LivePlay vs Resanance

LivePlay is a free desktop audio playback app for live shows, designed for live sound operators managing cues. Playlists and cart buttons support cue groups, fades, loops, crossfades, and next-cue actions. Cues can route to channels on one or more audio interfaces. Mixing and monitoring tools include audio buses, EQ, gate, compressor, auxiliary sends, output meters, loudness targets, and a master limiter. Playback control works through mouse, touch, keyboard, MIDI, HTTP, and WebSocket. Media can be added by drag-and-drop or YouTube audio import, with waveform display and LTC timecode output. A desktop controller can connect to a local or remote audio server over a network. LivePlay runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows and is released under AGPL-3.0-only. The Free plan costs nothing with all features and no licence fees, subscriptions, or paywalls. Remote control uses plain HTTP and WebSocket; installers are unsigned and macOS builds are not notarized.

Resanance is free soundboard software for applications that accept audio input. It lets users add unlimited sounds and hotkeys, send audio to multiple devices at once, and adjust local and microphone volume independently. Controls include per-sound and per-button volume, button resizing, borders, and colour changes. The feature list also includes MIDI soundboard support and text to speech. Users can sort sounds by name, search the collection, or trigger a random sound with a hotkey. The site names TeamSpeak, Discord, Skype, Curse, Zoom, Meet, Teams, and Twitch as compatible application examples, and says the software has been tested on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11. Listed platforms are Android, web, and Windows. Help links point to Discord, Reddit, and a YouTube tutorial. The privacy notice says the service may collect IP address, device and usage information, and cookies for operations, security, analytics, and reporting. It also says transmission or storage security cannot be guaranteed completely.