64 bit application - new code, rewritten, meant to take advantage of new OS developments as well as things we’ve been germinating on.

AudioUnit DSP processing - building upon our original VSTRack, we’ve added support for AudioUnits. The new DSPRack features improved plugin search, presets, output format and output channel controls.

New search methods - new left panel Filter Search, chained search pills, Tag to Database function, all improve upon our industry leading search engine.

Speed Improvements( Scanning, waveform zooming, etc) - 64 bit allowed gave opportunities to optimise things making all these functions quicker and taking advantage of new hardware improvements.

Built in Radium sampler - This changes everything in sound design. Integrated interface that easily connects to any MIDI controller, allows up to 5 layers of sounds, each with their own array of filters, modulation, envelopes and plugin settings. Don’t worry, tutorials exist but it won’t take long before you are creating new sounds! (Not available when using ReWire)

Updated UI - we took the opportunity to improve, but not drastically change what has become a comfortable tool for many.

User Experience improvements, including custom database ordering, field ordering. Little things, but important things.

Assignable watch folders that scan items in the background. You can auto ingest new content now by simply setting a watch folder!

Cantar Mode scanning and operation - improvements for dialogue editors and importing from field recorders.

Cloud advancements - HTTP with a smart new improved proxy engine and an interface to allow to playback directly from an Amazon S3 cloud bucket.

NO MORE SD2 files. with V5Pro Soundminer will no longer support Sound Designer II files. You will need to convert them using Soundminer’s Mirror feature to AIFF or WAV.

V5Pro uses a new database paradigm, so the new databases are different. It will require embedding with your previous version as the files will need to be rescanned under V5. Note that a Database/Spotting Panel/Playlist converter is being built but is not ready at the time of writing.