SonodexPlayer & waveform
The player at the top of the window: play, preview, seek, zoom and keep a preview list.
On this page
Load and playLink to “Load and play”
- Double-click a track to load it into the player.
- In “Analysis & Cues” a selected track is loaded paused, not played.
- Space starts and pauses, even when the waveform or a player button has focus. It has no effect in text fields and open dialogues.
- Esc only stops the preview.
Cover, title and displayLink to “Cover, title and display”
Since 4.0 the player shows the real cover of the loaded track: 40 pixels in the “Compact” layout, 52 in the “Standard” layout and 56 in the “Large” layout. While the cover is loading, missing or unreadable, a placeholder with a music note of the same size is shown; the player does not jump. If you switch tracks quickly, the old cover does not linger. The title is on the first line, the artist on the second, both truncated with a tooltip. BPM and key form their own group with a divider, and times are set in tabular figures.
ControlsLink to “Controls”
- Previous track / Next track
- Follow the visible list. “Previous track” jumps to the start if more than three seconds have already played.
- CUE
- Jumps to the first memory cue (or 0:00) and pauses.
- Quantize
- Cues snap to the beatgrid; key Q.
- −4 / BEATS / +4
- Jumps four beats back or forward along the grid.
- Volume
- Slider for the preview volume, with the value announced for screen readers. The speaker button in front of it (“Mute” / “Unmute”) mutes and unmutes; the previous volume is kept.
- Play/pause
- Highlighted in colour since 4.0.
- Preview queue
- The “Toggle preview list” button opens the queue. You add tracks with right-click → “Add to queue”.
Player layoutLink to “Player layout”
| Layout | What you see |
|---|---|
| Compact | Only transport and a small overview in one row |
| Standard | Waveform, hot cues and grid editor |
| Large | Larger waveforms, all 16 pads and a colour legend |
You choose the layout with the button on the left of the player (“Player layout, hide waveform and player”) or under View → “Player layout”. View → “Player” hides the player completely; the library gets the space. You adjust the height of the player and waveform by dragging the edge below them. Sonodex remembers everything across restarts.
WaveformLink to “Waveform”
- Zoom waveform: click or drag to scrub; zoom in and out with “+” and “−”.
- Overview: the whole track; click or drag to scrub, ← / → jump five seconds.
- Focused waveform: ← / → five seconds back or forward, Home to the start, End to the end.
You set the colours under Settings → General with “Waveform style” or directly in the player menu: “RGB (Rekordbox)” colours by frequency, “3-band blue/yellow” and “3-band blue/red” show lows, mids and highs as layers, “3-band colour-blind-friendly” uses easily distinguishable colours for this, and “Energy (simplified)” shows only the loudness for quick skimming. A legend explains the colours; the style applies to track lists, overview and zoom waveform.
Hot cues and gridLink to “Hot cues and grid”
Hot cue pads, memory cues and loops are described in Hot cues, memory cues & loops, the grid tool in Edit beatgrid.
Something missing or wrong? Let us know. The app interface is available in English and German.