Standalone software sampler that uses your own samples to createcustom soundboards, Soundplant is an infinitely flexible electronicinstrument limited only by the variety of sounds that you feed it.An easy to use interface provides drag-and-drop configuration ofeach key, including options which control the way each sound istriggered along with several lightweight non-destructive realtimeeffects. UseSoundplant as a performance, presentation, or installation tool, asa drum pad, as an educational aid, to mix together tracks inrealtime, trigger sound effects or background tracks during a show,create music or loops, sketch sound designs, make beats, and givenew life to old sounds – all via an input device you’ve beenpracticing on for as long as you’ve been typing. It allowsthe assignment of sound files of any format and size onto virtuallyall keyboard keys, giving you hours of instantly-playing randomaccess audio at your fingertips with no extra hardware needed. When you grow tired of your favorite computer game, Soundplant offers a refreshing alternative.Soundplant is a digital audio performanceprogram that turns your computer keyboard (yes, your QWERTYkeyboard) into a versatile, low latency, multitracksample-triggering device and playable musical instrument. You can record your performances into any audio recording program, provided that your sound card supports full-duplex operation (most do). Depending on the quality of your sound card, you can use it as a performance tool. It offers an optional link to your sample editor for contextual sound design. Aside from its novelty value, Soundplant has a number of practical uses. For example, if you assign a sample to eight keys with automatic offset, each key will play a different eighth of the sample for instant beat slicing. You can assign a sample across several adjacent keys and have Soundplant automatically adjust the pitch or playback offset, which is a nice touch. Controls are available for setting each sample's start and end points, loop points, pitch, volume, and pan position. You can assign alternate triggering modes to lowercase and uppercase letters (that is, with or without pressing Shift). Five triggering modes are available: Sustain (each key press layers a new copy), Restart (retriggers from start), Kill (toggles playback on and off), Mute (mutes and unmutes while the sample keeps running), and Pause (pauses and restarts playback). You can assign samples to any of 72 keys by dragging and dropping them onto Soundplant's onscreen keyboard, and the resulting Keymaps can be saved to disk. Pick up the latest release version for Windows as well as a beta version for the Mac at. RAM files are triggered with virtually no latency, and Soundplant can perform real-time processing on MP3 files without having to decompress the data. You can load audio files of any length your computer can handle into RAM or play them from your hard disk. The program supports audio files in AIFF, WAV, AU, and MP3 formats (shareware registration is required for MP3 support on the PC, but it's free on the Mac). Soundplant turns your computer into a full-featured sample player that you trigger from the computer's keyboard. Soundplant 45: Commercial Software: App: Download (49.7Mo).īefore you take off on your next transcontinental flight or bus ride with your laptop in hand, be sure to pick up Marcel Blum's Soundplant (Windows, $20 shareware Mac, freeware) to amaze and annoy your tripmates. Trigger sounds in realtime with keyboard.
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