Alpha v1.6.0
Latest
Released: October 22, 2026
Overview
Sonic Fauna v1.6.0 marks the app's first publicly available release, featuring user accounts, one-time passcode login, and a built-in app updater.
Feature Highlight: Account Login and Automatic Updates
Features
- User Accounts: The account portal lets users manage their licenses, registered machines, and email settings.
- Email Login: Sign in to Sonic Fauna using a one-time verification code sent to your email address.
- Auto Updater: It is no longer necessary to manually download and install the app. Updates can be downloaded and installed from within Sonic Fauna.
Alpha v1.5.0
Released: September 07, 2026
Overview
This update adds Symmetry, a six lane Euclidean sequencer for generating percussive and melodic patterns with polymetric sequencing. It also introduces the Bayerova Piano, a new scale browser, and global key and scale settings with per instrument overrides.
Feature Highlight: Symmetry Sequencer
Features
- Symmetry Sequencer: Six independent Euclidean sequencing lanes with controls for steps, events, shift, velocity, and note selection. Supports sample based and tonal polyphonic instruments, with chord and note modes for chord playback and melodic phrase sequencing.
- Bayerova Piano: Six voice sampled acoustic piano with velocity responsive filtering and attack behavior. Includes 39 presets ranging from clean piano sounds to heavily modulated and degraded variations.
- Scale Browser: Scales can be browsed by category with descriptions, associated genres, and a keyboard visualization of their notes.
- Global and Local Scales: Projects can define a global key and scale shared by compatible instruments and sequencers. Individual instruments can override these values with local settings.
Improvements
- Improved audio engine memory management to help prevent leaks and reduce memory consumption during extended sessions.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a routing issue in the Spaces module that caused the texture layer to play at a substantially lower gain than intended.
Alpha v1.4.0
Released: June 22, 2026
Overview
The Essential Effects Suite was the top voted feature in the Community Voice poll. As such, this update adds a set of core sound shaping tools for mixing, movement, and sculting, with a few Sonic Fauna style twists along the way.
Feature Highlight: Essential Effects Suite
Features
- Valves: rhythmic 16 step filter sequencing with per-step frequency and resonance
- Helix: split band tremolo with manual or tempo synced modulation
- Vectors: auto panning for drifting, pulsing stereo movement
- Levels: gain, stereo width and high-pass filtering in one utility effect
- Shades: simple tilt EQ for quick bright/dark tone shaping
- New Synth "Diatom": A monophonic FM synth with envelopes, glide, detune modulation and a dedicated sub oscillator
- Sequencer Aware Effects: Effects can now respond to sequencer activity. Valves is the first module to use this, opening the door to more rhythmic and pattern-aware processing.
Improvements
- Rotary dials now support double-click reset
- Sliders have improved value handling, especially for non-linear controls
- Scrollbars can now be toggled from View → Toggle Scrollbars
Alpha v1.3.1
Released: May 01, 2026
Overview
This release adds the new Membranes compressor/saturator module, major updates to Amoeba, new features and refinements across several effects, and improved parameter control feel. It also includes a significant under-the-hood parameter system update that helps prepare the app for future automation support, but introduces breaking changes for older projects.
Feature Highlight: Membranes Compressor & Saturator
Features
- Membranes is a compressor and saturator module that combines basic dynamic control with soft saturation layers for additional tonal shaping. Each saturator layer includes a tilt EQ for further adjustment.
- Amoeba Synth got a major update with clearer filter controls, resonance, low-pass / high-pass modes, and a new noise generator with white, pink and brown noise. Great for squelchy acid-style tones, gritty lo-fi textures and drones.
Improvements
- A new parameter scaling system has been added to improve the feel and precision of certain controls. Parameters like filter cutoff now respond more naturally across their full range, with finer control in the low-frequency range where it matters most.
- Atoms (formerly Bit Crusher) now has a continuous sample rate reducer, labeled "Flux" in the UI
- Echoes (formerly Classic Delay) now includes high and low-pass filters on the delay line
- Phases now includes a Timbre parameter that adjusts the resonance of the all-pass filters
- Phases also includes a Spread control for stereo width
- Spaces has been optimized for lower CPU usage while improving stereo imaging from the Spread control, creating more space in the center for the original signal
- The Spaces texture motion rate now extends to much slower values, with improved resolution. The slowest rate is now 12 measures
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where audio would continue playing when the stop button was pressed twice. The audio engine now performs a full reset and stops all sound
Alpha v1.3.0
Released: Mar 25, 2026
Overview
This release centers on Audio Export, a feature that required substantial reworking of core parts of the application. While the original plan also included a new sequencer type, that work is still in progress and will roll out through interim releases in the coming weeks.
Feature Highlight: Audio Export
Features
- Audio Export makes it easy to export Sonic Fauna creations for sharing, archiving, or further production. It supports both full mixes and stems, so individual parts can be brought into a DAW for deeper mixing and arrangement.
Improvements
- Updates underlying libraries and third-party dependencies for better compatibility with macOS Tahoe
Bug Fixes
- Ensures the integrity of note playback across spans and timeline edits
- General stability fixes and edge-case handling
Alpha v1.2.2
Released: Feb 23, 2026
Overview
This is an interim release focused on upgrading underlying frameworks and systems and adding a couple of nice-to-have features and minor bug fixes.
Features
- Chaos Sequencer Sweep: A new control for transposing entire sequences by a given interval. Can be used to create interesting arpeggio-like patterns
- Instrument Clone: Entire instruments can now be cloned
Improvements
- Optimizes application bundling and reduces build sizes by ~100MB
- Randomizes newly instantiated Chaos Sequencers for improved variety of sequences
- Updates all third-party dependencies for better compatibility with macOS Tahoe
- Adds a hide option to the launch screen
Bug Fixes
- Fix typos in the launch screen
Alpha v1.2.0
Released: Jan 26, 2026
Overview
This third private alpha focuses on expanding Sonic Fauna’s palette through a new convolutional reverb created in collaboration with the San Diego State University Sound Lab with ambiences
provided by the Echo Thief impulse response library.
Feature Highlight: Spaces
A versatile convolutional reverb that blends impulse responses from natural environments, architectural locations, and synthetic designs. It offers extended, near-infinite reverb with modulation ranging from subtle movement to more experimental textures.
Features
- dB meters for instruments and the main output
- Option to keep module parameters synchronized across all time spans in an instrument
- New mixer component in main mix panel for more traditional mixing workflow
- Oscillator module for emergent pure tones, helpful in calibrating and making drones
Improvements
- Playback now loops to prevent sudden stopping at the end of the timeline
- Rotary Dial: focus indicator and arrow-key control for more fine-grained control of parameter values
- State management for future support of parameter automation
- Higher-contrast controls make various UI elements more legible
Bug Fixes
- New projects can now be created when all windows are closed
Alpha v1.1.0
Released: Nov 9, 2025
Overview
Sonic Fauna v1.1.0 marks our second private Alpha release, introducing the Lorentz Drum Mk I, alongside key workflow and stability upgrades. This version expands the app’s sonic range while laying a stronger foundation for future development.
Features
- Lorentz Drum Mk I
- Classic chorus effect module
Improvements
- Undo/Redo: batched granular operations
Bug Fixes
- Fixed sequencer data format serialization issues
Alpha v1.0.0
Released: July 10, 2025
Overview
Sonic Fauna’s first Alpha release introduces the foundation of the algorithmic music workflow: a pseudo-random sequencer, customizable instruments, and essential effects. This version focuses on making it easy to layer, arrange, and record algorithmic elements, while providing a streamlined UI for experimentation. The Alpha lays the groundwork for community feedback by which future development will be guided.
Features
- Drag-and-drop module system for combining sequencers, sources, and effects
- Transport controls for play, pause, stop, and seek, with timing indicators.
- Flexible instrument rack design allowing for assembly of custom instruments with independent volume, pan, and solo/mute controls.
- Arranger provides Bars:Beats:Sixteenths-level adjustments for arranging instruments in time
- Chaos Sequencer: A pseudo-random monophonic note sequencer
- Amoeba Synth: A monophonic synthesizer with glide, filter envelope, low-pass filter and ADSR
- Elements Synthesizer: An atonal monophonic synthesizer suitable for generating percussive sounds
- Reel: A simple real-time recorder that captures the main audio output and saves it to disk
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