You can browse, preview, and add sounds from the Splice catalog without leaving Create. This article covers finding sounds, adding them to your project, and licensing them so they're yours to use.
Open the Splice catalog
Click Sounds to open the Splice catalog on the left side of Create. Choose a tab for the kind of sound you want: Loops, One-Shots, Packs, or MIDI patterns.
At the top of the catalog, switch between Search (the full Splice catalog), Library (sounds you've already added to your Splice library), and Stacks (Stacks you've saved).
Search for sounds
Choose the tab you want to search, such as Loops or One-Shots. Search only looks in the selected tab.
Type what you're looking for and press
Enter.Use the filters to narrow the results, and the sort menu to change the order.
Tip: Search understands genres, instruments, keys, and tempos, and matches the rest of your words by meaning. You can search for things like "dark trap 808 in F minor", or even an artist's name.
Preview sounds
Click a result to hear the sound. Loops preview in time with your project's tempo.
Press
↑/↓to preview the next or previous result.Press
Spaceto stop or start the preview.Press
Sto hear the preview on its own, without your project.
To preview loops at half or double speed, click the speed button (showing 1×) in the catalog footer.
Add a sound to your project
Use any of these options:
Drag a result from the catalog onto the timeline.
Select a result and press
Cmd+Enterto place the result.Fill a range of bars: Drag across empty space on an audio track, describe the sound you want in the card that appears, and press
Enter. Create finds sounds that fit your song and places one on those bars. Click other results, or press↑/↓, to try different options, then pressEnterto keep the one you like.Ask Rheo, for example "add a pad to the chorus" or "find a kick".
Note: Packs can't be added to a song as a single item. Click a pack to open the pack and browse its samples. To use a pack's drum sounds as a kit, see How do I create MIDI patterns and drum beats?
Can I download presets in Create?
No. Presets can't be downloaded or licensed through Rheo or the Create app. To get Splice presets, download them from the Splice website, the Splice desktop app, or the Splice plugin, then load them in your plugins inside your Create projects.
Inside Create, Rheo can shape Serum and Synth patches by ear, or load built-in factory presets for you.
How licensing works in Create
When you add a Splice sample to your project, Create uses a preview of the sample until the sample is licensed. Licensing a sample adds the full-quality sample to your Splice library so it's yours to use in your music.
License samples automatically
Go to Settings → General and turn on License samples when you use them to license Splice samples as you use them in your project.
Note: Licensing is included with paid plans. On free plans, License samples when you use them is locked off, with an Upgrade to enable option beside the setting.
License samples manually
License samples in your project: Click the Unlicensed samples pill beside the master volume to see every unlicensed sample in your project. Click License next to one sample, or License all. Click a sample's name to find that sample on your timeline.
License a single clip: On a preview clip, choose Add to library for better quality. Create licenses the sample and swaps every matching preview clip for the full-quality WAV, keeping your edits.
Important: Add to library for better quality can't be undone with Cmd+Z.
What happens to unlicensed samples when you export
Unlicensed samples are silenced when you export. Before exporting, Create shows a licensing prompt so you can license the samples first. Learn more in How do I export music from Create?