Before you press play.

A physics instrument for Windows: drop shapes into a stream of particles, and every bounce plays a note. Build scenes from 62 kinds of colliders, pick from 378 sounds, arrange songs in the Song studio, sample and record, and dress it all in 14 early-2000s-inspired desktop themes.

Yes. The free demo has no time limit and no account: ten sounds, five basic shapes, one emitter, six placed colliders, 80 particles, a studio light and two scene effects. It cannot save, record or sample, and it has no Song studio. It is the same program as the full studio, so a license key unlocks everything without a new download. It arrives on January 12, 2027; the download page has the system requirements.

No. The free demo never expires and needs no account or key: play it for as long as you like. Unlocking the full studio is your choice, whenever you want it.

A lifetime key is US$100 (early bird: US$65 until January 26, 2027) and includes every update of Soundbox 1, builds 3.x. A 3-month key is US$30. Both are one payment, plus any sales tax or VAT shown at checkout; nothing renews. Buy.

No. Every key is a one-time purchase. The lifetime key is yours to keep: nothing renews and nothing stops working if you never pay again. The 3-month key is one payment too, not a subscription: it ends 3 months after purchase without charging you again, and Soundbox returns to the free demo until you buy a new key.

Yes, whenever the law where you live gives you one: within your legal cancellation period, or when Soundbox is faulty or not as described. The reseller’s buyer terms apply on top. The key stops working; your projects stay yours. Please try the free demo first. See the Refund policy.

One computer at a time per key. To move it, deactivate the old computer and activate the new one; the key is free for the new computer once the old one’s last authorization has run out, which takes up to 24 hours (moving to another computer). Up to 3 different computers in 30 days have no effect at all; if you change computers more often for honest reasons, support raises the limit. Reinstalling Windows on the same computer keeps your activation.

The demo always works offline. The full studio activates online, checks its key about every 15 minutes while open, and keeps opening without a connection for 3 days after a successful check. More about offline use.

Not yet. Soundbox runs on Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit.

No, Soundbox is a standalone app. Record WAV or export MIDI to take your ideas into another music application, or use MIDI in and out.

Windows 10 (22H2) or Windows 11, 64-bit; a 4-core 64-bit processor from about 2017 or later; 8 GB of RAM; a 1280 × 720 display; about 1 GB of disk. The demo needs no internet; the full studio activates online. The download page has the full list and the minimum hardware.

No. Computers with hardware-accelerated graphics draw the playground on the graphics card with refracting glass, soft shadows and bloom; everywhere else Canvas 2D draws the same scenes. Graphics never change how particles move or sound. Very large particle counts are a different matter: the physics runs on one processor core, so tens of thousands of particles need a fast processor: a fast desktop keeps a busy scene with the full 20,000 above 30 frames per second, and Lite and Economy graphics quality stop at 10,000. See the system requirements, or simply try the demo.

No. 354 sounds are synthesized by Soundbox’s own code and 24 are credited CC0 recordings (credits). The scenes and songs are hand-made.

Nothing: they are files on your computer and stay yours. There is no subscription to lapse. The demo cannot save or export, so export what you need while the full studio is active.

Yes, in your own music, videos, games and performances, commercial ones too, royalty-free and without crediting us. You may not sell or give away the sounds on their own as a sample or preset pack (License Agreement, section 10).

Yes. The full studio imports audio, captures live input and slices recordings into samples. Use recordings you own or have permission to use.

No accounts, advertising or analytics. The full studio’s license checks send your key and a hashed identity of your computer to our activation service; update checks send nothing but the request itself. The Privacy policy lists all of it.