Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board - WAV/OGG Trigger with 16MB Flash

I saw some confused and unhappy customers on another page, so I wanted to point out that there are 6 versions of the Adafruit FX Sound Board board, so just make sure to order the one you want! I've listed them and their main differences at the end. I chose this version because I am using UART to trigger the audio from another microcontroller, so I don't need the extra trigger pins. I am mounting the board inside of a larger enclosure with other components, so I am running my own headphone jack back to the same side of the board as the USB connector. I also have the FeatherWing Music maker, but that uses the VS1053B chip, and I found that the additional strain on my nrf52 was causing problems with bluetooth running. This board uses the vs1000 chip, which is a full "system on a chip," and it happily runs on its own without conflicting with any of the bluetooth timing. Another advantage is that I had to lower the audio quality on the FeatherWing's files to get them to play correctly. But this board, again, happily blows thorough high frequency, high quality files without issue, and it sounds great! PRODUCT ID: 2342 Mini version with 2MB flash, no jack, and 8 trigger pins (this Amazon listing) PRODUCT ID: 2341 Mini version with 16MB flash, no jack, and 8 trigger pins PRODUCT ID: 2133 Standard version with 2MB flash, jack, and 11 trigger pins PRODUCT ID: 2220 Standard version with 16MB flash, jack, and 11 trigger pins PRODUCT ID: 2210 Standard version with 2MB flash, 2x2W amp, and 11 trigger pins PRODUCT ID: 2217 Standard version with 16MB flash, 2x2W amp, and 11 trigger pins

I purchased this after seeing Mark Rober's video on the Worlds Most Polite Car Horn. While the setup and installation was not super difficult, it was far from a simple task. There is some soldering you'll have do to get the header pins installed on this board (headers included - soldering iron and supplies not included). You'll also need a way to connect the wires that you have coming to/from the buttons to this unit. And then you'll have to find a way to house this unit in some sort of case to protect it. If you're considering purchasing this item because you want to set your car like the one in the Mark Rober video, please know that it certainly can be done, but it'll take quite a bit more work than what was described in the video. Also, don't be temped to get one of those <$20 amplifiers. I tried one. Absolute garbage. Not nearly loud enough - couldn't even hear the sound when sitting in my truck with the door closed and engine off.

I bought this component on a whim but am now in love with it. Several thoughts: 1) This is the sort of item that strikes me as a perfect "first experiment" for those eager to get into DIY electronics but for whatever reason are slightly intimidated with the programming that goes along with a micro-controller like Arduino. It requires a little soldering (own a solder iron) and a breadboard is a definite must, plus a few wires. But other than that, it is a stand-alone product. You can have fun with it without ever getting into Arduino. 2) Sound quality is great considering the price and the USB interface to drop in sound files couldn't be simpler. 3) Finally, and this is important, keep in mind going into it that the trigger pins are actually "outputs" and not inputs.... the Vin and Gnd leads on the opposite, upper corner of the board need to be connected to between 3-5v, but after that, all that is required to trigger each sound file is to provide a wire connection it to the bottom GND pin below the trigger pins... I spent way to long trying to activate the sound files by APPLYING voltage to these pins as opposed to simply grounding them.... its a testament to Adafruit engineering I didn't damage the thing. In any case, highly recommended.

I purchased this product for a haunted house that we made at work. We didn't have a great deal of time to setup the entire house and unfortunately this portion was put off until the end. Thankfully the product is wonderfully documented at Adafruit and it was very possibly the easiest portion of the project to do. We had it wired up to a simple push button that would play thunder and a separate Arduino controlled the lighting effects. The sound quality it is able to produce is absolutely astounding. I have a good deal of background in audio engineering and I was blown away at how clean the sound was. We used oog files for the audio and free online converters to get them to that format. I would say it was completely worth it and, everyone who went through was dying to know how we did it too!

The first Adafruit FX Sound Card 16MB was defective, but the second replacement was also defective! I contacted directly Adafruit and despite having many many many of these boards defective, they didn't help like they should!!! So I'm using Amazon return and I'll try to get this board from somewhere else. I have purchased stuff from Adafruit and the stuff was working as it should. I think they do not want to recall this board, so they fight with everyone like they are the only one with this problem. This makes me very sad that they are treating customers this way!

Works great. Not every USB cable will work to load the files. I tried 5 different ones before I found one that was meant for 'Transferring' and not just 'Charging'. I'm assuming the wiring in each cable is a little different. Wish they would just send one with the board

I used this for a horn project for my jeep. I paired it with an amp and some switches and a speaker. It makes for a loud but fun horn. It is easy to load sounds onto. The only real downside is small storage space 16mb is small. As long as the USB cable is not a data cable it will power the device just fine so you don't have to solder power wires.

Ein sehr einfacher und effizienter WAVE bzw OGG Trigger. Etwas Lötarbeit, Taster und ein passendes Gehäuse sind hier gefordert. Hat mehrere Funktionen wie die Tasterbelegungen arbeiten. Dies wird aber erst auf der Homepage von Adafruit erklärt, da eine passende Beschreibung fehlt.

No issues with this product, perhaps lacking in description / manual or whatever but not necessary as you can just go on Adafruit website

Fonctionne vraiment bien et très facile à configurer

Works great. Easy to use. My proton pack jumped to the next level with this!

Easy to use, several output channels, exceptional piece of machine!