Status, October 2026: current. Splice sells two Sounds plans, and sounds can now be browsed inside the DAW through its Sounds Plugin (Splice plans).
What it is
Splice Sounds is a subscription library of royalty-free samples from Splice, a company founded in 2013 (Attack Magazine). It launched at the end of June 2015 as a service that lets you audition single sounds and download only the ones you need (Splice). The catalogue now holds more than three million samples, loops, one-shots, MIDI patterns and presets.
Plans run monthly or yearly and pay out credits: a sample costs one credit, and MIDI patterns and presets up to three. Unused credits roll over, a plan can be paused for up to two months, and you can cancel at any time. Everything you download is cleared for commercial use and stays yours after you cancel, though remaining credits expire 28 days after the plan ends. The Sounds plan gives about 100 downloads a month and the Creator plan about 200, plus more than 1,000 presets.
Sounds arrive through the Splice desktop app, which files them in a folder any DAW can read, or through the Sounds Plugin inside the DAW. Splice also has direct integrations with Pro Tools 2025.6 and later, Studio One 7 and later, and Ableton Live 12.3 in beta. Bridge plays sounds in the key and tempo of your project before you spend a credit, and every plan includes presets for Serum and Vital and the mobile app (plans and FAQ).