Gamers in particular use the Discord communication tool to exchange ideas. But what if the chat should be cheered up with noises that you cannot transmit via the microphone? There are soundboards for that! These provide you with a variety of sounds. You can find out more about the topic in this post.
What exactly is a soundboard?
A soundboard is like a mixer. However, it is not about a remix of music, but simply playing back sounds at the push of a button. So a soundboard in a video chat program like Discord is more of a fun tool. In this way, the right sound at the push of a button can create the best laughs at the right time. A buddy made a joke that is absolutely not funny? How about some cricket chirping ?! Do you just know THE appropriate film quote for a situation? Why not play the original sound file from the film right away ?!
There are some programs - such as Clownfish - that are used as voice distorters. These access your microphone and change your voice. Some voice distortion tools not only give your voice a completely different note, but can also be used directly as a soundboard. To do this, you should open the tool you are using and check it. Otherwise, we have put together a collection of apps and tools for soundboards for you in the next step. Just install it and you can start having fun in voice chat.
Integrate soundboard in Discord
There are external tools and specific soundboard bots for Discord. We introduce you to some of the most popular soundboard variants. The following two bots are available for free and can be used using chat commands..
- Rickbot is a Discord bot and is not only used as a soundboard. In addition to audio snippets, GIFs and small video snippets can also be sent.
- You can send various short audio clips in Discord through Blerp .
Read here how to integrate the Discord bots.
The free Resanance is particularly recommended as an external tool . It was originally developed as a pure soundboard for Discord. In the meantime, however, the app has been further developed and can also be used for other communication tools. With Resanance you can play short audio snippets at the push of a button or keyboard shortcuts. You can make the files available to the program yourself as .mp3, .wav, .flag or .ogg. The advantage of Resanance compared to the bots mentioned above is that you can also use the tool in the game. Just put your favorite sounds on a key that you don't otherwise use in the game. As long as Resanance and Discord are both running in the background meanwhile, you can cheer up even the worst video game match with friends..
This is what the surface of Resanance looks like. Some areas can still be adjusted through settings.
