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Splice partners with UMG on the development of AI-powered tools and virtual instruments

Details are scarce, but the two companies say the tools will enable "UMG artists to bring their own sounds into Splice's AI workflows"

“For the first time, we’re moving beyond samples”: Splice unveils free plugin and virtual instrument platform with hundreds of free presets

“For the first time, we’re moving beyond samples”: Splice unveils free plugin and virtual instrument platform with hundreds of free presets

INSTRUMENT features 1200+ multi-sampled presets built on sounds from Spitfire Audio, the British virtual instrument developer recently acquired by Splice

Loopcloud's Flip Sample feature transforms any sample from its library with a single click

Loopcloud's Flip Sample feature transforms any sample from its library with a single click

The sample platform says the new tool "bridges the gap between browsing and producing", allowing users to slice, sequence, and reimagine samples on-the-fly

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“As a musician, I don't want to spend time and energy scrolling through endless lists of samples. I don't think that's creative”: Output’s AI-powered Co-Producer picks samples for you, but is it streamlining workflows or outsourcing creativity to AI?

We speak to Output CEO Gregg Lehrman about the company's AI-assisted digital crate-digger designed to speed up sample discovery

“There is a special place in hell for those people that went for this business model”: Are plugin subscription services really as bad as some people say?

“I think the dislike of subscriptions is almost universal”

"Splice is now built directly into Pro Tools": Avid launches Pro Tools 2025.6 with Splice integration, AI speech-to-text engine and more

Avid teams up with leading sample platform in what the company calls a "game-changing integration bringing millions of sounds into the heart of Pro Tools"

Waves pivots from plugins to samples with subscription-based AI text-to-sound generator

Illugen is a desktop app that Waves says can "generate sounds that have never existed"

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Splice acquires Spitfire Audio in rumoured $50m deal

Splice acquires Spitfire Audio in rumoured $50m deal

The two companies plan to work together on new products that "blend Spitfire Audio’s cinematic soundscapes and orchestral expertise with Splice’s sample catalog and AI-powered discovery engine"

"Before we even get to the studio, we can sketch out melodies and hooks": Splice brings recording functionality to its AI-powered, sample-stacking mobile app

"Before we even get to the studio, we can sketch out melodies and hooks": Splice brings recording functionality to its AI-powered, sample-stacking mobile app

Record a vocal using Splice Mic, pick a genre and the app will automatically detect the key and find samples that match it

Which streaming service pays artists the most per stream? Benn Jordan has crunched the numbers - and the answer will surprise you

Which streaming service pays artists the most per stream? Benn Jordan has crunched the numbers - and the answer will surprise you

It's not Apple Music, Deezer, or even TIDAL...

“I feel like because I did not make it, I must be cheating”: Is using commercially available samples in a track really that much of a problem?

“I feel like because I did not make it, I must be cheating”: Is using commercially available samples in a track really that much of a problem?

“There's no such thing as cheating. Just make music you like and stop following rules.”

“It's harder to put creators in the centre. It's harder to give them more creative control. But it's worth doing”: Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on how the new Studio One integration brings the Splice ecosystem directly into the workflows of creators

“It's harder to put creators in the centre. It's harder to give them more creative control. But it's worth doing”: Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on how the new Studio One integration brings the Splice ecosystem directly into the workflows of creators

Splice's senior figure on how the new DAW integration is the first of many

Studio One becomes the first DAW to integrate Splice as PreSonus launches Studio One Pro 7

Studio One becomes the first DAW to integrate Splice as PreSonus launches Studio One Pro 7

Browse and access Splice’s million-strong sample library from within Studio One Pro and take advantage of its AI-powered Search with Sound feature to discover similar samples

Give Splice one of your own loops and it will now use AI to find a compatible stack of sounds to go with it

Give Splice one of your own loops and it will now use AI to find a compatible stack of sounds to go with it

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"This is about the human at the center": 50 music tech brands come together to endorse Roland and UMG's Principles for Music Creation with AI

Focusrite, Splice, Waves, NAMM and many more have voiced their endorsement of the principles

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‘I saw fan-made compilations. It blew my mind’: the music producer who found accidental K-pop fame

Musician Kshmr, also known as Niles Hollowell-Dhar, is one of the genre’s biggest names behind the scenes. He makes next to nothing from the hits that use his sounds, but says he doesn’t mind

Splice is now letting you use AI to create ‘Stacks’ of complementary samples on its website

Choose a genre and the ‘Create’ feature will build you a loop

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