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“Content - samples - have been a huge part of achieving that mission to date. “We created Splice with the mission of empowering musicians to realize their creative potential,” said Splice Co-Founder and CEO Steve Martocci.

Superpowered is changing this status quo, and we’re thrilled that Splice shares our vision.”

“Creating new, interactive audio experiences can be unnecessarily arduous and time-consuming, because most of the audio development world is still stuck in decades-old paradigms. The second was dance producer/DJ Oliver, whose Power Tools II sample pack reached 1m downloads within 12 days of its release on April 26. 1 reached 1m downloads in a record 15 days following its release on March 25. The first was from Drake and Migos producer Murda Beatz, whose Quarantine Pack Vol. Meanwhile, since the COVID-19 lockdown started across the US on March 23, Splice reports to have seen record activity of over 1.1 million sound downloads per day – a 50% increase from pre-quarantine activity.Īdditionally, Splice reports to have seen two sample packs break the record for fastest to reach 1m downloads during the quarantine. Maren Morris (produced by Grey), on The Middle and Lil Nas X on Panini (produced by Take A Daytrip), in addition to Dua Lipa’s New Rules (Krane sound) Ariana Grande’s Break Up With Your Girlfriend I’m Bored (loop from Lab Cook) and Justin Bieber’s Running Over (sample from UK producer Laxcity). The company’s samples have recently been used by the likes of Zedd & Grey feat. Splice Sounds are available for a $7.99-a-month subscription and are hugely popular not only with bedroom producers, but producers for mega star artists, too. “We created Splice with the mission of empowering musicians to realize their creative potential.”

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The news comes just three months after Splice announced that it has paid out $25 million to musicians, and marks the first major investment in audio technology for the platform, which has raised $105 million in funding to date, including a $57.5m Series C funding round last March.Īmong the platform’s backers are Union Square Ventures and True Ventures, DFJ Growth, Flybridge, Lerer Hippeau, LionTree, Founders Circle Capital – and Matt Pincus, founder of SONGS Music Publishing.

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