Soundplant is a self-contained digital audio performance program. It turns the computer keyboard into a fully customizable sample-triggering device, allowing the assignment of sound files of unlimited length to keyboard keys, with no external devices needed and no MIDI involved. It can be used to add a live track to an already made song, to mix together tracks in real-time, to create music or loops from scratch, as a drum pad, or as a performance or installation tool; because it is not a synthesizer and instead uses your own digital samples, Soundplant is a virtually limitless electronic instrument. A simple graphic interface provides for point-and-click configuration of each key, including several options which control the way each sound is to be played; keyboard configurations can be saved and loaded.

Features

• 50 keyboard keys can be used to trigger sounds, all with very low latency
• Capable of playing 8 stereo or mono samples simultaneously (i.e., 8 * (L+R) = 16 channel polyphony) at 16-bit, 44.1 KHz mixed stereo output
• Samples can be played from disk, allowing for minimal RAM usage and unlimited sound length; RAM management can be completely controlled by the user
• A true performance program in which sounds can be played and triggered even during configuration
• No MIDI needed or involved; only a sound card is required, preferably one compatible with DirectX (Quicktime 3 or greater is used for sound mixing if DirectSound is not available)
• Customizable sound triggering, allowing for looping, sustains, restarts, muting, and off-triggering
• On-screen display of the keyboard can be color-coded to create visual metaphors
• Plays .wav and .aif files; those who support this freeware will get a special .mp3-playing version
• Saves and load keyboard configurations as .keymap files

Requirements

• Windows 95/98
• Pentium (Pentium 266 recommended)
• 32 MB RAM recommended
• Sound card (full duplex PCI card recommended)