Changelog

New features, changes and fixes, listed by release date. Earlier entries describe the product at that time; see Pricing and Help for current plans and behavior.

October 1, 2026

Lower prices, and a monthly upload limit on Free

  • Pro is now $8 a month billed yearly ($96), or $10 monthly, with 500 GB. Studio is $16 a month billed yearly ($192), or $20 monthly, with 1 TB. Storage on both is unchanged. See the plans.
  • Free still includes 5 GB. From October 1 it also has a limit of 1 GB of your own uploads each calendar month (UTC): versions, project files and delivery extras. Files a client sends through an upload link are not counted, and the limit does not apply during the 14-day Pro trial. Files you have already uploaded stay where they are, and client pages work as before. Only new uploads wait for the next month. How storage and uploads are counted.

September 26, 2026

Name a version, and see which comments came from an earlier one

  • Click a version’s name above the player, or the pencil beside it, to give it a name of its own. The name shows on your project page and on the client’s review page. Downloads keep the file name, and the next upload is named by its file again. How naming works.
  • Open comments carried into a new version are drawn dimmer on the waveform, with ranges dashed, and say which version they came from. What carries over.
  • On a computer, the keys that send a comment (⌘ Enter, or Ctrl Enter on Windows) are shown beside Send, and they now work in the comment box that opens on the waveform too. Enter still starts a new line.
  • The first time a client comments, the name prompt asks for a name and nothing else, and the note that a draft is saved waits until they leave the box.

September 25, 2026

Drag a track onto another, and check the client page on your phone

  • Drag a track by its handle onto the right half of another track to add it as that track’s next versions. A version you split back out with Make this its own track starts again at v1, unless an approval record, a release or a review link names its number.
  • Until you share a link for the first time, the project page shows the client’s page one press away, with a QR code that opens it on your phone. Your phone is treated as you, so it is not counted as a client visit. Previewing the client page.

September 24, 2026

Move songs between projects, and keep listening with the screen locked

  • Move a song to another project from its menu, with all its versions and comments. Nothing is copied. With many projects, search for the one you want. How moving works.
  • On an iPhone or iPad, playback goes on with the screen off, and the lock screen shows the song and can pause, play and change tracks. Listening with the screen locked.
  • Turn client comments off for one review link or for your whole account. Clients can still listen and approve. Comment settings.
  • Each project on the dashboard shows how many times a client listened and when they last did. What counts as a listen.
  • What’s new and Send feedback are in the sidebar.

September 23, 2026

Pro trials start with client playback; Free deliveries have a 30-day download period

  • The 14-day Pro trial now starts when a client first plays audio through your review link. You can try Visits with playback data from your own projects. Eligible existing accounts with recorded client playback start the trial on their next dashboard visit.
  • Free includes a 30-day download period for released files. When it ends, your files and delivery records are saved, and clients can request access again. Use Release again for 30 days in the Delivery panel to restore downloads. Pro and above have no release time limit. Deliveries with an unpaid balance remain available for payment. How it works.

September 20, 2026

Matching filenames are grouped as versions

  • Drop "Gold Hour v1.wav" and "Gold Hour v2.wav" together and you get one song with two versions, not two songs. Names must match after a trailing version label such as v2, rev 3, take 4, final, master or mix is removed. A number on its own is not treated as a version label. How the matching works.
  • Unresolved comments carry over, as they do when adding a version manually. Free allows three versions per track; a fourth matching file is added as a separate track.
  • If one joined the wrong song, the version menu has Make this its own track. Its comments, approval and version number are retained.

September 20, 2026

Restore deleted items for 30 days

  • Deleted projects, tracks, versions and files remain in the Trash for 30 days. Open Trash from the sidebar to restore them. How it works.
  • Deleting a project disables its review, delivery and upload links. It does not recall downloaded files or audio already loaded in a browser.
  • Trashed files count toward storage until permanently deleted. The plan page shows this usage. Trashed versions do not count toward Free’s three-version limit per track.
  • The Trash shows 50 items per page, with filters for type and project and a search by name.
  • Masters and cover art can be deleted from the Assets list now, one row at a time, and they go to the Trash like everything else. They stay out of the bulk selection there.

September 19, 2026

See which part of a song your client played

  • The Visits panel now opens on what was played, one card per song. The front of the card compares the versions: “v3 75% · v2 88% · v1 100%”. The percentages let you compare recorded playback coverage across versions. Inside, a strip runs the length of the song and its height is how many seconds of each part were played; move along it and the line underneath says where you are. Where a song has several versions, pills switch between them. What the panel shows.
  • The panel includes the number of visit records. Coverage does not identify a listener or count repeated plays of a section.

September 19, 2026

Settings is one page per section, and each email has a switch

  • Settings is now a list down the side: Profile, Client pages, Notifications, Security, Integrations, and your plan and payouts in the same frame.
  • Notifications has a switch for each of the six kinds of mail (comments, plays, approvals, files from clients, downloads, card payments) and they save as you move them. Switching one off stops that mail and nothing else. Which emails Soneam sends.
  • Account mail is sent in the language of the account, under one [Soneam] subject prefix.

September 18, 2026

Two-factor sign-in

  • Settings → Security turns on an authenticator app, with recovery codes to use if you lose access to the app. Every password field has an eye now, and the sign-in pages say their errors where you can see them. How to turn it on.

September 18, 2026

Invite a colleague

  • Your plan page has an invite link. When somebody who signs up through it shares a review link with a client, Free accounts get 5 GB more storage, up to 20 GB. When they pay for a plan, paying accounts get a month of their own plan as credit. Nothing is given for a signup on its own. How it works.

September 2026

Lower prices, more storage

  • Pro is now $12 a month billed yearly ($144), or $15 monthly, and holds 500 GB instead of 300. Studio is $24 billed yearly ($288), or $30 monthly, and holds 1 TB instead of 700 GB. Free is unchanged. Enterprise is for more than 1 TB. See the plans.

September 2026

Verification links for approvals, and card checkout moves to Pro

  • Each approval now has a public check page: the version, its SHA-256, who signed off and when, for anyone holding the link and nobody else. Pro prints the link on the approval record. The verification link remains available after a plan change. If approval is withdrawn, the page shows that status.
  • Card checkout on payment-gated deliveries, through your own Stripe with no Soneam fee, is on Pro and above. The gate itself is unchanged on every plan: name a bank transfer or any other method, and confirm it yourself. A connected Stripe stays connected; the Pay button comes back with Pro.
  • Your first 14 days now end with a note, on the dashboard and by email, that says what your clients did in those days and what switches off.
  • Pro accounts get a monthly report on the first: last month's links, visits, listening time, comments, approvals and releases, next to the month before. Switch it off under Email preferences. And a first release now starts from the payment instructions you wrote last time.

September 2026

Yearly billing: $15 and $30 a month

  • Pro is $180 a year and Studio $360, which is $15 and $30 a month, 21% and 23% under the monthly price. The pricing page opens on the yearly figures; monthly is one press away and unchanged at $19 and $39.

September 2026

Pro features for your first 14 days

  • New accounts can use the Visits panel and their logo, color and links on client pages for their first 14 days. Storage and versions follow Free, and the dashboard says the day it ends.
  • On Free, the line that says a client listened now names what Pro would add for that listen, and a track with 3 versions says the next one needs Pro before you try to upload it.

September 14, 2026

Free includes up to three versions per track

  • Free now keeps up to 3 versions per track, including on existing projects. Pro and above have unlimited versions within their storage allowance. Project count remains unlimited.
  • The limit is checked before starting another version upload. Uploads in progress reserve a slot; failed or canceled transfers release it.
  • Existing audio, comments, approval records and released deliveries remain available, including after a downgrade. Tracks already holding 3 or more versions cannot receive another version on Free.
  • Removing a version frees a slot, but also removes its audio and comments and detaches the version from approval records; existing deletion protections still apply. An analysis failure does not free a slot while the uploaded original is retained.

September 13, 2026

Plan changes, Visits and webhooks

  • The $9 Indie plan has been retired. Free includes 5 GB and unlimited projects. Pro is $19/month for 300 GB, and Studio is $39/month for 700 GB. Enterprise offers custom storage from 1 TB and invoice billing. See the plans.
  • Pro adds a Visits panel beside each review link. It shows recorded browser visits, versions and listening ranges, including Fair Loudness and streaming preview settings. These records do not identify who listened.
  • Detailed listen notifications are now part of Pro. Free still sends a basic notification when a master is played. Playback, streaming preview, waveform comments, approval and delivery remain available on Free, with no client account or paid seat required.
  • Your logo, color, studio link and social links on client pages now require Pro. Your name and studio name remain visible on Free. On phones, the logo appears beside the file name and in the Details sheet.
  • Studio adds webhooks in Settings. Connect approvals, client comments, incoming files and delivery download starts to Zapier, Make, n8n or your own endpoint. Requests are signed, with retries and a delivery history. A download event records the handover of a download URL, not a completed transfer.

September 13, 2026

Commenting on phones, saved drafts and updated guides

  • Fixed a phone review page getting stuck after sending a comment, and improved dialogs when the keyboard is open.
  • Failed comment submissions are safer to retry, and attachments are retained for another attempt. Share-message drafts now survive a page reload in the same tab.
  • ZIP delivery records now require a download URL to be handed over successfully. A failed attempt to prepare that URL no longer records a download start.
  • Rewrote the English and Japanese guides, comparison pages and Help text. Short demonstrations show how to share a mix, leave feedback and deliver final files. Read the guides.

September 2026

No project limit, one link per project, and Release is a switch

  • The Free plan no longer caps projects. A project is a master; make as many as the job needs. Free includes 5 GB. See the September 13 entry above for the current paid features.
  • A project has one review link, made the moment the first file lands. It sits under the title with Copy and Email; its password, whether the client can switch versions, and a fresh URL are in the menu beside it. Older links you had made stay open until you close them.
  • The Delivery panel is the editor: tick tracks, add extra files, set a balance, and the one button at the bottom is Release files or Unrelease. Released files are listed on the review link with a SHA-256 each, and a new version of a released track takes the old one's place.
  • On an album, one press of Approve signs off every track by default. An older version can be made current again from the version menu.
  • When a file will not fit in your storage, the page says so in the server's words and offers the upgrade, instead of reporting an upload that was refused.

September 2026

Session folders, DDP images and anything else, up to 50 GB

  • Project files, client uploads and the extras that ride along with a delivery now take a single file of up to 50 GB. Masters and mixes stay at 600 MB, which is six and a half minutes at 192 kHz and 32-bit, because those are measured and turned into a lossless preview on the way in.
  • No file type is refused on those routes. A DDP folder, a zipped Pro Tools session, a recall sheet, a PDF of the credits.
  • Parts of a large upload are signed one at a time as they go out, rather than all at the start. A session that took longer than fifteen minutes used to fail partway with nothing on screen to say why.
  • There has never been a monthly limit on how much you upload. Storage is the only ceiling.

You are told when somebody plays your master

  • A review link card already said whether it had been opened. Opening is the most common thing a client does and it was the only one that reached nobody: a comment, a change request, an approval and a download all send mail, and listening did not. You had to be logged in to find out.
  • Now the first time a master is played on a link, you get an email. Once per link, never again for that one.
  • It waits for five seconds of audio, not for the page to open, because anything that can fetch a URL can open a page: link scanners and security filters walk every address in an inbox. It also waits for someone to actually press something, because a script alone can start the sound.
  • What it cannot tell you is who. Whether that was your client, somebody they forwarded it to, or the same person on a second device, we have no way to know.
  • The card separates two states that used to look the same: opened and never played, and played with no answer yet. The tally of visits and plays is in the tooltip.
  • Visits from a network address used by the owner are excluded from client counts for a day. This can also exclude a client on the same network.
  • The privacy policy now sets this out, in both languages, and every review page links to it.

August 2026

A delivery can be for one client, not the room

  • A single is one artist and one review link. An album is often an artist, a producer and a mixing engineer, each with a link of their own, and a delivery used to appear on all of them. If the producer was the one paying, the artist saw the files and the balance due for an invoice that was not theirs.
  • When a project has more than one review link, the delivery form now asks who can download it. Pick one and the package is on that page alone and the email goes to them.
  • Left alone, nothing changes: everyone holding a link gets it, which is right when there is one client. The question is not asked at all on a project with a single link.
  • When there is nobody to email, because a client who has not approved anything has left no address, Soneam says so instead of claiming a letter went out.
  • The delivery form also ticks the version the player is actually on, rather than a flag that could disagree with it, and if you try to send an empty package, the message says a package needs a version or an attached file.

Compare codec previews

  • The streaming preview has always applied each platform's loudness. It now offers test encodes in Ogg Vorbis, AAC-LC and Opus. These approximate selected listening conditions rather than reproducing every service’s output.
  • A Listener control next to the platform chips switches between the lossless master and the encode, so the comparison is one click and back again.
  • Off by default. Which encode a listener gets depends on their plan and their connection, so nothing decides that for you.
  • On the review page as well, which is where it matters: the person deciding is the one who has never heard the file any other way.
  • The other platforms stay loudness-only rather than guessing at a codec nobody has published.

July 2026

Your workspace, rebuilt too

  • The project page now leads with the waveform. The mastering metrics and streaming preview fold into quiet panels you open when you want them, so the audio is the focus instead of a wall of numbers.
  • The review page's zoom, player and keyboard shortcuts, now in your workspace, with J and K to move between tracks.
  • Both sides of a handoff now feel like one tool: your workspace and the review page your clients open got the same treatment.

The review page, rebuilt

  • The player is now the focus: a bigger waveform, a calmer layout, and the comment thread flattened into a clean conversation instead of stacked boxes.
  • Zoom into the waveform to comment on the exact moment. Scroll or the magnifier control zooms, a scrollbar pans, and the view follows playback, so you can pin a note on a four-minute track down to the second.
  • Comments update live: a new note from your client appears on its own and glows, with a "2 viewing" badge when you are both on the page at once, with no refresh.
  • A smoother player everywhere: a playhead that tracks at full frame rate, metrics panels that open without stutter, and keyboard shortcuts (space to play, arrows to seek, C to comment, ? for the full list).
  • Cleaner on the phone too, with the master's specs and loudness on their own tab and the download button always within reach.

The inbox: every project's next move, in one bell

  • A bell in the sidebar now collects what needs you across all projects: change requests, open comments, payment claims to confirm, masters approved and ready to deliver, and failed uploads to retry.
  • A second tab shows what you're waiting on from clients: approvals, payments, downloads, unopened review links, and file requests nobody has answered yet.
  • Each item drops you into the exact spot for the action: a payment claim opens the delivery panel with the package highlighted and "Mark as paid" in view, an approved project opens the delivery form, a change request scrolls to the client's note.
  • Nothing to dismiss or mark as read: items clear themselves when you take the action (reply, confirm, deliver, upload a revision).

Get paid before the download

  • Deliveries can now require payment: set a balance with line items (mastering, revision fees, alternate formats) and downloads stay locked until you confirm the money landed.
  • Works with however you get paid: bank transfer, PayPal, anything. Your payment instructions show on the delivery page, the client taps "I've sent the payment", and one click from you unlocks their files.
  • Connect your Stripe account and the delivery page gets a Pay button: your client pays you directly and downloads unlock instantly, after payment is confirmed.
  • Available on every plan. No Soneam transaction fee. Payment processing fees may apply.
  • New guide to go with it: how to get paid for mixing and mastering.

Yearly billing: 2 months free

  • Every paid plan now has a yearly option: Indie $90, Pro $190, Studio $390 per year, which works out to 2 months free.
  • Switch between monthly and yearly billing in place from the billing page, with no second subscription and prorated by Stripe. Plans and prices are on the pricing page.

Free tools, shareable results, and a bigger guide library

June 2026

Public launch, and the delivery paper trail

  • Soneam opens to everyone.
  • SHA-256 checksums recorded for every delivery, so what the client downloads provably matches what you rendered.
  • Printable approval record: who approved which version, and when.
  • Approval confirmation emails, a request-changes flow, and approval withdrawal.
  • Album-wide approval and one-click ZIP delivery.
  • Download and link-opening notifications record activity. They do not verify the recipient’s identity or confirm a completed file transfer.

The loudness engine

  • Streaming loudness preview in the player and in client review links: compare selected loudness references for Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, TikTok, Tidal, Amazon and Deezer. Actual playback depends on the service and settings.
  • Fair Loudness in the player: compare versions at matched playback levels. The stored source files are unchanged.
  • Metering: LUFS over time, dynamic range, PLR and PSR, and true peak measured with 4× oversampling.
  • Real-time output meter that shows the actual level after preview gain and Fair Loudness.

Faster, bigger uploads

  • Direct-to-cloud uploads with files up to 600 MB.
  • Branded email for every notification, and reliability logging so a failed email is never silent.

May 2026

The core workflow

  • Projects, tracks, and versions with lossless FLAC playback and waveform-pinned comments.
  • No-login client review links, recorded approvals, and password-protected delivery.
  • Comment carry-over: open feedback follows the track into the next version.