Soundplant 26 turns the computer keyboard into a customizable sound triggering device and realtime digital audio performance tool. It can assign wav & aif sounds of unlimited size (registered version also loads mp3 files) onto 72 keyboard keys via a drag-and-drop, point-and-click interface. It is used for live music creation, sound design, radio, podcasting, presentations, theater, as a drum pad, as a DJ tool.

• 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, and .au files; those who support this freeware will get an .mp3-playing registered version


• saves and loads keyboard configurations as .keymap files; loads old keymaps from all previous versions of Soundplant