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With Collections, you can easily access your favorite sounds directly from Splice Desktop.
Collections are a music maker’s best friend, allowing you to file your samples in any way you choose, with your own titles and grouping—just like a playlist on Spotify. You can also use Splice’s curated Collections to dive into the Sounds catalog in new and exciting ways.
In this article, we walk through how you can build and use your own Collections, and share some of our own Collections and Free Sounds offerings.
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What are Collections?
A Collection is a feature in Splice Sounds for gathering samples—both one-shots and loops—to use in any future project. They can be used to group and sort your favorite sounds on Splice, allowing you to stay organized and focused on making music.
How to use Splice Collections
To make a new Collection, simply hit the ‘+’ icon under the Collections tab. From there, sort your samples and label your Collections by mood, instrument, feeling—whatever fits the way you work.
For example, you can gather all the punchy kicks that define your unique sound in one Collection. Or, save sounds with a similar feel—i.e. vintage, jazzy, ambient, distorted—from a variety of instruments like guitars, drums, and synths in one Collection.
Where to find your Collections
Collections are available on both the Splice web and Splice Desktop. Whether you’ve already saved a sound from the web or found one you like from a search on the app, you can drag and drop it directly into a Collection.
Share your favorite sounds with collaborators and prepare for future projects
Get your collaborators or clients on the same page by sharing a private link to your Collection of sounds for the project at hand. Share musical ideas based on moods, soundalikes, soundscapes, and more.
Collections also save you time on your next project. No more scrambling at the last minute for the perfect sound. Have what you need to get started right at your fingertips, curated for the way you work best.
Get inspired by other artists’ Collections
Anyone who uses Sounds has the option to make their Collections public—enabling a powerful way to browse and discover sounds you didn’t know existed. You might find the perfect sound in someone else’s Collection for getting your project off the ground.
We know there are a lot of samples to browse through on Splice Sounds. Exploring highly-curated Collections is a great way to filter your listening to select picks.
Get started with Splice’s curated Collections
Here at Splice, we’re keeping our ears close to the ground for what’s emerging across the global music landscape and the latest innovations in sound design. While we’ll never stop bringing you new sounds, we’re also constantly working to refine and create new Collections that showcase the dedication we have to the craft of sound design.
Our Toolkits arm you with essentials, and Songstarters get you into a flow quickly. Dive deep into scenes around the world with Locales, or explore the sonic universe of iconic artists with our new HOMAGE series, inaugurated with a Collection of sounds inspired by the late, great Quincy Jones. Follow our new and ever-evolving staple Collections like The Cutting Edge, On Our Radar, Daily Picks, and Late Night Rhythms, featuring staff selections refreshed every Friday.
We know how much fun it is to dig through samples, but we also know how easy it is for hours to fly by in the process—let these Collections be your companion throughout your sample discovery process. We hope you enjoy these Collections that tell the story of our catalog as much as we do.
Bonus: Try our zero-credit Collections
Last but not least, our Free Sounds Collections also let you use a selection of top-quality sounds across genres and styles, including R&B, soul, hip hop, trap, and more—even if you have no credits left.
Here’s the full list of Free Sounds Collections—we hope you enjoy making music with them:
And there you have it! Do you have any Collections of your own that you’d like to share? What sorts of Collections would you like to see us curate next? Start a conversation with us and an ever-growing community of music creators via the Splice Discord.
Take your music further with Collections:
January 23, 2025
