Ableton/Live/UG/04 Browser/07 Places/03 Splice
- Splice is a royalty-free sample library reachable from the Splice label. Its Home page has navigation arrows, a search bar, a Search with Sound drop area and category buttons.
- Browsing and previewing work without an account, but adding samples, saving to your Splice library and Search with Sound require logging in. An internet connection is required.
- Hide the label from its context menu or with "Show Splice" in Library Settings.
4.7.3.1 Logging Into Splice
- Login, or Try free for a new account, opens the web browser with a device confirmation code. Check it matches the code in Live, confirm, then log in.
- Once logged in, the Library icon becomes active and the Home page rearranges its browsing buttons and Search with Sound area.
4.7.3.2 Searching for Splice Samples
- Search by term, then choose Samples or Packs. Filter by instrument, genre, key, tempo, and one-shot or loop, and sort by popular, relevant, recent or random.
- Free accounts see only their included samples, around 2,500.
- The Instruments, Genres and Cinematic FX buttons browse by category and subcategory.
- Search with Sound: drag a clip, or capture a time selection, onto the drop area to get 50 compatible samples.
4.7.3.3 Working with Splice Samples
- Each result shows its pack image, one-shot or loop icon, name, tags and a menu for Likes, Collections and the pack. Click the play button or name to preview.
- Previews loop and sync to the Set's tempo by default; preview options at the bottom change tempo sync, looping, key, scale sync and loudness. The heart adds a sample to Likes.
- Drag a sample onto a track or into Sampler, Simpler, Drum Rack or Impulse; in Session View, double-click or press
Enter. Splice clips are set to Complex warp mode so they sound like the preview. - Loaded samples are licensed and saved to your Splice library, in User Library/Samples/Splice by default; Library Settings can switch this to the Current Project or a custom folder.
4.7.3.4 Splice Library
- Holds Likes, Collections and every sample you have loaded into a Set. Collections can be created, renamed, described, made private, shared or deleted.
4.7.3.5 Splice Settings
- Subscription plan, display settings, usage logs, information on certified licenses, a knowledge base link and a feedback option.