Soundplant 39

(May 20, 2010)

Mac, Windows 7/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista/XP / Shareware; $35.00 / 1,365 downloads

Soundplant is a digital audio performance program that turns your computer keyboard (yes, your QWERTY keyboard) into a versatile, low latency, multitrack sample-triggering device and playable musical instrument. It can assign sound files of unlimited size and any format onto virtually all keyboard keys, giving you hours of instantly-playing audio at your fingertips with no extra hardware needed. Use Soundplant as a performance, presentation, or installation tool, as a drum pad, to mix together tracks in realtime, as an educational aid, to trigger sound effects or background tracks during a show, to create music or loops, to quickly sketch sound designs, or to give new life to old sounds - all via an input device youâ??ve been practicing on for as long as youâ??ve been typing. Because it is a standalone 'software sampler' that uses your own samples, Soundplant is an infinitely flexible electronic instrument limited only by the variety of sounds that you feed it. A simple graphic interface provides for drag-and-drop, point-and-click configuration of each key, including several options which control the way each sound is triggered, along with non-destructive pitch, offsets, looping, volume, fading, and panning. Every sound that plays is visually displayed with a progress bar and track time, and you can even turn on 'background key detection' to trigger sounds while using any other software with Soundplant hidden.