If you have already purchased SoundBoard, version 2.4 is available on the Software page of your Xnapid.com account.

Otherwise, please try the trial version!

Please remember, SoundBoard 2.4 requires the .NET Framework 4, which was released earlier this week, so you will want to make sure you run Windows Update to get it installed if you have not done so already.

• 1-9 and 0 on the number pad now work the same as the normal 1-9 and 0 buttons.
• SoundBoard now loads the last file you had open when you start the program again.
• SoundBoard now tracks whether you have unsaved changes, and prompts you to save before quitting or creating a new board if you haven't saved.
• SoundBoard 2.4 requires the .NET Framework version 4, which was recently released.  You can download .NET 4 from Windows Update.

I've spent several hours trying to figure out a way to make SoundBoard behave better when Windows' font size is set to larger than normal, but thus far I have been unsuccessful.  (Sorry, Julie!)  I will keep looking, but it doesn't look like a fix will make it into this release.

Before I post the update, though, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any other feature requests.  If so, please comment on this post, or send an e-mail to soundboard@xnapid.com, and I'll see what I can do!

2.3's biggest new feature is that there are now hotkeys for playing sounds and changing pages.  They are as follows:

• 1-9 and 0 play sounds 1-9 and 10, respectively.
• Page Up and Page Down move to the previous and next page, respectively.
• Backspace stops (not pauses) all sounds.

A side effect of this change is that the page title is no longer a freeform textbox; instead, you need to right-click the title and choose "Rename" to rename the page.  Feel free to leave comments about this change on this post or on SoundBoard's product page.

If you have already purchased SoundBoard, you can download 2.3 for free from your account's Software page.  If not, please try the evaluation version!

I can't complain about free advertising, even if their product page for SoundBoard is shamelessly copied-and-pasted from mine (minus a few letters and words), and I may as well put their award up.  (Edit: I would, but their award is geared toward sites with a white background... so it won't be put up until I change over to WordPress.)

I should note, they either give "no award" or a "5 Stars Award"; there's no in between from them.  However, some browsing through their categories showed that most products don't have the award, so it seems at least that they're serious about it.

Anyway, you can check out Soft82's page on SoundBoard here if you're desperately curious:

http://www.soft82.com/download/windows/soundboard/

I also wanted to thank those users who have reported bugs or offered suggestions to improve SoundBoard.  I'll try to think of a way to reward you

The new features of 2.1 include the ability to rename sound buttons and the option to set a sound in "repeat" mode.  SoundBoard also now remembers volume and mute settings on a per-sound basis instead of storing them on a per-sound-position basis (also saving those settings when saving SoundBoard files).

If you purchased SoundBoard 1.2 or 2.0 but do not have a xnapid.com account, go to http://www.xnapid.com and click "Create an account" on the left.  Then, send an e-mail to soundboard@xnapid.com with your xnapid.com account name and the e-mail address with which you purchased SoundBoard, and your purchase will be added to your xnapid.com customer account.  You will then be able to download SoundBoard 2.1 from the My Software page in your xnapid.com account.

If you have any questions, comments, or feature requests, you can send an e-mail to soundboard@xnapid.com, or you can register in our forums and make a post in the SoundBoard section.

The important features are these:
- Supports any sound format for which Windows Media Player has a codec
- Separate play, pause, and stop buttons for each sound
- Separate volume controls for each sound position

SoundBoard v2.0's shareware version is restricted only in that it cannot save or load soundboard setups.

SoundBoard v2.0 requires the .NET Framework version 2.0 or greater, and Windows Media Player version 10 or greater.

If you want to purchase SoundBoard v2.0, please send an e-mail to soundboard@xnapid.com to arrange payment.  We will soon be setting up automatic payment through Amazon.com and/or Paypal, so keep your eye out for news updates.

As soon as I get some Amazon goodness set up, you'll be able to purchase SoundBoard through Amazon's payment service, without the need to contact me.