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Splice

Splice is a New York-based music creation platform serving producers, songwriters, and audio creators. Its core offerings are Splice Sounds, a catalog of millions of 100% royalty-free samples, one-shots, loops, MIDI patterns, and presets sold through a credit-based subscription; Splice INSTRUMENT, a creator-first virtual instrument with monthly free drops and unlimited premium presets via subscription; and a Rent-to-Own Plugins marketplace offering pay-as-you-go full-license access to 130+ professional VST/AU/AAX plugins from third-party vendors such as Xfer (Serum 2), Arturia (V Collection 11 Pro), Spitfire Audio (Abbey Road Two), and XLN Audio (RC-20). Splice ships a desktop app, a mobile app, the Splice Sounds Plugin (beta) for in-DAW browsing, and native integrations for Ableton Live 12.3+, Studio One Pro 7, Studio Pro 8+, and Pro Tools 2025.6+. The revenue model is consumer subscriptions (Sounds+ $12.99/mo, Creator $19.99/mo with 200 credits, Creator+ $39.99/mo with 500 credits, INSTRUMENT $12.99/mo) plus rent-to-own plugin payments. Splice does not publish a public developer API, OpenAPI specification, SDK, or partner program; its GitHub organization at github.com/splice contains internal tooling, GitHub Actions, audio engineering exercises, and forks rather than externally consumable APIs.

Splice is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Music, Music Production, Royalty-Free Samples, Sample Library, and Audio Plugins.

Splice’s developer surface includes pricing, support, engineering blog, YouTube channel, tooling, GitHub presence, and 27 more developer resources.

9.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0
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0 APIs
MusicMusic ProductionRoyalty-Free SamplesSample LibraryAudio PluginsVSTRent-to-OwnVirtual InstrumentsMIDIPresetsDAWCreator ToolsAudioSubscription

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 9.2/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 21
Developer Ergonomics 0.8 / 17
Access Clarity 3.6 / 17
Operational Transparency 0.3 / 11
Contract Governance 0.0 / 10
Discoverability 4.3 / 9
Regulatory Posture 2.8 / 15
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Splice Com Domain Security

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Learn 1

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Operate 2

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Commercial 4

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Company 7

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Other 10

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: splice-com
name: Splice
description: Splice is a New York-based music creation platform serving producers, songwriters, and audio creators. Its core
  offerings are Splice Sounds, a catalog of millions of 100% royalty-free samples, one-shots, loops, MIDI patterns, and presets
  sold through a credit-based subscription; Splice INSTRUMENT, a creator-first virtual instrument with monthly free drops
  and unlimited premium presets via subscription; and a Rent-to-Own Plugins marketplace offering pay-as-you-go full-license
  access to 130+ professional VST/AU/AAX plugins from third-party vendors such as Xfer (Serum 2), Arturia (V Collection 11
  Pro), Spitfire Audio (Abbey Road Two), and XLN Audio (RC-20). Splice ships a desktop app, a mobile app, the Splice Sounds
  Plugin (beta) for in-DAW browsing, and native integrations for Ableton Live 12.3+, Studio One Pro 7, Studio Pro 8+, and
  Pro Tools 2025.6+. The revenue model is consumer subscriptions (Sounds+ $12.99/mo, Creator $19.99/mo with 200 credits, Creator+
  $39.99/mo with 500 credits, INSTRUMENT $12.99/mo) plus rent-to-own plugin payments. Splice does not publish a public developer
  API, OpenAPI specification, SDK, or partner program; its GitHub organization at github.com/splice contains internal tooling,
  GitHub Actions, audio engineering exercises, and forks rather than externally consumable APIs.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: approval
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Requires approval
  confidence: medium
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/splice-com.png
tags:
- Music
- Music Production
- Royalty-Free Samples
- Sample Library
- Audio Plugins
- VST
- Rent-to-Own
- Virtual Instruments
- MIDI
- Presets
- DAW
- Creator Tools
- Audio
- Subscription
tags_raw:
- Music
- Music Production
- Royalty-Free Samples
- Sample Library
- Audio Plugins
- VST
- Rent-To-Own
- Virtual Instruments
- MIDI
- Presets
- DAW
- Creator Tools
- Audio
- Subscription
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/splice-com/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-08-08'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/splice-com-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://splice.com
- type: Sounds
  url: https://splice.com/sounds
- type: Search
  url: https://splice.com/sounds/search/samples
- type: Instrument
  url: https://splice.com/instrument
- type: Plugins
  url: https://splice.com/plugins
- type: RentToOwn
  url: https://splice.com/plugins/rent-to-own
- type: SoundsPlugin
  url: https://splice.com/tools/sounds-plugin
- type: DesktopApp
  url: https://splice.com/download
- type: Plans
  url: https://splice.com/plans
- type: Pricing
  url: https://splice.com/plans
- type: Support
  url: https://splice.com/help
- type: Blog
  url: https://splice.com/blog
- type: Careers
  url: https://splice.com/careers
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://splice.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://splice.com/privacy
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/splice
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/splice
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/splice
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/@splice
- type: Instagram
  url: https://www.instagram.com/splice
- type: About
  url: https://splice.com/about
- type: Innovation
  url: https://splice.com/innovation
- type: Tools
  url: https://splice.com/tools
- type: CreateMode
  url: https://splice.com/sounds/create
- type: Astra
  url: https://tools.splice.com/astra
- type: Bridge
  url: https://splice.com/tools/bridge
- type: MobileApp
  url: https://splice.com/tools/mobile
- type: AbletonIntegration
  url: https://splice.com/plans/ableton-live/about
- type: ProToolsIntegration
  url: https://splice.com/plans/pro-tools/about
- type: StudioOneIntegration
  url: https://splice.com/plans/studio-one/about
- type: Community
  url: https://splice.com/community
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/splice
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-merged-from:
- splice

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