Sound Ninja v0.4.0 Beta

[marcus-universe]

🥷 SoundNinja v0.4.0-beta — The First Release 🚀

Welcome to the first official SoundNinja Beta release! This version marks a massive milestone: we have completely rewritten the core, migrating from Vue to Nuxt, resulting in a blazing-fast experience, lower latency, and added power-user features.

Here is what's new in v0.4.0:

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🗂️ Project & Organization Management

• SQLite Project Architecture: Say goodbye to loose configurations. SoundNinja now saves everything into robust SQLite project files.
• Dynamic Tab System: Group your sounds into tabs to keep your sessions organized.
• Folder Import: Got an existing sound library? Import folders as tabs is now an option.
• Visual Separators: Add custom separators within tabs to cleanly segment your sound banks.

🎛️ Layout & Customization

• Drag & Drop Reordering: Freely rearrange your sound buttons on the fly.
• Multi-Select Actions: Edit, move, or manage multiple sound buttons simultaneously.
• Per-Button/Tab Visuals: Assign individual custom colors to every single button and tab.
• Theme Creator: Build your own custom UI themes. Full Light and Dark Mode support comes standard out of the box.

⚡ Performance & Next-Gen Audio Engine

• WASAPI & ASIO Support: Low-latency native Windows WASAPI support is standard. Experimental ASIO support is now live for pro-audio hardware users (Needs a special manual build)
• GPU Audio Processing (Experimental): Offload audio processing workloads straight to your GPU for zero-impact CPU performance.
• RAM Cache Optimization: Smart caching ensures instant, zero-delay sound triggering when you hit a button.
• Active Sound Indicators: Real-time visual feedback on buttons to show exactly which tracks are currently playing.

🌐 Quality of Life & Localization

• Instant Search Bar: Find the exact sound you need in milliseconds, no matter how large your library is.
• Multi-Language Support (i18n): Full native localization implemented. Available in English and Deutsch starting today.

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🔧 Installation & Notes

Warning

As this is an early Beta release for experimental audio backends (ASIO/GPU), you may encounter occasional bugs. Please report any crashes or audio issues in the GitHub Issues tab!

To get started, download the appropriate package below for your system.

Tested on Windows 11 so far.

Downloads

• Windows: .exe / .msi installer
• macOS: universal .dmg (Apple Silicon + Intel)
• Linux: .deb (Ubuntu/Debian) and .AppImage
• Arch: install via AUR (soundninja-bin) after this release is published

Full Changelog: https://github.com/marcus-universe/SoundNinja/commits/v0.4.0

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