Sound Haven — Update 2.22.11

10 October 2026

FIXED

• Even more usage fixes — the site and bot keep using less
  • The site's servers hold less memory

Sound Haven — Update 2.22.10

10 October 2026

FIXED

• Even more usage fixes — the site and bot keep using less
  • Memory use is now logged so it can be trimmed further

Sound Haven — Update 2.22.9

9 October 2026

FIXED

• Even more usage fixes — the site and bot keep using less
  • Database connections close when idle
  • The bot's audio listening only uses memory while it is working

Sound Haven — Update 2.22.7

9 October 2026

NEW

• Battle Setup — choose how tracks play
  • New "Stream from R2" option, on by default: uploaded tracks play straight from storage, which costs less

FIXED

• Reducing Unnecessary Usage — the site now does less work in the background
  • The Hall of Fame is hidden for now; old links go to the Leaderboards
  • The end-of-battle Discord repost links to the Leaderboards
  • The Discord Releases and WIPs section and the Community page are gone
  • Winner waveforms load as you scroll to them

• Playback — smoother audio
  • Seeking in a track no longer downloads it all over again
  • Slow connections no longer make the server hold whole files in memory

Sound Haven — Update 2.21.1

21 September 2026

NEW

• Battle Submissions Repost — the battle is kept in the channel
  • When a battle ends, every track is posted again in #battle-submissions
  • Header with the date, Ranked or Unranked, the number of submissions and the winner
  • Each track pings its author, with its placement (WINNER, FINALIST or NEUTRAL) and score
  • A link to the results on the site

Sound Haven — Update 2.20.2

21 September 2026

FIXED

• Battle Setup — host screens load reliably
  • Fixed "Request Failed (404)" showing on the battle setup page

Sound Haven — Update 2.20.1

21 September 2026

NEW

• Profiles — every member has a card, and any name opens a preview
  • Account page with your card: banner, picture, name, stats and About
  • Click any name to preview a profile (leaderboards, Hall of Fame, winners, feeds)
  • Show or hide your stats
  • Write your About in Discord-style formatting
• Banner and Picture — make your card your own
  • Upload a banner or profile picture, or pick a GIF
  • Discord | Custom switch: copy your Discord picture, banner and name, or use your own
• Accounts — sign up without Discord
  • Email and password sign-in and sign-up with a themed card
  • Link Discord later from the Account page
  • Email accounts can join battles and earn ELO
  • Linking Discord merges records: highest ELO kept, results combined
• Battle Submissions on Discord — tracks go in private threads
  • Submit Track opens your own private thread
  • The site pulls tracks from the threads, so the channel never needs wiping
  • Start Battle posts the Battle Started message and button
  • Threads are deleted when a battle ends
  • The bot and the Join page tell you your anonymous name

IMPROVED

• Home Page — loads faster and links up
  • Featured players and Discord feeds are drawn on the server
  • Artist links are matching chips
  • Older winners link to their Discord profile
• Text — richer formatting
  • Timestamps show in your own time zone
  • Web addresses become links
• Account Security — less on show
  • IP address and location hidden behind a toggle

Sound Haven — Update 1.5.1

20 September 2026

NEW

• Battle Info — everything about the battle in one place
  • New Info card beside the battle setup card
  • Host adds the sample: audio files, zips or links like Google Drive
  • Key, BPM and time are set in one place
  • Shows the ranking, track order, finals format and anonymity
• Rules Page — now shows the live battle info
  • Written in Discord formatting, with @Time Ping and #battle-submissions highlighted
  • Download buttons and audio players for the sample
  • The Join page shows the same info
• Time Ping — a nudge to submit
  • Host can send a Time Ping to everyone with the site open
  • Notification on your operating system (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android) plus a banner on the page
  • "Enable notifications" button on the Rules and Join pages

IMPROVED

• Navigation — less clutter
  • Join and Rules only show while a battle is running, and appear on their own when one starts

Sound Haven — Update 1.0.1

20 September 2026

FIXED

• Hall of Fame — winner recordings play again
  • Recordings no longer show "Couldn't load audio"
  • Choosing a different win from the dropdown now loads that recording

Sound Haven — Update 1.0.0

20 September 2026

NEW

• Home Page — winners get the spotlight
  • A player who wins both featured battles appears as one combined hero, with both tracks side by side
  • Copyright line added to the footer

• Updates Page — see what's new any time
  • A public page listing every update, newest first
  • Uses Discord's formatting, so a post can be copied straight in

• Join Page — members can now submit their own beats on the site
  • Upload one mp3 or wav (max 50 MB) while a battle timer is running
  • Replace or withdraw your entry
  • Big countdown and a "How it works" panel copied from the Rules page
  • Entries appear when the host pulls, and are deleted after the battle

• Navigation — easier ways in
  • Highlighted "Join Discord" button in the top bar
  • "Join" at the top of the Battles menu
  • "Updates" item in the menu, linking to the new page

• Ratings and Scoring — a two-part rating instead of one
  • Vibes (Neutral / Groovy / Immaculate) and Sample Usage (Neutral / Good / Amazing)
  • Score = Sample Usage points x Vibes multiplier
  • Score and percentage shown under the rating buttons and in the results
  • Waveform colour follows the score: orange under 50%, red from 50%, shimmering gold at 100%
  • PERFECT! effect at 100%: shake, gold flash, shockwave rings, banner and sparks
  • Finalists picked automatically: top quarter of tracks, at least 3, always an even number

• ELO — a fairer points system
  • Points scaled 1x to 2x by the strength of the players you outscored
  • Newcomers start on 100
  • Losses: a track scoring 0 loses 5; upset losses after 3 battles (never below 0)
  • Admin-only Soft Reset and Hard Reset on the Leaderboards page

• Battle Setup — more control before a battle
  • Collapsible "ELO Options" for all points, multipliers and bonuses
  • "Download submissions locally" option (off by default, Chrome or Edge)

• Bracket — clearer flow
  • "Up next" panel naming the next match

• Timer — handy for streaming
  • "Copy Browser Source" button on the Timer page

IMPROVED

• Battle Setup — tidier, with safer defaults
  • Anonymity is now a Normal / Anonymous button pair
  • Unranked listed first and the default
  • Background options open as a panel in the page
  • Timer defaults to 2 hours

• Bracket and Finals — fairer and calmer
  • Matches open on demand ("Show First Match" / "Show Up Next Match")
  • Everyone tied at the finals cut-off goes through
  • If that leaves an odd number, the next highest score is added (random among ties)
  • A bracket always has an even number of finalists (cutting one is a last resort)
  • Long file names wrap, and both bracket cards are the same height

• Playback — the host stays in control
  • No autoplay in the bracket, at crowning, or when picking a result
  • Winner's name revealed at crowning, and the zoom goes straight to the results
  • Volume slider removed; a fixed 0 dB limiter still protects everything
  • Impact animation plays when a waveform turns red

• OBS Overlay — quicker updates
  • Timer changes show within a second (was 5)

• Navigation — clearer names
  • "Sample Packs" is now "Packs" and "Host Battle" is now "Host"
  • Packs moved into a new "Resources" dropdown, with room for Presets and Tutorials later

• Artist Links — less typing for hosts
  • Links are entered once per artist and shared across all their battles

FIXED

• ELO — points now only where they should be
  • Unranked battles were still awarding ELO

• Bracket — smoother matches
  • Autoplay swapped the two contestants around
  • Play button and "Now Playing" could show the wrong state
  • The right-hand card was shorter than the left

• Background — looks the same at any zoom
  • Blur got weaker when the browser was zoomed out

• Menu — nothing gets cut off
  • The menu scrolls when it's taller than the screen (Battle Logs was cut off)