RORO01  Perfect for it's purpose but, the developer should realize that we are not busy playing system sounds 24 hours a day - it still uses about 10M of memory (though 0 CPU) when not being used. I hope the developer will add a small "drag onto" window and an icon in the dock when the application is running - then it will be, definitely, a five star application.  
(Version 1.6.7)

RORO01  There is no need for this faceless application to be running continuously in the background, as the developer suggests, as long as you have DragThing. The application will launch when you drop the first sound file onto its icon and will stay open for ever in the background. However, if you have DragThing you can drag the file onto its alias in the DragThing dock and then you can easily quit it in DragThing after you're done with it.  
(Version 1.6.7)

DIANE5  Since installing Leopard, I'm having trouble using Play Sound in an AppleScript that's called in a Rule for Microsoft Entourage.

The error I receive is "doesn't understand the "

The script:

set cusrPath to (path to "cusr" as string)

set soundAlias to (cusrPath & "Documents:Microsoft User Data:Custom Sounds:Quack.aiff") as alias

tell application "Play Sound"

play (soundAlias as alias)

end tell

I'm also having trouble opening scripts in the Script Editor in Leopard. SE crashes when I try to open a script.

I rely on Play Sound and the ability it has given me to get custom notifications for email. What do I need to do to get it working again?  
(Version 1.6.7)

MONOCLAST  Hi Bruce,

Thanks for the kind words and suggestions.

Play Sound uses 0.00% CPU and about 1.0 MB of RAM while idle in the background. Therefore leaving Play Sound running in the background when sounds are finished playing is not a big deal. In fact, it's actually less work for the system to leave it running than it would be to launch and quit Play Sound each time you play a sound.

My goal with Play Sound is to offer Mac users a quick, transparent way to play sound files. Unfortunately, adding a user interface to Play Sound would slow startup times even more, making running and quitting it take even longer.

With that said, I do appreciate your input. I've noted your request, and will consider it for future updates. Or perhaps at some point in the future I'll find time to write a companion application with a user interface for those who want such a thing.  
(Version 1.6.6)

BRUCE_Y  Play Sound does play sounds with a minimum of effort.

And, re stopping it, both Esc and Command-period are kind of mac-universal stop commands always worth a try in any application to stop a process.

And I second the request for a minimal GUI. Something that shows sound being played, pause/play, stop and Quit would be great.

In current form, it is a 'faceless' application that must be controlled by Applescript commands, and either quit by same, or quit using some form of process viewer or Activity monitor. Less than ideal for those of us who don't want stuff running in the background, and don't want to assign all wave or audio files to be controlled by Play Sound.

Otherwise, it does seem to play sounds well.   
(Version 1.6.5)

ANAME  I couldn't find a way of stopping a large soundfile from playing. Some kind of minimalistic gui would be appreciated.  
(Version 1.6.3)

ANONYMOUS  I can't download this app.

When clicking the DL link on MU site, first I wait about a minute, then 920 KB download starts with speed of 0,6 KB per second.

Having a broadband connection sometimes doesn't mean high speeds.  
(Version 1.6)

ANONYMOUS  Simple & Plain if your'e working with samples!!!! Extra Great Thank You!!  
(Version 1.5.2)

ANONYMOUS  Using 1.4.2 with OS X 10.3.5 -- I *love* this little utility...but it doesn't seem to play nice with Unsanity's "Detour" haxie. Not sure whose fault it is, but sound re-routing gets all loused up when the two of them are running.  
(Version 1.4.3)

ANONYMOUS  Finally, finally... that lost feature in OsX. Works perfectly, absolutely non-intrusive, nothing to think or worry about. This app. does rock.  
(Version 1.4.2)

SKIPPY  Simply put, this rocks.  
(Version 1.4)

ANANNA  I like it! Does everything I need it to do. I keep thinking, "oh but if it did this, or this, or this," but you know, what it does it does well and it's almost like having one of those convenient features of OS 9 back that we lost in OS X: Just the ability to double-click on a snd file to play it.

Don't you miss that?

You don't have to anymore, not with this little gem.

Thanks, author! *muwah!*  
(Version 1.2.1)