Soundplant transforms your computer keyboard into a powerful live performance tool, enabling instant triggering of audio samples without any extra hardware. By assigning sound files of any format and length to individual keys, it allows you to access a vast array of audio clips, loops, and effects with minimal latency. This software operates as a standalone sampler, ideal for live music, presentations, installations, or creative sound design, making it easy to mix tracks in real time, trigger sound effects, or create beats and loops. Its intuitive drag-and-drop interface and customizable key assignments simplify setup, while built-in real-time effects enhance the sonic palette.

Supporting a wide range of audio formats, Soundplant plays everything from short sound effects to multi-hour tracks with unlimited polyphony and high-fidelity output quality. The software features advanced playback controls, including overlapping, fading, and muting options, along with playlist queuing that allows multiple sounds to be triggered sequentially or simultaneously. Soundplant also offers comprehensive customization such as pitch adjustment, timestretching, and multi-key assignments for creating playable scales or slicing samples across keys. Its background key input capability enables sound triggering even when the program is minimized, supporting global hotkeys for seamless integration during other tasks.

Designed for stability and efficiency, Soundplant is optimized for modern 64-bit systems with native Apple Silicon support, ensuring low CPU and memory usage for smooth performance on a variety of machines. It provides unique features like recording directly from microphones or other inputs onto keys, real-time monitoring with effects, and multi-window support for expanded sound banks and output options. The software’s user-friendly interface includes customizable key labeling, dark and light modes, and a simple view for touchscreen interaction. Soundplant focuses on fast and reliable sound triggering, appealing to live performers and sound designers who need an easy-to-use yet powerful audio sampler.