Sononym is a sample browser that organizes your sounds using machine learning, and allows you to explore how they are related to one another.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux




SampleHive is described as 'Let’s you manage your audio samples in a nice and simple way, just add a directory where you store all your samples, or drag and drop a directory on it to add samples to it, and it will help sort, search, play and view some information about the sample' and is an app. There are four alternatives to SampleHive for Mac, Windows and Linux. The best SampleHive alternative is Sononym. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Samplecat. Other great apps like SampleHive are Curate Sample Manager and SFX Stacks.
Sononym is a sample browser that organizes your sounds using machine learning, and allows you to explore how they are related to one another.




ML-powered sample manager supporting auto-tagging for genre, instrument, and BPM, semantic and similarity search, sound mapping, drag-and-drop DAW integration, duplicate detection, real-time pitch and tempo preview, offline use, no subscription, and native OS support.




SFX Stacks is a desktop app for sound designers, editors, and game audio professionals working with large local SFX libraries. Search by describing the sound or using metadata, then use AI similarity search to branch from any result or reference sound.
