This is a simple drag and drop soundboard app with MIDI support. It allows you to load a number of audio files into different sound "blocks". Clicking a block or pressing the corresponding key on your keyboard or MIDI device can then play the audio file.
The app lives here, and can be used in the browser or installed on your computer or tablet as a progressive web app through your web browser. Mobile phones are currently "kinda" supported, but configuration is pretty annoying.
When opened the app will greet you with lots of boring gray blocks. Click on any of the blocks and select an audio file or drag and drop files into them to load the blocks. Each block will randomly be assigned a starting colour. Clicking a loaded block will trigger the sound to play.
Please note: The app will generate a number of blocks that comfortably fit on your screen. If you have already added any sounds to the soundboard, the app will not automatically add blocks or throw blocks away as you probably don't want that. So the solution is to first pick a size for your window and then start adding files.
You can switch the app to settings mode by clicking the wrench in the top right corner. In that mode you can clear the board, save it to file, load it from file or manually add a row or a column if you run out of space. And in settings mode you can change the playback mode, colour and associated keyboard or MIDI key of your sound blocks. You can also remove individual sound blocks from the board.
Screenshot is outdated, sorry for that 🙈
Soundboard has three:
- Retrigger (default, denoted by
-) — Triggering the block repeatedly will play the song from the beginning repeatedly. Mostly useful for sound effects and drums. - OneShot (denoted by
|) — Triggering the block plays it, triggering again stops playback. Mostly useful for things like background music. - Gate (denoted by
o) — Triggering the block and holding down the trigger plays the sound. Releasing stops playback. Useful for short-lived variable duration effects like applause.
MIDI is currently supported in Chrome, Opera, Microsoft Edge and a couple of mobile browsers. See this chart for compatibility.
To use a MIDI device with this soundboard, make sure it is a generic MIDI device or that you have installed the necessary drivers to make your browser be able to communicate with it. Then plug your device in before you start the soundboard.
Next, load your audio files, go to the settings mode and press the little keyboard icon (the third circle) for one of the blocks. It will ask you to press a key. Push one of the buttons or keys on your MIDI device, and it should register that button or key with that block. Pressing it again should now trigger the block.
This should get you up and running locally:
$ git clone git@github.com:Timendus/soundboard.git
$ cd soundboard
$ npm install
$ npm startPRs with improvements are welcome, as always. Feedback too. mail@timendus.com
