 Soundplant 26 is a
self-contained digital audio performance program that turns your computer keyboard into a
fully customizable sample-triggering device.
Soundplant allows the assignment of sound
files of unlimited size to virtually any keyboard keys, with no external devices needed
and no MIDI involved.
It can be used as a drum pad,
to add a live track to an already made song, to mix together tracks in realtime,
to create music or loops from scratch, to quickly sketch sound designs,
to give new life to old sounds, or as a performance or installation tool.
Because it is not a synthesizer and
instead uses your own digital samples (it's a 'software sampler'),
Soundplant is a virtually limitless electronic instrument.
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 pitch, offsets, looping, volume, and
panning; keyboard configurations can be saved and loaded.
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List of features:
- 72 keyboard keys can be used to trigger sounds, all with
low latency
- drag and drop sound files on to keyboard keys for quick
and easy key assignment
- samples can be loaded to RAM for instant cueing, or played
from disk, allowing for minimal RAM usage and unlimited sound length; RAM management can
be controlled by the user
- pitch adjust allows micro-tuning to the 100th of a
semitone and a 10 octave range; easily batch assign the same sound to multiple keys at
varying pitches with complete custom scale control
- auto-'splice' pieces of a sound across multiple keys (for
example, use this function to extract individual drum sounds from a drum loop); precise
sound start and end offset control to the 100,000th of a second
- memory-efficiently duplicate key configurations onto other
keys using the same sample
- realtime volume and panning control for each key
- no MIDI needed or involved; only a sound card is required,
preferably one compatible with DirectX
- customizable sound triggering, allowing for looping,
sustains, restarts, muting, pausing, and off-triggering
- on-screen display of the keyboard can be color-coded to
create visual metaphors; keys are highlighted as they play
- a true performance program in which sounds can be played
and triggered even while configuring, multiple instances of the program can be opened, and
program window size can be scaled up or down
- 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
- freeware version plays .wav, .aif, .mp3 and .au files;
- saves and loads keyboard configurations as .keymap files;
loads old keymaps from all previous versions of Soundplant
A Windows 9x/NT/ME/2000/XP machine and a sound card are
required (an experimental Mac OS 8.1 - 9.x version is also available). The program runs
optimally when using a 450MHz or better CPU, a full duplex PCI sound card supporting
DirectSound (or Quicktime if DirectSound is unavailable), and at least 64 MB RAM; but it
also runs acceptably on much lesser-configured systems.
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