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Sonic Visualiser for Mac

Sonic Visualiser 5.2.0

  -  39.4 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Sonic Visualiser 5.2.0.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Sonic Visualiser for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- On the Mac, substantially improve responsiveness during scrolling and zooming, with threaded paint and various perceptual changes. If threaded paint causes instability, it can be disabled by setting the SV_NO_THREADED_PAINT environment variable (to anything). (Sonic Visualiser was previously perceptually more sluggish on the Mac than on other platforms, where this change was not necessary)
- Fix habit of holding open the device microphone after recording
- Improve compatibility with Vamp plugins that return unexpectedly many values in features
- Improve compatibility with Vamp plugins that express units in variant forms such as "Hertz"
- Fix incorrect choice of UI language on systems with more than one of the supported languages configured, and on which English (that is not explicitly regionalised to en_US or en_GB) has a higher priority than any other supported language. Previously the first other matching language would have been used; now it will be English
- Fix tendency to pop up a progress dialog over the top of any user input needed when opening a file