Soundboard / Cart Wall

The soundboard (also called a Cart Wall) is a grid of pads, each pre-loaded with a short audio clip. Press a pad and it plays immediately — no loading delay.

[Screenshot: Desktop Cart Wall — named banks, colour-coded pads, keyboard shortcut labels, animated playing indicator]

How It Works

Each pad holds a reference to an audio clip. When you press a pad, br\u016bhi plays the clip from RAM — the file is pre-loaded when the bank is opened, so playback is instant.

The Cart Wall is divided into banks. Each bank is a named page of pads. You can have as many banks as you need; only the active bank’s pads are shown at one time.

Pad Capacity

Platform	Pads per bank	Banks
Desktop	16 pads	Unlimited named banks (128+ pads total)
Cloud	16 pads	4 named banks (64 pads total)

Per-Pad Settings

Each pad is individually configurable:

Setting	Options	Notes
Label	Any text	Displayed on the pad face
Audio source	File path (Desktop) or URL/S3 key (Cloud)
Colour	Any colour	For visual grouping (e.g., green = music beds, red = stings)
Loop	On/Off	Loops the clip until you press Stop or the pad again
Fade in	Duration (ms)	Ramps up at start
Fade out	Duration (ms)	Ramps down when stopped
Volume	0–100%	Per-pad level, independent of master

Tip

Use colour coding to organise your cart wall by type. A common scheme: green for music beds/loops, orange for jingles and station IDs, red for news stings, blue for effects.

Playing a Pad

• Click the pad to start it. The pad animates to show it is playing.
• Click the pad again (or click the inline stop button) to stop it.
• If the pad is not looping, it stops automatically when the clip ends.

Multiple pads can play simultaneously.

Keyboard Triggers

🖥️ Desktop

Keyboard shortcut functionality has been removed from the Cart Wall component in recent versions.

MIDI Triggers

🖥️ Desktop only

Any pad can be triggered by a MIDI note. In the MIDI Mapping table (System → MIDI), add a mapping with the target set to pad:<bank>:<pad_number>. Or use MIDI Learn: open the MIDI Mapping screen, click Learn, then press the pad in the Cart Wall and press the desired MIDI note on your controller.

Loading Audio into Pads

🖥️ Desktop

Two ways to load audio:

1. Import from library — Select any track from your media library and assign it to a pad.
2. Record from deck — Record a clip directly from the current deck output into a pad. Useful for capturing a live drop or a caller’s phrase.

Built-in Sound Effects & Initialization

The Soundboard comes pre-initialized with high-quality default sounds (e.g. stings, applause, sweepers) directly compiled into the application bundle:

• Built-in Defaults: No manual manifest creation or external audio downloads are required upon initial setup.
• Instant Readiness: Default pads are immediately playable out-of-the-box on first launch.

Input Focus & Keyboard Safety

To prevent accidental pad playback or hotkey triggers while performing administrative or editing tasks:

• Input Typing Protection: All hotkey and cart wall keyboard events are automatically suppressed whenever the user’s cursor is focused inside an input field, text editor, or search input.
• Clean Editing: Prevents unwanted jingles or audio drops when editing playlist titles or track tags.