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Sononym is a sample browser that offers a fresh perspective on how sounds can be explored and organized. The software is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

Audio Analysis

  1. Installing VST plug-ins. Audacity supports almost all VST effect plug-ins on Mac including 'shell' VST's that host multiple VST effects. To install new VST plug-ins, place them in Audacity's 'Plug-Ins' folder at /Library/Application Support/audacity/Plug-Ins.
  2. Drum Machine is a freeware drum rompler in VST/AU plugin formats for Windows and Mac OS X, featuring the drum sounds from our free 99 Drum Samples sample library. The plugin was developed by our friends at SampleScience. This initial version comes with twelve free drum kits and will be expanded with more built-in drum samples and kits in future.
  3. Compatibility: Our virtual instruments are compatible with all VST and AU plugin host applications on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows and macOS. Keep in mind that macOS Catalina is NOT supported at the moment. Installation: On Windows, extract the downloaded archive to your VST plugins folder (the one which is scanned by your DAW). On macOS, extract the downloaded archive to /Library.
  4. Mac OS X users: From within Studio One n avigate to Preferences/Options/ Locations/VST Plug-ins. Click on the Add button, and specify the location of your plug-in. You can also drag-and-drop any folder from the Explorer/Finder into the Locations list in Studio One.

Ask Sononym to analyze a folder, and all available information - tempo, pitch, amount of noise, harmonic content, etc. - is collected from your files and stored in a database. This ensures blazing fast access as you search, filter and sort your way through vast amounts of samples.

Similarity Search

Similarity search enables you to find similar-sounding samples in your sample collection. Basically, pick any sound as input and 'see where it takes you' - finding variations has never been this easy. For more control, you can determine how much individual aspects (e.g. similarity across pitch or timbre) should matter.

Smart Categorization

While analyzing your samples, the software uses machine learning to categorize the content. The default set of categories in Sononym are broadly based around electronic music production and describe distinctive groups of sounds such as 'snare drums' or 'synth pads'. In addition, all sounds are classified as either looped or non-looped (one-shot) sounds.

Bookmarking & Exporting

Sononym combines bookmarking and exporting into a single workflow. You can freely organize, tag and rename your bookmarked files in collections, which are automatically exported to a folder of your choice. We believe that picking out sounds of interest and making them available elsewhere should be an effortless thing to do.

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You can download and install plug-ins to add extra functionality to Audacity. Plug-ins can give you extra effects, or more audio generation and analysis capabilities.
It is strongly recommended, when installing third-party plug-ins, that you thoroughly test the plug-in on non-critical project data before using it in production use on a live project.

Many such plug-ins are known to fail or crash Audacity, see this Wiki page.

The folders that you need may be 'hidden'. To access them in Finder use Go > Go To Folder > ~/Library .. or Go > Go To Folder > /Library ..

The Go is in the menu bar at the top of the desktop when Finder is active.

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Installing Audio Unit plug-ins

Audio Unit (AU) is a system-level plug-in architecture provided on Mac OS X and macOS computers.
  • Audio Unit effects support real-time preview.

To add a new Audio Unit effect, place it in either of the following system plug-in directories:

  • ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components (user plug-ins)
  • /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components (system-wide plug-ins)

Then use Effect > Add / Remove Plug-ins.. to enable the Audio Unit effects and load them into Audacity, For details see Manage Effects.

Please note that not all of the Audio Unit effects that Apple supplies can be enabled in Audacity.

They will show listed as available in the New section of the Plug-in Manager but if you try to enable them you will get an error message telling you that they failed to register. This is an Apple issue and not an Audacity bug.

This only affects a few of the Audio Unit plug-ins: AUScheduledSoundPlayer, AUMultiSplitter, AUMultiChannelMixer, AUMixer3D, AUMIxer, AUMatrixMixer, AUAudioFilePlayer and AUSpeechSynthesis.


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Installing Nyquist plug-ins

Nyquist plug-ins provide most of the optional effects underneath the divider in the Effect menu. They are also used to provide some of Audacity's built-in audio generators and analysis tools. A wide range of additional Nyquist effect, generation and analysis plug-ins can be obtained from Download Nyquist Plug-ins on our Wiki.

The easiest way to install a new Nyquist plug-in is to use the Tool Nyquist Plug-in Installer which is itself a Nyquist plug-in that simplifies the installation of other Nyquist plug-ins.

All Nyquist plug-ins are plain text files that have the filename extension '.NY'. This plug-in installer provides a file browser for selecting the plug-in '.NY' file, and then copies the file to the correct location. Once the plug-in has been installed, it may be enabled in the Plug-in Manager.

Accessed by:Tools > Nyquist Plug-in Installer..

Installing a Nyquist plug-in manually

It is also possible to add a new Nyquist plug-in manually by adding it to the correct location that Audacity expects.

Place them in Audacity's 'Plug-Ins' folder at ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/Plug-Ins.

To load the new effects into Audacity so they are available in the menu, use the Plug-in Manager: Effects, Generators and Analyzers dialog.

Some Nyquist plug-ins could crash while processing very long audio selections (typically an hour or more). This is due to the plug-in using a large amount of memory and is a known issue in Audacity's current Nyquist implementation. Try using the plug-in on shorter selections instead.


Installing VST plug-ins

Audacity supports almost all VST effect plug-ins on Mac including 'shell' VST's that host multiple VST effects.

To install new VST plug-ins, place them in Audacity's 'Plug-Ins' folder at ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/Plug-Ins.

Other possible locations on Mac are:
  • ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST
  • /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST
  • All paths specified by the 'VST_PATH' environment variable.
All the directories where you can place VST plug-ins are searched recursively, which means that plug-ins that are inside their own folder in that directory should still be found by Audacity.

You can install new VST effects into Audacity by using the Effect > Add / Remove Plug-ins.. menu item. This opens the Plug-in Manager: Effects, Generators and Analyzers dialog where you can select and enable the new effects then click to load them. Next time you launch Audacity the enabled effect(s) will be cached and you will not need to re-enable them.

The list of effects in the dialog will include any detected VST instrument (VSTi) plug-ins (such as synths) and any real-time VST effects that are capable of changing audio data while it's being written to disk. Neither of these are yet supported and they will not load even if you enable or re-enable them in the dialog.

Why do some VST plug-ins not work or display incorrectly?

Audacity will by default display VST effect plug-ins with a full graphical interface where the plug-in supplies this.

VST instruments (VSTi) (such as synths) and real-time VST effects (that change the audio data while it's being written) are not yet supported. These will not load even if you enable or re-enable them in the Plug-in Manager: Effects, Generators and Analyzers dialog. VST 3 plug-ins are not supported.

If any plug-in displays incorrectly, you can use the Manage button in the effect's dialog then choose Options.. to open the VST Effect Options for that effect. Then remove the checkmark from the 'Enable graphical interface' checkbox and click . When you reopen the effect it will display a simpler tabular interface.

On Mac, Audacity is a 64-bit application so will not see 32-bit versions of VST plug-ins.

If you experience a problem with a specific VST effect plug-in in Audacity, please contact us.

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Installing LADSPA plug-ins

The LADSPA plug-in architecture was originally developed on Linux. Audacity supports LADSPA effects on Mac as well as GNU/Linux. You can download and install a set of over 90 LADSPA plug-ins. You can then choose which LADSPA plug-ins to enable in the Plug-in Manager: Effects, Generators and Analyzers dialog.

To install new LADSPA plug-ins, place them in Audacity's 'Plug-Ins' folder at ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/Plug-Ins.

Then use Effect > Add / Remove Plug-ins.. to enable the LADSPA effects and load them into Audacity, For details see Plug-in Manager: Effects, Generators and Analyzers.

Audacity will also load LADSPA plug-ins from the following system locations:
  • The path specified by the LADSPA_PATH environment variable
  • ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/LADSPA
  • /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/LADSPA


Installing LV2 plug-ins

LV2 is a more advanced evolution of the LADSPA plug-in architecture which was originally developed on Linux. Audacity supports both LV2 effects on Mac as well as GNU/Linux. There are not yet many pre-compiled LV2 plug-ins for Mac, though it may be possible to compile some Linux LV2 plug-ins for other operating systems.

To add a new LV2 effect, place its complete '.lv2' folder (not the files alone) at the top level of any of the following searched for locations:

  • ~/.lv2
  • ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/LV2
  • /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/LV2
  • /usr/local/lib/lv2
  • /usr/lib/lv2
Search paths where Audacity looks for LV2 plug-ins may also be specified by setting the LV2_PATH environment variable. The path listed below is legitimate.
  • $HOME/.lv2:$HOME/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/LV2:/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/LV2:/usr/local/lib/lv2:/usr/lib/lv2

Then use Effect > Add / Remove Plug-ins.. to enable the LV2 effects and load them into Audacity, For details see Plug-in Manager: Effects, Generators and Analyzers.


Installing Vamp plug-ins

Vamp plug-ins are usually for analyzing audio so will appear under Audacity's Analyze Menu. You can do interesting things like attempt to track beats, note pitches, chords or frequencies. Any Vamp plug-ins whose output is suitable for a label track should work in Audacity on Mac. To add a new Vamp analysis tool, add the plug-in's DLL, DYLIB or SO file and any supplied category or RDF files to any of the Vamp search locations then enable the tool in the Plug-in Manager: Effects, Generators and Analyzers dialog.


Uninstalling plug-ins

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Plug-ins can be removed using Effect > Add / Remove Plug-ins.. and then removing the file from the relevant file location, so that they do not appear again in Plug-in Manager.

Plug-ins shipped with Audacity can be found inside Audacity.app (in the Applications folder, or wherever you have installed Audacity). The path to the plug-ins is for example /Applications/Audacity.app/Contents/plug-ins. You can reach the Contents directory by right-clicking or Ctrl-clicking over Audacity.app and selecting Show Package Contents.

How can I solve Audacity crashing after I add a plug-in?

Please see this FAQ

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If you discover a specific plug-in that misbehaves in Audacity, please email our feedback address. Please include any available Debug report that Audacity generates.

Please see this Wiki page for Plug-ins that crash Audacity or fail to work properly in Audacity


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