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Soundplant 26.1

Soundplant is a self-contained digital audio performance program that turns your computer keyboard 
into a fully customizable sample-triggering device. It 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. Sounds can be easily batch assigned across 
multiple keys at varying pitches and offsets, and keyboard configurations can be saved and loaded. 

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New in this release:

--Drag and drop sound files directly onto keys for easiest key assignment.
--Program completely reengineered for maximum efficiency; interface redesigned.
--Control of 22 more keyboard keys (function keys, edit keys, arrow keys) for a total of 72 
  assignable keys.
--Pitch control allowing micro-tuning to the 100th of a semitone and a 10 octave range; batch 
  pitch assignment to easily assign the same sound to multiple keys at varying pitches.
--Precise sample start and end offset control to the 100,000th of a second; batch offset 
  assignment for easy 'cutting up' of pieces of a sound across multiple keys (for example, 
  automatically splice the individual drum sounds out of a sampled drum beat).
--Realtime volume and panning control for each key.
--Keys hilight as they play.
--Channel priority setting for each key.
--Shift+key mode setting added for each key, allowing for more configuration options.
--Favorite folders, sound editing app, RAM settings, program window size, and sound mixing 
  method preferences saved. 
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