LivePlay vs Soundboard Online

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.

Soundboard Online is a free browser soundboard for playing uploaded clips together in real time. You can create private rooms, share links and let connected members hear the same sounds simultaneously. Persistent WebSocket connections broadcast play events to everyone in a room. The service accepts MP3, WAV and OGG files up to 50 MB per clip. A visual waveform editor trims clips, and keyboard hotkeys trigger them. You can paste a YouTube link to stream background music for room members. The product is aimed at Discord servers, Twitch and YouTube streamers, D&D sessions and remote teams. Its HTTP API connects with Twitch bots, Stream Deck, Cloudflare Workers, Discord or Slack bots, Home Assistant and scripts. API keys are shown once, stored hashed and limited to playing sounds in their originating room. Soundboard Online runs in a browser with no desktop app. The Free Forever plan costs nothing, has no subscription or credit card, and places no cap on rooms, clips or sessions. Users must be at least 13.