SonicMood Beta Test Versions Page
The beta test for v5.2.0 started on 10/03/2025
Beta 1 posted 10/03/2025
Beta 2 posted 10/31/2013
Beta 5 posted 11/16/2013 (Betas 3 and 4 were only tested internally)
Beta 6 posted 11/19/2013
Beta 7 posted 11/22/2013
Beta 8 posted 11/29/2013
Beta 9 posted 12/11/2025
Beta 10 posted 12/30/2013
SonicMood Carbon v5.2.0 beta 10 (16.5 MB)
SonicMood Cocoa v5.2.0 beta 10 (11.2 MB)
These are just zipped copies of the SonicMood application. The carbon version is "Universal" and will run on both PPC and Intel Macs. The cocoa version is "Intel only." Just unzip and drag to your applications folder, into the same folder as your current SonicMood.
NOTE: If you are running OS 10.7 or above and get the "not code signed" message when you first launch SonicMood, you don't have to change your security settings. Just right-click on the app and select "Open," then click the "Open" button on the window that appears. The app should launch and you can just double-click like normal on subsequent launches.
The Help folder and files have been updated and are included with this beta. Please look the Help information over and let me know if you see anything seriously wrong.
Please report any bugs or other test issues to our beta test email address:
[email protected]
Changes in v5.2.0 beta 10:
Changed the version update code so SonicMood downloads the update that's the same "type" as the version that's running. So if the carbon version is running, it downloads "SonicMood Carbon.app", and if the cocoa version is running, it downloads "SonicMood Cocoa.app". Afterwards, it launches the new version which deletes the old version and then renames its file to "SonicMood.app" (although the UNIX executable retains the name of either "SonicMood Carbon" or "SonicMood Cocoa". So the first time either version runs, it renames its file to "SonicMood.app", however the menu name will continue to be either "SonicMood Carbon" or "SonicMood Cocoa".
Fixed the color of the "About" window's "Bit Of Paradise Products" URL link.
Changes in v5.2.0 beta 9:
Changed the vertical height and spacing of the items in the "Edit" panel slightly and adjusted the height of the panel on the SonicMood window.
The "Live resize..." checkbox on the Preferences window, Windows tab, will only appear if the Carbon version of SonicMood is running. Also true for the SonicMood contextual menu and the "Window" menuitem. Live resize is always on for the Cocoa version.
Moved the menuitems "New Mood" and "New Theme" from the "File" menu to the "Moods" menu since they're really not related to creating, loading, or saving files.
Moved the MenuItem "Sleep/Wake Schedule..." from the Moods menu to the SonicMood menu.
Fixed a bug that prevented the "Soundflower not found" error message from appearing in the "Record Window".
Fixed a cosmetic bug that caused the "Abort Conversion" button on the "Record Window" to be cut off at the bottom.
Fixed a cosmetic bug that truncated the text of the "Link Sleep On/Off and Wake On/Off" checkbox. Also added the "(requires authentication)" text below the "Sleep/Wake computer" checkbox. Both were problems with the Cocoa build.
Fixed a bug that caused a spurious "Undo Hide Ext Button" undo item in the Edit menu after changing to the Soundfiles tab on the Edit panel after starting SonicMood.
Changes in v5.2.0 beta 8:
Fixed a crash that could happen if a Moods file with fewer Moods replaced the current Moods file where the Mood being edited was a higher number than the number of Moods in the new Mood file.
Made a few changes so the Dock icon's right-click list includes the "Main Window" now.
Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when doing a "Reset to Original Moods Only" from the Moods menu, if a new Mood had been added and was currently playing...
Fixed a beta bug that was causing the arrows in the Soundfile list to either not appear or to be associated with the wrong soundfile. This occurred if a Mood contained references to a soundfile or soundfiles that was/were no longer in the Soundfile folder.
Added a command ("remove missing soundfiles from selected moods"), available from the Moods menu or the Moods list contextual menu, that would removed any references to missing Soundfiles in the highlighted Moods.
Added ability to replace all soundfiles with the files dropped in a folder (hold the Command key to do a replace instead of an add).
Changed the way the "Max # of soundfiles simultaneously audible" slider works so it always allows for up to 32 Soundfiles to be allowed. It also won't change its value when Soundfiles are selected.
Changes in v5.2.0 beta 7:
Fixed a bug in the Cocoa version that didn't italicize the Themes that contained the current Mood.
Fixed a bug in the Cocoa version that prevented the spacebar from toggling pause/play.
Fixed a rare crashing bug at startup for the Cocoa version.
Changes in v5.2.0 beta 6:
Fixed a bug in the Cocoa version that caused a cosmetic glitch when Zooming the SonicMood window from small back to normal-sized.
Fixed a bug in the Cocoa version that allowed resizing of the Zoomed-small SonicMood window.
Fixed a self-inflicted bug that caused the volume of the instruments to be lower than previous versions.
Made a change to the "Volume Settings" window so that it initially appears on top of the SonicMood window. It can be moved and will remember its position during a session, but if closed when SonicMood is quit it will appear over the SonicMood window the next time SonicMood is launched and the "Volume Settings" window is opened.
Changes in v5.2.0 beta 5:
The Soundfile volume now fades in a logarithmic fashion with more steps for a smoother sound.
Fixed a minor bug that caused a momentary soundfile volume transient if the fade time slider was set to 0.
Modified the way the master volume slider works so the soundfile volumes are immediately changed, rather than just changing the endpoint for the volume if a soundfile is fading up or down. This also affects the "sleep / wake" fade volume.
Fixed a major list sort bug that caused the sorted items to be in the wrong places after the sort (initiated by pressing on a listbox header).
Fixed a few contextual menu bugs in the Picture Window.
Changes in v5.2.0 beta 2:
Fixed a cosmetic issue that confused the "Tempo Multiplier," "Time Sync," and "Time Mode" control's relationship with the Note Timing settings for the instruments (on the "Inst, Vol, Notes" tab).
Fixed a potential bug where long soundfiles are still loading while SonicMood indicates in the soundfile list that they're playing...
Fixed a small cosmetic bug in the labeling of the Mood Sweep Mode and Soundfile Sweep Mode sliders.
Fixed a bug in the SuperSlider class control that was causing the values during a drag slide to not be registered properly.
Fixed a small bug that could cause some controls on the "Inst, Vol, Notes" tab of the Edit panel to get scrunched together if the window was resized horizontally so that the vertical and horizontal scrollbars were both visible.
Fixed a bug that caused the indicators in the soundfile list to not get reset when the sounds are muted by clicking on the button in the Volume Settings Window.
Fixed a problem with the Cocoa version that could cause the user to inadvertently overwrite a file when naming a file to save recorded digital audio. If the file already existed, the "File Already Exists..." warning was not appearing.
Changes in v5.2.0 beta 1:
Both the carbon and cocoa versions of SonicMood are compatible with the latest developer version of Mavericks (OS 10.9).
SonicMood is using the Cocoa frameworks (Intel only) for that version of SonicMood. The "Universal" version using the Carbon frameworks is also available and supported.
Instrument names are now extracted from ".sf2" (Soundfont) files and used to label the instrument selection controls on the Edit panel. Loading of Soundfonts should be more reliable (less chance of failure) now.
The Soundfiles page on the Edit Panel now displays which soundfiles are actually audible at any moment. There's also a limiter you can apply via a slider at the top of the page which limits the number of selected soundfiles that can be audible at any one time.
The min/max pause/play time sliders on the Soundfiles page are now logarithmic and the range is increased to 600 seconds (10 minutes). The fade time slider is now also logarithmic and the range has been doubled to 120 seconds (2 minutes).
Made some cosmetic improvements to the Edit panel pages.
Fixed a bug that prevented deleting ".sf2" files from the Synths list in Preferences.
The name of the current synthesizer is now displayed in the SonicMood window's Title.
Fixed a font size bug.
Fixed a bug that caused numbers rather than the Musical Key to be shown in the slider on the Piano Keyboard window.
Fixed a bug that could cause a crash during the check for a new version.
