Changelog

DaVinci Resolve Export

• We've now added an Export pane with native Lua-based DaVinci Resolve export which creates you a .drp file (This is currently marked as beta).

Export

• You can now toggle on/off native titles for your exports.
• fcpxmld packages are built more reliably when re-using existing media for variants.

Transcript

• Find within Transcript now triggers even when your focus isn't within the transcription pane.
• Transcript marquee selection now stays within its bounds.
• Timestamp ranges are now correct when disabled words are in the mix.
• Disabled words at the end of a video no longer flash a few frames.

Variants

• When creating a variant duplicate the profanity settings now reliable copy to the new variant.

General

• Tooltip delay improved (slightly slower).
• Close tab button is now only revealed on hover to clean up the tab bar UI.
• General clean and hardening in places.

External Audio

• You can now safely remove attached external audio from the metadata pane.

Export to FCP

• Tightened a few edge case inconsistencies to improve the reliability of creating the Final Cut Pro package.

General

• Internal engine enhancements, cleanup and general fixes.
• Tidy up of localized strings.
• Steppers and drop-downs now match Sequence's UI.

Major Performance Upgrade

• The internal engine has mostly been rewritten to use a binary format contract with the UI, which means loading projects, searching, making edits will feel much smoother.

Conversions

• You can now automatically converted MP3's to M4A's (this is a toggle in the Settings, off by default)

Custom Profanity Symbol

• You can now set your own custom symbol to replace profane words (emojis too, anything your keyboard can type)

History

• A new Reset History button has been added, letting you wipe the undo/edit history for a project when you want a clean slate.

Transcript

• Jump to Word from a word context menu was jumping to the wrong playback position in some cases, this is now fixed and it accurately jumps to where the word is.
• The timestamp or range is shown on the right click menu when selecting a word or group.
• Enabling disabled words will no longer un-hide filler words.
• If a transcript reset operation fails partway through, the rollback now correctly restores your previous transcript and profanity preferences rather than leaving things in a mixed state.
• You can now reset the order of your edits via the more options menu.
• We added a filter toggle to choose what to see in the pane.
• Added .ass Advanced Sub Station sidecar files.
• You can now use ⌘C to copy selected word or group selection to your clipboard.

Metadata

• Audio-only projects were sometimes showing a Video Source section in the metadata pane when there was no video, this false information no longer appears.

General

• Added a hover highlight effect on split-view panel dividers.
• Lots of small bug fixes and consistencies addressed.
• Queued operations in the Action Center are now more clear.

Transcript

• Added multi-sentence/group reordering, including keyboard nudging for complete sentence selections.
• Improved marquee selection with smoother autoscroll, better row-edge detection, and more reliable word/sentence selection behavior.
• Shift-click can now add or remove individual words from the transcript selection.
• Sentence move handles are disabled for partial-word selections, with clearer feedback that only complete sentences can be reordered.
• Added Re-Apply button for filler words and profanity, so visible leftover matches can be filtered again if added manually.
• The transcript bottom bar now updates filler/profanity counts when preferences change and handles overflow with edge fades.
• Improved transcript scrolling, virtualization, wrapped-height caching, and restore behavior so the pane feels smoother and jumps less.
• The bottom status now auto-scrolls when the label doesn't fit within the pane, this can be paused/activated with a single click.

Export

• FCPXML exports can now write sidecar files alongside the package in `.txt`, `.csv`, `.srt`, `.vtt`, and `.sbv` formats (toggle from Export in Settings).
• Improved FCP timeline creation for edge cases on reordered transcript rows, disabled words and skipped material.

Media Player

• Improved video seek and scrubbing reliability, especially around rapid interactions and same-file reloads.
• Fixed stale pending seek state when loading the same media URL again.

Media Compatibility

• Added a refresh action to the conversion/compatibility screen for cases where compatibility status is stale.

Search & Shortcuts

• Fixed global search regressions involving transcript search (sorry!).
• Tightened shortcut handling so transcript find shortcuts do not fire while unrelated editable fields are focused.
• Settings → Keyboard now includes the Find in Transcription shortcut label.

General

• Refreshed the empty workspace state with clearer primary actions: Import Media, Create New Catalog, Keyboard Shortcuts, and documentation link.
• Improved shortcut button rendering so shortcut chips no longer overlap labels.
• Added filename sanitization for normalization save-window names.

Media Player

• Added J/K/L shuttle controls: J shuttles reverse, L shuttles forward, repeated presses ramp speed, and K pauses/enables precision frame stepping with J/L.

Transcription

• The transcript bottom bar now shows total words plus disabled, low-confidence, filler, and profanity counts when present.
• Find within Transcript (⌘⌥F) adds in-transcript search, result highlighting, and result navigation via buttons or shortcuts (⌘G, ⌘⇧G).
• Added marquee selection for transcript sentences and words, making bulk edits easier.
• Disabled transcript words can now be re-enabled with ⇧⌫.
• Right-click transcript selections can now be copied, disabled/enabled, and low-confidence transcribed words can be marked as correct.
• Move handles are now always faintly visible so sentence reordering is easier to discover.
• Improved the contrast of selections in dark mode.

General

• Settings → Keyboard now groups shortcuts, including the new player and transcript shortcuts.
• Segmented controls have been polished, with counters/badges for relevant tabs such as Markers.
• Improved media playback consistency, transcript projection behavior, error reporting, and general reliability.

Normalization

• Added support for additional codecs.

Video Player & Export to Final Cut Pro

• Unified the video player and Final Cut Pro export pipeline so the preview accurately reflects the final output.
• Improved timecode metadata extraction from imported media for more reliable Final Cut Pro timeline exports.
• Fixed timeline structure corruption in Final Cut Pro exports caused by external audio tracks.

Transcription

• Fixed an issue where the transcription view would jump to the top after an edit.
• Decoupled profanity and filler word filters so they no longer trigger each other.
• Fixed an issue where disabling a word would clip the preceding word in the sentence.
• Preserved scroll position when toggling profanity or filler word filters on or off.
• Added an Enable Disabled Words button to the transcription options menu to restore all manually disabled words at once.
• Reset Transcription to Original now clears all manual edits and overrides.
• Improved marker timing accuracy in exports after refining the processing engine.

Speed, Stability & General Fixes

• Improved internal engine consistency and resolved general bugs.
• Optimized the engine-to-UI pipeline for faster, more responsive media playback and transcription.

Markers

• Markers have arrived. Press M at the playhead to add a marker, then give it a name. All markers export cleanly to Final Cut Pro.
• Markers now appear on the scrub bar for quick visual reference across tabs and projects.
• Added Jump to Marker to each marker’s menu to snap playback to that exact timeline position.

Transcription

• Select multiple projects at once to trigger bulk transcription ⌘A and deselect with ⌘⇧A.
• Individual projects can also be transcribed directly from their context menu.
• Fixed text wrapping in edit mode when a word is longer than the one before it.
• The cursor now hides during transcription edits to reduce distraction, then reappears when you finish.
• Added Jump to Word to each word’s menu to snap playback to that exact point.
• Copy Transcription now copies the active edited text rather than the raw baseline transcription.

Export

• Fixed an issue where Final Cut Pro exports could incorrectly attach stale media. This rare case occurred when re-importing Sequence-generated normalized audio back into the app, which then mistakenly bundled the original media into the audio project on export.

Player

• Disabled words in audio projects are now properly excluded from exports.

Speed, Stability & General Fixes

• Fixed edge cases and improved internal consistency.
• Project deletion is now faster.
• Improved startup behavior.
• Operations are now queued to support large edits made in quick succession.
• Improved tab bar layout when content overflows.
• Old model manifests are now cleared on fresh downloads to ensure Sequence pulls the latest updates.
• Fixed an issue where library items failed to appear on first open.
• Bulk import progress bar now matches other Sequence UI components.
• Search view closes more reliably after loading a project.

Profanity Filter

• Improved profanity audio mode handling in exports and playback.
• The ‘beep’ sound effect is now generated at the exact length needed to keep file sizes small.
• The ‘beep’ is also cached locally so it can be reused across projects rather than generating a new one each time.

Search

• Further improvements to search reliability.

Normalization

• Fixed an issue where 24-bit PCM big-endian audio caused the process to fail.

Export to FCP

• When instances of profanity are close together, we no longer pre-apply a crossfade, which can distort the audio of adjacent words.

Video Player

• Improved playback readiness detection so videos now load faster when switching between projects or catalogs.

Transcription

• Transcription behavior now respects project length to optimize model loading across ANE, CPU, and GPU.
• Deleting transcriptions is now much faster.
• Importing transcripts is now faster thanks to a new baseline architecture in this release.
• We now use a beam cursor to indicate the current word, and it is now more precise.
• The model cache is now used consistently. Previously, it was sometimes ignored.

Speed, Stability & General Fixes

• General cleanup of edge cases and improvements to internal consistency.
• Fixed cursor behavior inconsistencies.
• Improved shutdown experience with progress indication.
• Scrolling in the transcription pane is now smoother when many filters are applied.
• Tooltip overlays now align more precisely with their targets and are styled more consistently throughout.
• Database speed has been improved on first load.
• We no longer display raw errors when an export fails.
• Sequence no longer holds the model in memory, so RAM usage remains low until transcription is triggered, after which the model is unloaded to free up system memory.
• Cached audio files are now cleared when Sequence closes to protect your data privacy.

Transcription & Audio Analysis

• Sequence now classifies audio regions to distinguish speech from silence and other sounds before transcription begins, which improves accuracy dramatically.
• CoreML model handling is more robust with better runtime detection reducing edge-case failures.
• Post-processing is significantly improved to handle natural speech patterns better.

Search

• Your selection is even more reliable.

History

• Timing breakdowns now show three distinct phases, giving you clearer insight into where time is spent during processing.

Export to FCP

• Crossfade duration handling is more precise when removing filler words, avoiding occasional timing glitches in Final Cut Pro timelines.

Accessibility

• More UI elements now carry accessibility identifiers, improving VoiceOver support and automated testing coverage.

Speed & Stability

• Variant switching is now even smoother.
• General cleanup of edge cases and internal consistency

Workspace & Search

• When clicking a word in the search results, it now accurately scrolls and highlights the word in the transcription pane.
• When clicking a result we now lock onto that selection and preload the result to deliver a smoother experience.
• The transcription pane now gets a following marker of the current spoken word.

Clean Up

• You will no longer see duplicated missing media badges in the metadata pane.
• General tiny bug fixes and edge cases, we won’t list them all!

Trial Support

• The app now supports trials - giving you a chance to take a look first before committing to your purchase. Please note, this doesn’t mark the release of trial mode and we reserve the right to enable or disable at any point.

FCP Export

• We’ve added crossfade for when you remove filler words, giving you a smoother result in Final Cut Pro, and saving you extra clicks!
• No longer are long gaps in dialog split in your FCP timeline, everything is retained unless you direct the app otherwise.
• Profanity no longer catches ‘words-in-words’ where innocent words get flagged as profanity. No more “gym c***s”.

History

• The items have been recategorized to give a clearer and more informative outlook on your variant’s history.

Speed

• Your projects load much faster.
• Deleting projects and variants is now quicker and doesn’t stop you from switching project or catalog.