Free Online Soundboard Creator

Advanced Playback is a Premium soundboard feature included with Pro, Power Teacher, School, and eligible Premium trials. Choose separate fade-in and fade-out times, reuse playback groups, replace grouped sounds immediately or crossfade smoothly, and temporarily lower background sounds while a cue plays (ducking). Basic playback remains free. Saved advanced settings stay saved after a downgrade and become available again when paid access returns.

Yes. Premium Audio Effects includes pitch shifting, reverb, echo, distortion, Telephone / Radio, Robot, Bitcrusher / Retro, and chorus. Start with Monster, Chipmunk, Robot, Radio, Underwater, Cave, or Retro presets, then adjust and combine effects in Edit Sound. Preview before saving. Effects play in real time without changing the original audio or using AI credits. Included with Pro, Power Teacher, School, and eligible Premium trials; basic soundboard playback remains free.

Yes. Choose the microphone option on an empty sound button, allow microphone access, and record your own sound. Preview it before saving. Recording is available to all signed-in users and uses no AI credits.

Yes. Premium users can add sounds from their saved Media Library. Effects belong to the individual button on each board, so the same library sound can use Monster on one board and play unchanged on another. The source file stays untouched.

Yes. You can create and use online soundboards for free on ESL Tools. Free users can make saved custom soundboards, with extra limits and AI sound generation depending on the plan and available credits.

An online soundboard creator is a browser based tool that lets you add sounds to buttons, organize them into a grid, and play them instantly during lessons, games, activities, presentations, events, or personal use.

Yes. You can build your own custom soundboard by uploading sounds, searching for audio, generating sound effects, editing sounds, renaming buttons, changing the grid size, and saving your boards online.

No. ESL Tools Soundboard works in your browser, so you can create and play soundboards online without installing soundboard software.

Yes. You can upload your own audio files and add them to your custom soundboard. Uploaded sounds are saved to your account so you can use them again later.

Yes. When adding a new sound, you can search for audio and add a sound directly to your board without needing to upload your own file.

Yes. You can describe the sound effect you want, generate multiple AI sound options, preview them, and choose the one you want to add to your soundboard.

Yes. You can rename sounds, view the waveform, select parts of the audio, cut audio, undo and redo edits, and save the edited version back to your soundboard.

Yes. In edit mode, each sound has its own volume control, so you can make some sounds quieter or louder depending on how you use the board.

Yes. Sounds can use repeat mode, which is useful for background audio, ambience, music loops, classroom atmosphere, or repeated sound effects.

Yes. Retrigger mode lets a sound start again even if it is already playing, which is useful for quick effects, game sounds, reactions, and repeated audio cues.

Yes. The soundboard includes a stop-all button so you can quickly stop every sound that is currently playing.

Yes. You can create and manage multiple soundboards, rename them, reorder them, and switch between them from your account.

Yes. Open Manage Soundboards and use the copy icon to duplicate a board with its sounds and settings. In edit mode, use a sound's copy icon to choose another board and an empty button. Copies stay in your own account, and duplicate boards count toward your plan's saved-board limit.

Yes. You can change the grid size to make a smaller or larger soundboard, such as a simple board with only a few buttons or a larger board with more sounds.

Yes. In edit mode, you can drag and reorder sound buttons so your most important sounds are easy to reach.

You can try the soundboard without an account, but you need to log in to create, customize, save, and manage your own soundboards.

Yes. When you are logged in, your boards, button names, sounds, grid size, volume, repeat settings, sound order, and Premium audio effect settings can be saved to your account.

Yes. The soundboard is designed to work in the browser on computers, tablets, and phones. On mobile, tapping the page may be needed first so the browser allows audio playback.

Yes. You can create boards with footsteps, doors, weather, animals, magic sounds, music cues, scene changes, and dramatic effects for stories, plays, drama classes, and role plays.