SonicLogs

SonicLogs is a software framework designed to capture, store, and analyze logs generated by audio processing pipelines and sonic data applications. It provides a structured, time-stamped record of events, metrics, and metadata across the lifecycle of a sound or signal-processing workflow, enabling developers and researchers to diagnose issues, verify performance, and reproduce experiments. The core idea is to treat sonic events—such as filter changes, latency measurements, detected features, and errors—as first-class log entries with consistent schemas.

Log entries typically include fields such as timestamp, level, category, message, event_type, and a metadata payload. The schema is extensible to accommodate domain-specific attributes like frequency bands, sample rates, buffer sizes, or DSP parameters. SonicLogs supports multiple backends for storage and querying, including local files, time-series databases, and cloud storage, along with a pluggable ingestion API for streaming or batch processing.

The architecture generally comprises a client library for instrumenting code, an ingestion service that normalizes and indexes records, and a query layer that supports filtering, aggregation, and visualization. It is designed to integrate with common audio software stacks, digital audio workstations, and research toolchains.

SonicLogs has found use in audio research, music technology development, and quality assurance workflows, where reproducibility and observability of sonic processes are valued. It remains a concept used in academic and industry discussions of observable audio systems and has not established a single formal standard.