Sound Show
A downloadable tool for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android
🎶 Your Ultimate Soundboard🎶
Sound Show is a user-friendly and advanced soundboard software 🎶
Ideal for theater 🎭, RPG sessions 🏰, sport events ⚽, improv shows 🤷, podcasts 🎙️, parties 🥂, business events 💻, dance shows 💃, and more.
🎁Free version🎁
Accessibility is a key point behind the creation of Sound Show. That's why the core version of Sound Show is free to use.
Pro Version
To unlock the Pro version, you can purchase a license key on SoundShow.app
User that had purchased on itch.io will receive a license key by email. Check your spam and if you don't see the mail, you can contact me through the contact form: https://www.soundshow.app/contactus
Description
Sound elements are structured on grids within different tabs. When playing a sound, a sound player is displayed on the left side, enabling separate control of each sound.
It is also a complete multimedia player for live performances : you can display visuals like images 🖼️, videos 🎞️, webcam 📹 and more.
You can also automate your process by programming sequences to play automatically.
Everything is made to make your life easier while giving you the most control on the fly!
Features
🔊 Precise Sound Control
- Play Multiple Sounds Simultaneously
- Control sounds individually or together
- Configure your sounds by defining start, stop, volume settings and more for each sound.
- Preview sounds on your headset before going live.
- Create smooth transitions with Fade-Ins, Fade-Outs or Cross-fades
🎨 Efficient User Interface
- Access to your favorite sounds inside the favorites bar.
- Group your sounds by category inside tabs
- Set colors for your buttons to locate sounds easily.
- Control your performance quickly and easily with many keyboard Shortcuts.
🖼️ Visual Elements
- Project various visual elements onto a second screen: videos, images, webcam...
📃 Automate
- Configure instructions to play elements in order with manual or automatic triggering inside the instruction system
- Let Sound Show automatically transition between sounds for you with the playlist system
🔍 Fast Search & Navigation
- Quickly find sounds based on titles and tags.
- Organize your sounds your way, there is no Limit on the number of categories
- Search online freesound.org from within Sound Show
🤝Compatibility & Formats
- Cross-Platform:
- Windows 10 or 11 (64 bits or 32 bits)
- MacOS (Big Sur 11.0+), if you encounbter a popup blocks the start, consider this procedure
- Linux (with some limitations: no drag and drop from file explorer, video formats limited...)
- Formats supported
- Audio : mp3, wav, flac, mp2, wma, ogg, aiff
- Video : mp4, wmv, avi, mpeg, mpg, flv, mov, wma
- Image : png, bmp, jpg, jpeg
Older versions
For windows 7-8: SoundShow-Windows-64-Free-20240828.zip
For Mac OS High Sierra 10.13+: SoundShow-MacOS-Free-20240828.zip
💎 Sound Show Pro: Level Up Your Experience 💎
For those looking for something extra, I've launched Sound Show Pro.
This version comes with some exclusive features to improve your sound experience.
Also it helps me continue to innovate, ensuring that Sound Show keeps getting better.
You can buy a Pro License on www.soundshow.app
Discover Sound Show Pro on this trailer :
- Additional features :
- Unlimited sounds and tabs
- Grids sizes Customization
- Custom icons on buttons
- Skins
- Microphone recording (directly added to a Sound Show button)
- Volume Boost (up to 150% of normal volume)
- Control Sound Show from your Android phone: Install Sound Show Remote on your android phone and control Sound Show remotely (need to be on the same local network)
- Use midi controllers to control Sound Show
- Use Stream Deck to control Sound Show
- Connect to QLC+ to control DMX lights from within Sound Show (QLC functions and widgets are currently supported)
- Connect to OBS to control your stream or your recording from within Sound Show. Starting and stopping the recording and changing scene is currently supported.
- Contributing to dev Help me continue to innovate, ensuring that Sound Show keeps getting better ❤️
🙎♂️ Contact
✉️ Contact form
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Development log
- Update 06.05.202673 days ago
- 04.02.2026 Surround Sound, Scheduler, Session Restore & MoreFeb 04, 2026
- 14.12.2025 Mobile Pro ReleaseDec 15, 2025
- 24.11 and 04.12 UpdatesDec 05, 2025
- Update 05.11.2025 - Hierarchical CategoriesNov 06, 2025
- 25.10.2025 - October Update IIOct 26, 2025
- 19.10.2025 - October UpdateOct 26, 2025
- Update 14.08.2025 - Improved waveforms & multi-displaysAug 15, 2025
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heya, I was interested in upgrading to the pro version but it seems that your website is down, did the proyect fall of? or its just a temporary issue, regards
Hello, here is the official website https://soundshow.app/
It seems working fine
The web doesn't seem to work for me, I got timeout error. Made some friends tested for me and they got the same error. I am from argentina but a few months ago I was able to access
Thank you for the additionnal information!
There was a problem only in Argentina. It should work correctly now.
I does! thanks
Hey there, How / where can I change the path for recorded files with soundshow?
it always write the recordings in : AppData/LocalLow/Impronivers/SoundShow/Recordings
Hello, you can't change it currently, I'll add the possibility to configure the path it in the next update (probably early february)
hello croud,
what is the best option to play one and the same library on different computers. I prepare my private library and want to play sounds in my theatre. When I use the export function on sound show to put the exported folder onto a external drive, not all sounds are exported and the library seem incomplete, what is the reason for that?
Thank you all in advance.
Julia
Try with change the settings into relative path. Go to "Project --> edit
Bonjour ou puis je trouver le " cle" pour activer la license ?
Bonjour, si vous avez déjà acheté Sound Show vous pouvez redemander la clé de license automiquement la licence via ce formulaire: https://soundshow.app/license
Ou me contacter via cette page: https://soundshow.app/contactus
I wanted to connect my computer to a sound system of a theatre I am engaged in. Tried cable and blue tooth, installed the most recent drivers, however nothing seem to work. Now the settings are so bad that I cannot even use the app on my computer. When I press a sound button the error message occurs : "Output device not connected (Synaptics Audio) no sound driver"
How can I fix the issue even on my computer.
Thankful for any help, which is urgently needed.
Hello,
Did you try to change the driver in "Options" -> "Devices" ?
Do you have the problem with all the sound outputs?
What happened? 31.07.2025 worked great for me. Every version after that has my computer slowing to crawl and glitching out. I feel like it must be something with the progressive waveform feature because the songs now take forever to load and play if the play at all. When I switch back to 31.07.2025 everything works great.
MacOS: Sequoia 15.6.1
2024 MacBook Pro m3 pro
Issue occurs on both the Apple silicon AND Intel versions of every version since progressive waveform was added.
Hello,
sorry for the issue you encounter.
I did not notice new performance issues on my devices.
Could you disable disable the waveforms to see if it is linked to it?
(In Options -> Visual -> Waveforms: uncheck "Show on play" and "Show on edition")
I've been having the same issue including the new update from 05.11.2025 for Mac as well. I have tried your suggestion of disabling the waveforms and still haven't seen any improvement. There is a pause of different lengths for songs to begin playing.
MacOS 26.1
So is this issue just never going to be addressed? I work in the NFL and many of my colleagues were willing to switch to this program before this update totally made the app unusable in a professional setting. ..
Was hoping today's update was going to fix the same issue with songs having a delay before playing. I've tried the steps above with no change.
Is it possible to get the load feature added back to load the songs before playing? Seems that the issue as after the song is played once, there is no load song.
I even tried loading all songs through the main edit dropdown but still have the same issue.
This was a great program but is quickly becoming unusable which is really sad as I love this program and have recommended it as a solution to many other users. Please help!!!!
Sorry about this problem. I could not reproduce the issue on my devices. Maybe it is only on M1, M2 and M3 architecture, I'll have to acquire one. (or it could be to other external factors: encrypted disk, network drive...)
I'll soon update the audio engine, maybe this will fix it.
You are right, adding an option to pre-load sounds like it was before may be a reliable workaround, but it will be a bigger work.
Same for me. I have not been able to upgrade to any of the newer versions as it slows everything down:
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5825U with Radeon Graphics (2.00 GHz)
RAM 32.0 GB
Windows 11 Home, 24H2
Hello, please is it possible to add the option to write in Arabic language in the new updates. thank you!
Hello, do you want the software to be translated or is it a problem with the arabic characters for the users content (sound names)?
hi, since upgrading to the latest pro version i now get an error message on my android tablet saying "This app isn't compatible with the latest version of android Check for an update or contact the app's developer" I then can open the remote app but it just tries to connect to the server but doesnt connect. It all worked on the previous version of Sound Show Pro, but the latest version wont connect to my tablet at all anymore.
I'm running windows 11 and android version 14
Thanks
Ant
Hi Ant,
Thank you for reporting the issue.
I just fixed it.
You can download the .apk again and it should work correctly.
Now that is service!!! Worked straight away. Thank you so much.
COMO PUEDO INSTALAR EL PROGRAMA?
Yeah, I know this may sound dumb but is it possible to connect this to a microphone so I can set out to using as it's proposed, a SoundBoard? I am primarily just wanting to use this for games and play stuff for my friends since I'm kind of the broker side and can't afford an actual SoundBoard off steam or something.
Please and thank you!
Hello, You will need to use an external program such as VB-Cable (https://vb-audio.com/Cable/)
Hello, after using it for some time, I have some functions that I want to add
On the windows system, the "Played" and "Playing" prompts are always not displayed
2. The main grid cannot be controlled by the keyboard, including selecting other items and playing. Using the mouse is still rather troublesome
3. When playing videos, the aspect ratio cannot be changed and they cannot be displayed in a tiled manner
4. Issues such as tone changes may occur when dragging the progress bar
Hope for improvement. Thank you
Hello, thank you for the feedback!
1. 2. Are you running on a recent/latest version of Sound Show? what is your OS (windows, mac, linux)? Those issues should not happen. Maybe contact me trough the contact form on my site so that I can further investigate https://www.soundshow.app/contactus
3. In the recent version, there is an aspect ratio option in the edit popup of the videos. But you are right that it cannot be changed once playing. I'll add that to my todo list.
What do you mean by "tiled manner"? Is it being able to play multiple video on the same screen and setting their position/size?
4. I have not noticed such issue. Maybe you could share a video so that I see/hear the issue.
good morning I downloaded the linux version on my pc with the latest version of linux mint installed but when I open the program the program window opens for a few seconds and then closes and there is no possibility of using it can you tell me why this happens? Thanks for your reply
An other Linux user had a similar issue. Here is how he solved it:
"I was using directly the "SoundShow.x86_64" in the file. And my computer would not chose to use the dedicated GPU.
So what i did is : Right click on the Start Menu and then modify the menu Select the menu i wanted to put a new item in, and click on "New item" on the right And then set up a name and the path of the Soudshow.x86_64 and the most important thing : Check the box to ask linux to start the software with the GPU when available (Where OpenGL is installed)"
I hope it helps
Hi, I am trying to play some sounds from youtube but when ever i try to play it, nothing comes out.
Is there anything I may be doing wrong?
Hello, Sound Show dooesn't play sounds directly from youtube (in older version video from youtube where supported). You need to download the sounds locally first in a supported audio format.
Just downloaded a free version tonight, and I am absolutely LOVING it in just an hour or so of tinkering. One question/feature... Is there a way to integrate external apps like Spotify to have their own hot keys for certain songs?
I'm looking to use this as a hockey DJ, but don't want to bog down my storage with a ton of music files if I can just as easily stream it.
Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the kind word.
Spotify integration is something that has already been asked by other users but sadly that won't be added because of the restrictions to use the spotify API
You can see my detailed answer to another user on the Sound Show forum
https://www.soundshow.app/forum/feature-requests-2/spotify-integration-111
So I'm on Linux (Mint), trying to use this in the background while other programs are in the foreground. Despite ticking "Keyboard enabled when in back", the program neither seems to recognize any of the assigned hotkeys nor the shortcut key when it's in the background. Anything I can try?
Hi, great app !
I've downloaded the latest version but don't know how to get my previous work in this version. Any link with an explanation that I didn't find ? thanks in advance !
Hello,
It should automatically open your older library.
Did it start a new project with the default sounds?
maybe contact me through the contact form on my website so that I can help you by email.
Thank you Impronivers!!! This is perfect!
Question for you, I'm doing this for some sports arenas, and I know that you have the 'mark as played' feature, but what about one that once you play it, it disappears... so that you don't accidentally play it again?
Thanks for the kind words.
I plan to add the possibility to "lock"/"unlock" items and a "lock on played" option. It won't make items disapear but make them appear locked and prevent the trigger.
Salut ! Je fais régulièrement des régies d'impro avec soundshow et j'en fais une demain soir! Problème j'ai quelques bug sur mon soundshow en effet audio (il n'y a que le pitch qui marche). Je me suis dit qu'en faisant l'update ça irait mais l'url que j'ai pour télécharger le programme ne comporte que des versions gratuites de soundshow et même en téléchargeant itch je n'ai pas accès à la version pro.
Bonjour, il y a désormais un seul téléchargement pour la version gratuite et Pro. La version Pro est activée via une clé. Vous avez du recevoir votre clé par mail. Si vous ne la trouvez, n'hésitez pas à la redemander via le formulaire de contact: https://www.soundshow.app/contactus
For the users that already bought the software and don't find their key, there is now a way to automatically request by indicating your email : https://www.soundshow.app/contactus
Can you please add support for Opus?
I don't know what is Opus? Can you give additional info or a link
Ah, I meant support more audio formats/codecs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_(audio_format)
https://opus-codec.org/
It's basically free and high quality audio codec. it's also highest quality option available in yt-dlp (app to download stuff from YouTube).
buongiorno ho scaricato la versione per linux sul mio pc con installato l'ultima versione di linux mint ma quando apro il programma si apre la finestra del programma per qualche secondo e poi si chiude e non c'è possibilità di usarlo mi sa dire come mai succede questo? Grazie per una sua risposta
How do I upload a zip file to my board?
Hello, you can't directly put a zip in Sound Show.
Unzip first your filles. Then you can then drag and drop the entire folder (or the files) from your file explorer into Sound Show
Hello, please is it possible to add the option to write in Arabic language in the new updates. thank you!
Hello, do you mean a translation of the software (menus, options...) or your own texts (button labels...) ?
Arabic characters are supported for your custom label of buttons but it's seems missing the right to left options.
I'll try do to add full support in a future update.
I mean Arabic caracter to write on label of Buttons, and like you say it missing the right to left option.
thank you for your support!
Hello! I'm really impressed with this program and I have purshased the Pro version. However, I'm having an issue with the Start and stop I'm unable to change the setting to change the cursor to play, I'm using the last version 12-01-2025 Mac my system is mac os Ventura 13.6.9 (mac studio M2).
thank you!
Thank you for the bug report!
I just uploaded a new version that fix the issue with the visual editor
hello! I install the new version I get this error message
There seems to have been an error during the upload. I re-uploaded it and it seems ok now. Sorry for the issue.
Good Job, it work perfectly !
I must Ask, How well does this work with an Elgato Stream Deck?
There is no direct integration of Stream Deck currently but you can make it work by using midi (need the Pro version of Sound Show).
Here are some information how to do it : Forum post
Hello!
I am the owner of the paid version of your app and I really enjoy it. I also love the role-playing game "Dungeons and Dragons" and have been collecting ambient music for it. I've gathered around a hundred ambient files that last about fifteen minutes each, as well as 150 tracks suitable for different moods.
Everything is great, except for one issue. Recently, I have been experiencing frequent app crashes that occur when I perform certain actions:
Sometimes the application crashes without any error messages, while other times I get the error: "unknown software exception 0x80000003 in the application at address 0x00007".
At first, I thought the problem might be related to the limited amount of RAM on my laptop (8 GB), but after reinstalling the operating system, the crashes continued.
This issue is getting worse, and I can't ignore it. I would be happy to know how to solve this problem.
Hello,
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Sorry to hear about the crashes.
You can contact me through the contact form so that we can exchange about the issue by email (versions, logs..) : https://www.soundshow.app/contactus
In the meantime, maybe disable loading of waveforms if they are active to lower the burden on cpu/ram (under Options =>Visual)
is there keybind support?
Yes, you can bind keyboard keys to the Sound Show buttons. Don't hesitate to try the free version to see if it fits your needs
I feel stupid for asking this, but can you please tell me where I can download the remote app for my android phone? The remote option was the biggest draw for me, but I do not know how to get started on the phone side.
Nevermind. I was looking for the apk in the wrong place!
Really want to use this but I'm running into a lot of issues.
Whenever I try to click most of the tabs like Options or Visual or anything really the window to those things pops up for a second and then immediately disappears
On both 64bit and 32Bit Windows
Thanks for the feedback. I replied to the message you posted on the discord server.
Issue was resolved!
Ended up having something to do with a controller I had plugged in!
only my laptop use the sound show pro so lag ,but my laptop is neo 16 2024
guy who got same problem??(use my desktop no problem
can give me solution
You should'nt have any performance issue on a modern laptop. You can contact me with the contact form here so that we can further investigate the problem : https://www.soundshow.app/contactus
This program is absolutely delightful! Has everything one would need and then some.
I do have a bit of a question if that's alright; I know you can toggle between output devices, and there is a video in your youtube channel delineating you can do this to test sounds out before broadcasting. But I just really need the option to listen to it and output it at the same time for my shows so I know what I'm doing... Do you know of a way to do that? Thank you so much.
Thank you for the nice comment :-)
Currently it is not possible in Sound Show to have the sound replicated on multiple output devices. That's definitively something that I would like to add in the future.
In the in the meantime, you could use external software to achieve the routing of the sound. If you are on Windows, you could use the software from https://vb-audio.com/
Thank you so much! I'm giving it a shot as we speak. Though, for some reason, SoundShow fails to send audio to the VB Cable as soon as VoiceMeeter is installed... Hoping I can figure a workaround for this quickly enough.
EDIT: Just in case anyone runs into this same issue, my fix was to route SoundShow into OBS, OBS into the VB Cable, the VB Cable into VoiceMeeter, and then that worked.
Thank you for sharing your workaround!
In the latest release of Sound show (with the Pro version), you can configure an output to go to multiple physical outputs at the same time.
Release note: https://impronivers.itch.io/sound-show/devlog/852811/update-18122024
Thank you for this wonderful app!
I live in Russia and I can't pay for my purchase using the PayPall payment system or use a foreign bank card. However, I would really like to purchase the Pro version. Please add the option to pay using a different payment method.
Thank you for the kind words :)
Sadly, I can't add payment method. Payment methods are handled by the itch.io platform and are out my control. I could maybe also go on other platforms, but chance are they will have the same issues.
Hello again! Thank you for your app. I was very happy when I found a way to acquire it and became its lucky owner.
I have a question: how can I activate full screen mode? I've already spent a lot of time looking for an answer and would like to ask you if this is possible.
You can press "Esc" to have Sound Show in Fullscreen. Press "Esc" again to leave fullscreen. (Note, it is better to first maximize Sound Show to have the resolution correctly set).
Thanks again for the kind words!
Soundshow don't start in my mac... No error message; just charging in infinite...
Can I have help please
I was unable to reproduce the issue. The software runs fine on my Mac. Could you provide me with the version information for your Mac (OS + hardware)? In the meantime, I will reactivate the download of an older version so that you can use that one (SoundShow-MacOS-Pro-20240828.zip).
Can I use Sound Show as a soundboard for a podcast I'm recording on the same laptop? If so, how?
On windows, you can use vb audio cable to make the output of Sound Show be seen as an input (microphone) for your recording software
Does your software support the NanoPad 2 midi controller? Unfortunately I can't try it in demo version before I buy. Thanks!
I can't tell for sure since I don't own one but it should work with every standard midi controller. Thus it should be ok with nanopad 2. If it wasn't the case, you could ask for refund to itch.io support.
OMG it works and in one click. Awesome! Thank you so much!
I work for a sports team and was considering switching from 7 point audio to this so I can use it natively on my Mac but 2 problems. The newest version will not open (tells me that the app is damaged) and number 2 I can't set the start and stop times of clips visually instead I must do it by inputting the actual time. Any chance for a visual start - stop editor and why does the new version say it's damaged?
Thank you for reporting the issue. While I try to fix it, I temporarily reverted the mac download to the previous release.
You could also make the latest version work by doing:
Thanks for the feature suggestion, a visual editor would be a good addition. I'll consider adding it in a next release.
Hey, I just downloaded the software and I'm a bit confused on how to assign keys to play audio clips, it's not really obvious.
Go to the Options view and then to the "button commands" tab. Then you can click on any button and changes it's assigne key. Note that you assign a key to a button and not directly to an audio clip. If you change the current tab it will be the other audio clip at that position that would be triggered.
my sound show don't have , am i doing something wrong?
the buttons that where there have been replaced by the menu bar on top