Comments on: SoundBoard

By: Heron

Heron — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:34:21 +0000

You mean you want that kind of external device to trigger a given sound in SoundBoard? Unfortunately, SoundBoard doesn’t currently support that. It’s certainly doable, but I don’t have any devices like that to use for testing.

By: Dan Wagner

Dan Wagner — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:13:42 +0000

Will soundboard be able to trigger the playing of cues with an external device? Maybe simple contact closures (GPI) and the RS232/Game ports? Yeah, that’s kind of old school but would love to have this software be the center of sound effects playback for a TV Game show my college students are planning to produce. We’ve already got the Contenstant Controller circuit working… just need to incorporate the sound design. Thanks!

By: Heron

Heron — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:03:47 +0000

Andy,

It is possible, however it requires other software beyond the capabilities provided by SoundBoard. You could try a Google search for “how to play sounds in ventrilo” to get an idea of how it might be done.

One helpful modification to SoundBoard I can make would be to allow you to select the audio output device SoundBoard uses when playing sounds. I will add this to the next release.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:26:25 +0000

Is it possible to play the sounds through skype and vent etc?

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:05:29 +0000

I appreciate your help and am going to purchase the licenses now for our 2 computers. Thanks you again.

By: Heron

Heron — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:03:13 +0000

Thanks for checking for me, Julie. I will figure out a fix for the next release.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:00:15 +0000

Hi Heron … good suggestion. I went to Display and on the main Display screen it says “Make it easier to read what’s on your screen” … current setting is Medium which is 125%. I set it at Smaller which is 100% and SoundBoard looks normal. Good diagnosis! Since it’s more helpful for us to have the larger text/items, is there any possible fix so that we can use that Medium setting with SoundBoard? Again, many thanks for your help.

By: Heron

Heron — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:44:49 +0000

Do you have any custom themes enabled, maybe with different text sizes or custom fonts? If so, does it work properly if you disable the theme? (As much detail as you can give me will be helpful so I can duplicate the issue here.)

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:25:21 +0000

Thanks, Heron. I went ahead and got the trial version. Everything in the trial that is supposed to work does — and it’s very much what I need. However, not sure if this is because it’s a trial version but the display is a little funky. The right column “boxes” are not alighed with the left column. Here’s a screenshot: [Edit: URL removed] … I am using a new 11.5″ laptop with Windows 7. Tried compatibility mode and different display resolutions but didn’t get it to change. Would appreciate some help with this. Many thanks, Heron.

By: Heron

Heron — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:33:24 +0000

SoundBoard is fully compatible with Windows 7. If you're not sure whether it will work, please download the trial version and test it!