, and assistant messages
• Filter by interaction type to quickly find what you were working with
• Embedded sample players let you re-audition directly from the history
• AI-aware context: Your recent activity is automatically passed to the AI Assistant, so it understands what you’ve been working with and gives more relevant responses — no need to re-explain

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Similar Samples Refinement

• Hover over any result to reveal a checkmark (more like this) and X (not like this)
• Approved samples pull the search toward their sonic characteristics; rejected samples push it away
• Results update in real time as you refine
• Click Reset to return to the neutral similarity search

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Waveform Visualizer Tab

• Click anywhere on the waveform to seek playback
• Scroll to zoom in/out (cursor-anchored)
• Shift+scroll (or trackpad horizontal scroll) to pan
• Enable Tempo Sync to display beat and bar markers aligned to the sample’s BPM — musical intervals replace the default time ruler

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Improved Tempo and Loop Detection

• Tempo detection combines spectral flux, high-frequency content analysis, phase deviation, and inter-onset interval histograms to produce more reliable BPM estimates
• Loop detection classifies samples as loops or one-shots using separate heuristics for percussive, tonal, and mixed content
• Grid-based matching cross-references detected BPM against expected loop durations (1, 2, 4, 8, 16 bars) for higher confidence on loops

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Also New

• Sample Info player: The Sample Info tab now includes an embedded audio player with waveform visualization at the top — audition and inspect without leaving the detail view
• UI scale setting: Adjust the interface scale in Settings → Appearance to match your display and preferences
• Web browser demo: Try Sample Vault directly in your browser at samplevault.ai/demo — no download required
• Public roadmap: See what’s coming next and vote on what’s important to you on the public roadmap

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User Experience

• Sample reconciliation: If samples are moved or deleted from disk, Sample Vault detects the missing file on playback and offers to locate the file at its new path or remove it from your library. Relocating a sample automatically finds and updates other samples from the same original directory.
• Extended activity log with more processing events
• AI Assistant now has access to the most up-to-date documentation
• New progress bar in the Sample Browser shows analysis progress more cleanly — samples now auto-refresh every 60 seconds instead of continuously, reducing browsing interruptions
• BPM sync now falls back to 120 BPM when no tempo is detected, instead of showing an empty state
• (Experimental) Database backups available in Settings → App Data — may not handle very large datasets yet
• Right-clicking the user icon now shows the same menu as left-clicking
• Added a default right-click context menu anywhere in the app with links to keyboard shortcuts, settings, Discord, documentation, changelog, and more

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Performance and Bug Fixes

• Audio analysis processing speed improved up to ~5×
• Reduced RAM usage during processing
• Improved Prompt Search accuracy
• Fixed Assistant occasionally responding with empty messages due to invalid tool calls
• Fixed playing assistant samples not triggering the Similar Samples panel to update
• Fixed chat context menu action redirecting to an old route
• Fixed samples not being properly deleted during server sync
• Fixed samples not grouped correctly into original directories when pulling from server sync
• Fixed errors when extracting metadata from files during processing
• Fixed virtual file tree being built incorrectly (Settings → App Data → Rebuild File Tree if needed)
• Fixed system status button in the title bar continuing to play sheen animation after analysis finishes
• Fixed samples being visible across accounts on the same PC
• Fixed links in AI Assistant chat not opening in the browser window

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Dock Layouts Update

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Dock Layouts

• Drag and drop panels to rearrange or split the interface
• Resize panels to fit your workflow
• Save and switch between named layouts
• Use as many or as few panels as you need

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Improved Sample Info Tab

• Characteristics tab shows all audio features extracted during processing (tempo, key, spectral data, and more)
• Editing sample metadata is faster with a cleaner layout
• Tab automatically refreshes based on the last selected sample

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Improved File Browser Tab

• Collapse and expand directories just like in your DAW
• Right-click a directory to mark all samples underneath for upload/analysis, or delete them by directory
• Collapse All button for quickly folding the entire tree
• Search bar to filter by filename
• Virtualized rendering for smooth scrolling across very large libraries
• Add new samples directly from the browser

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New Similar Samples Tab

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Control Which Samples Get Analyzed and Uploaded

• Configure during the Add Sample Directory flow
• Right-click individual samples or entire directories in the File Browser to update the setting at any time

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Activity Log

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New Note Editor

• Full Markdown support — see Markdown reference
• Slash commands for quick formatting
• Drag and drop to reorder sections
• Create to-do lists with - [ ] syntax — previously separate to-do lists are now consolidated into notes

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User Experience

• Discord OAuth is now available as a sign-in option
• Workspace selector has moved to the title bar as a persistent global switch (previously called Projects)
• When switching workspaces, the key and BPM are automatically applied to playback
• Sample processing and sync status are now consolidated into a single System Status indicator with more detail and recent activity log entries

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Performance and Bug Fixes

• Drastically improved sample player rendering performance
• Prompt Search results are now more accurate
• Prompt Search results now display a similarity level next to each result
• Fixed an error that occurred when using “Reveal in Path” on certain samples
• Changed the icon to look better on MacOS
• Fixed MacOS tray icon not showing menu actions on click
• Fixed tray icon not having proper tooltip

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Quick Actions Update

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Quick Actions

• !loop / !oneshot — filter by sample type
• @Cmaj / @F# — filter by key
• #120 / #140-160 — filter by tempo or tempo range
• $edm — filter by genre
• %dark — filter by mood

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Sample Browser Filters

• Make sample filtering more efficient by eliminating redundant interactions
• Provide a visual representation of possible options without having to click and browse through menus

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User Experience

• Restored the ability to delete sample directories
• Key transposition buttons no longer jump unexpectedly
• Expanded the user profile menu with additional links
• AI Assistant chat now properly displays the character limit in the prompt instead of silently crashing
• Added feedback buttons below assistant messages to improve model behavior over time

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Performance and Bug Fixes

• Fixed a critical bug on Windows where undownloaded samples would fail to download/play, showing an unexpected error
• Fixed samples occasionally not playing at random
• Fixed waveform progress not displaying correctly
• Improved synchronization timing with Link
• Improved sample categorization into virtual directories — fewer misassigned samples (e.g., samples incorrectly tagged as hats)
• Time-stretching and key transposition are now bypassed when not in use, preserving original audio quality
• Optimized rendering in the Sample Browser and other views with sample players
• Uploads now handle choppy network conditions more gracefully and wait to reconnect before retrying

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Link, Tempo and Key Lock Update

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Lock Playback Tempo and Key

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Link — Synchronize Playback With Your DAW

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Sample Processing

• Sample directory view now shows richer details per sample and per processing step
• Samples that fail to process or upload now automatically retry
• More descriptive error messages for common processing errors
• Directory scans now automatically resume if interrupted

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User Experience

• New waitlist on the pricing page for a one-time purchase license
• Removed upsell banner from sample browser for free plan users
• New onboarding survey for a more personalized experience
• Smoother application update flow for future updates
• Public sample libraries are bundled with the app for faster first launch

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Performance and Bug Fixes

• Sample browser search is significantly faster
• Fixed AI Assistant chat errors caused by invalid tool calls
• App no longer crashes after server-side updates — it gracefully reloads instead

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Known Issues

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Offline Mode and Unlimited Free Plan Update

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Offline Mode (Local-First)

• Zero Latency: Searching and organizing happens locally on your device
• Auto-Sync: Changes made offline automatically sync to the cloud once you reconnect (paid plans only)

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Unlimited Free Plan

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AI Assistant: Fast Mode

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Sample Libraries Management

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Performance and Bug Fixes

• Search performance: Sample browser loads faster and scrolls more smoothly
• AI Assistant reliability: Reduced hallucinations and significantly lower error rate