AudioPad — Free, Open Source

AudioPad is the soundboard that doesn't feel like a racket. It's free, open-source, and it routes any sound—music, memes, sound effects, voice clips—directly into your microphone input so it sounds like it's coming from you. Think Discord, Zoom, Teams, OBS, Steam, or any game. You press a key, your friends hear the airhorn. Simple.

Here's what makes it actually good: sub-20ms latency so cues land when you press the button, not a beat later. Under 15 MB total. Supports MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC, and M4A with no conversions or uploads needed. Global hotkeys mean you can trigger sounds from anywhere—even mid-game. And unlike every other soundboard that wants your email, your data, and your firstborn, AudioPad runs entirely on your machine. No telemetry, no accounts, no cloud. Just you and your sounds.

It's MIT licensed, version 1.0.1 is out, and it's available for Windows 10/11 and Linux. The developers are on Patreon if you want to support them. This is what open source looks like when someone actually builds something useful instead of just asking for stars.