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Soundplant 39 is offered as a free download which includes a 25-launch trial of the registered features:

download Soundplant 39 for Windows download Soundplant 39 for Windows Latest Windows release version 39 (May 2010)
for Windows 7, Vista, and XP sp2+
 Soundplant39_Win_setup.exe [8.2 MB]
download Soundplant 39 for Macintosh download Soundplant 39 for Macintosh Latest Mac OS X release version 39 (May 2010)
universal binary for Mac OS 10.4, 10.5, 10.6
 Soundplant39_Mac.dmg [22.1 MB]



Older generations of Soundplant for older computers:

download older versions of Soundplant for Windows Soundplant 26.1 (2002) for Windows 9x/NT+ [2.3 MB]
Soundplant beta 12 (1999) for Windows 9x/NT+ [1.8 MB]
download older versions of Soundplant for Macintosh Soundplant beta 27 (2004) for Mac OS X 10.1.5+ and Classic 9.2+, PPC [3.8 MB]
Soundplant beta 26 (2002) for Mac OS Classic 8.1+ [3.1 MB]


Download Free Soundplant Keymaps
Here are some example .keymaps to play with:

car keys [0.1 MB] - Microtonal electric piano made out of the 'ding' my car makes when I open the door with the keys left in the ignition. By Marcel Blum.

beat pad [1.8 MB] - Drum pad of sounds extracted from various breakbeats, with a mix of well-worn classic hip-hop sample sources and dug-up finds. By Marcel Blum.

If you have created a keymap that is especially cool/fun/funny/useful that you'd like to share with the world, submit it to soundplant [at] soundplant.org. If approved, it will be posted here and you will of course be credited & linked to.


Free Online Sound Archives
Here are some links to free sound archive sites to help get you started using Soundplant, with a varied assortment of sound sources, from standard sound effects libraries to field recordings from around the world to breakbeats to experimental sound art to early electronic instruments:
Software & Hardware Links
Here are some programs that are useful/fun in combination with Soundplant:
  • Audacity (free x-platform audio editor)
  • Audiomulch (great x-platform realtime effects processor)
  • Bome’s Midi Translator (can convert MIDI input to keyboard key hits)
  • Virtual Audio Cable (adds a virtual sound device to Windows which you can use to directly route output from one program into another)
  • Jack OS X (free, adds a virtual sound device to Mac which you can use to directly route output from one program into another)

And some hardware with interesting possibilities for use with Soundplant:
A Cross-Section of Soundplant Users

Awards & Press
Soundplant has received awards and recognition from Electronic Musician Magazine (download of the month), Sound On Sound Magazine, Xelenio (software of the week), Lockergnome (newsletter recommended download), Freeware Files (top pick), and File Transit (5/5 stars), among many others.


Soundplant 3x includes a distribution of FFmpeg binaries. As per the GNU General Public License, here is a copy of the FFmpeg source code used to compile the versions of FFmpeg used by Soundplant (note that the latest sources will always be found at FFmpeg, not here!): ffmpeg_src.zip [7.4 MB]


Soundplant is for digital samples, but there are other programs which turn the computer keyboard into a midi keyboard for use with midi software rather than as a direct digital sample triggerer. If this is what you are looking for, try either of these:
Soundplant was developed in Lingo with Adobe Director and uses C++ extensions (Xtras) by Valentin Schmidt, Gary Smith, Antoine Schmitt, and Marmalade.